If Releases Are Experiments, What’s Your Hypothesis? (codemanship.wordpress.com)
from codeinabox@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 10 Oct 2025 11:43
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slazer2au@lemmy.world on 10 Oct 2025 11:47 next collapse

Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

codeinabox@programming.dev on 10 Oct 2025 14:09 collapse

I am intrigued. Could you elaborate on this with some examples?

felsiq@piefed.zip on 10 Oct 2025 21:32 collapse

Not the same person, but I assume they mean the release being the hypothesis (“this version will do what we want”) and people using it to be the experiments testing the hypothesis

codeinabox@programming.dev on 10 Oct 2025 22:13 collapse

My understanding is that an example of a hypothesis, is that users want a feature. The experiment is putting that feature in front of users, or performing user research, which which then allows you to validate if a hypothesis is true or not.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 10 Oct 2025 12:43 next collapse

Ideally:

how much of this can I automate so it just purrs like a kitten for as long as possible

Realistically:

how quickly can I satisfy these stupid fucking product requirements without incurring so much tech debt that it makes my job soul-destroying?

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