integration
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🛰️ Simple IoT now processes GPS data
Simple IoT can now read position data from a serial NMEA receiver, from gpsd, or from a simulator, and hand it to VictoriaMetrics and Grafana for storage and viewing.
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🧊 The hardest thing to manage
The things we know and understand are easy to manage. We can hire managers who are good at this. Tools can effectively track this. Life is good. The difficulty arises in the unknown. The iceberg analogy illustrates this well. The things we …
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🚨 Problems with not Releasing First
What is the downside of not Releasing First? Integration problems Manufacturing issues Last minute bugs appearing Lack of product fit (does not solve customer’s problem) The common theme is unforeseen problems that typically surface late …
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🧩 Why things fall apart at the end
As discussed in the previous two posts, things often go haywire near the end of a project cycle, right before the BIG Release. Why is this? Things seem to go so well at the beginning of the project. While it is impossible to detail every re…
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🔗 Platform thinking does not mean we don't use other platforms
On the contrary, platform thinking readily embraces other tools and platforms. The difference is: We add our own tooling, integration, and workflows into the mix. We own the integration points so we can readily swap out/in 3rd party compon…
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🎯 Who is Platform Thinking for?
Platform Thinking is for anyone who wants to take the friction out of creating, publishing, testing, integrating, and deploying products. The result? Value. Quality. Timeliness.
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🤔 Isn't this just agile?
A reader responded to the last post with a comment: Isn’t “agile” a part of product thinking too? That doesn’t seem linear? This is a good question. Agile covers a lot of ground. The Agile Manifesto states: We are uncovering better ways …
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🧪 TDPD - Test Driven Product Development
We’re familiar with TDD (test-driven development) in the software world. Basically the idea is to create unit tests before implementing a feature. What if we extend this to systems, hardware, and even mechanical? Write end-to-end system te…
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🛠️ The new Artisan Age
We live in a world of powerful tools. Milwaukee battery-powered hand tools, high-end PCB design suites, cloud platforms, open-source tools, etc. And while these tools get us a good way toward the goal, they do not do everything. Additionall…
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⚙️ Three aspects of product development
Finding and leveraging existing technology. Developing some of your own technology. Mixing it together. All three are necessary.
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📁 The file dilemma
There is this movement against files in most disciplines. Files are hard to manage, track, version, and secure (unless you use Git). Thus, a lot of tools have moved to SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications in the cloud. Jon Hirschtick a…
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🔗 Integration, not isolation (part 2)
We recently discussed integration, not isolation from a technical perspective. In an organizational context, we can have integrated cross-functional teams, or isolated silos. And the easiest way to avoid silos is transparency and common sys…
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🔗 Integration, not isolation
In a recent discussion, the comment was made that containers are not always a good fit for edge/embedded devices, as they are designed for isolation (which is useful at times for cloud workloads), but with embedded, we want tight integratio…
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✅ Guarantees
Sometimes we want guarantees: Are you sure this will work? Can we lock this down to a rock-solid stable release? Is it fully tested? Will this vendor be able to provide this part forever? Do we have all the features the product will ever n…
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🛠️ The defining characteristic of a good workflow tool
As mentioned in the previous post, modern workflow tools provide efficient access to information, collaboration, and automation. The real power is when these three things come together in one environment. The defining characteristic of a go…
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🤝 Integrate early
Integration is where we bring together separate parts of a system. When things come together, problems appear: performance problems, stability problems, electromagnetic noise issues, mechanical interference, incompatibilities, manufacturing…
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Creativity
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they we…