September 21, 2026•2 min read
What Makes a Design Good?
Good design fits a specific user, task, and context, then proves itself through effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction.
Founders
9 articles tagged Founders.
July 25, 2026•2 min read
Build the Throwaway Version Before You Build the AI Platform
A plain-English guide for founders betting a feature on AI. Before you fund the full platform, build a bare-bones proof of concept, tune the prompt against real cases, and let that decide if the real build is worth funding.
July 23, 2026•3 min read
Who Owns the Code an AI Coding Tool Writes for You?
You own it under most tools' terms, but ownership and copyright are not the same thing. Purely AI-generated code may not be protectable IP at all.
July 17, 2026•3 min read
Ask for a Feature in Three Lines
A plain-English guide for founders working with an implementation agency. Describe any feature in three lines your developers can build, naming who it is for, when it happens, and what should happen. Plus the trick that turns every edge case into three more lines.
August 20, 2025•3 min read
Done Means Six Different Things on Your Build
A plain-English guide for founders working with an implementation agency. Why one feature gets called "done" four times and still helps zero customers, plus the definition of done each stage has to pass before it hands off to the next.
June 3, 2025•4 min read
How to File a Bug Report Your Agency Will Act On Right Away
A plain-English guide for founders and non-coders working with a digital agency. Learn why they keep asking questions before fixing anything, plus the exact bug report template that gets your issue worked on in one reply instead of ten.
February 25, 2025•5 min read
Tell Your Agency What You Want, Not How to Build It
A plain-English guide for founders working with an implementation agency. Why handing developers your exact how-to spec, and your favorite tech stack, usually backfires, and what to say instead to get what you actually want.
December 19, 2024•4 min read
Describe What You Want, One Component at a Time
Communicating a website build to your agency feels huge until you break it into repeating parts. Write a one-page brief per component, fill in one card completely, and sketch the rest on a napkin.
October 6, 2024•3 min read
Your Backlog Is a Shopping List, and You Decide What Comes First
A plain-English guide for founders working with an implementation agency. What a backlog is, which ordering calls your agency owns, which are yours alone, and where to guard your wallet as work moves from New to Closed.