Live user bugs drive faster engineering velocity than pre-launch testing
Jaspar Carmichael-Jack · 1st-time AI founder grows from $0 to $1.3M ARR in 8 months. Here's exactly how he did it. | Jaspa... · PMF Show · Oct 3, 2024 · at 9:01
Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder of Artisan, discusses why launching an early, imperfect product increases team speed despite customer churn.
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“When there's a bug on a live app that people are using, engineers will fix it a lot faster than when there's a bug on an app that no one's using. So it just, it makes everyone have higher velocity.”
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