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Daily product analysis

Short original articles about products that got it right — what they do and why they win and my expert verdict. In English and Persian.

Sep 29, 2026

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Startups#startups#bootstrapping

Basecamp keeps proving calm companies outlast blitzscaled ones

While most software companies race headcount and burn, Basecamp has run the same playbook for two decades: a handful of products, profitable every year, no growth theater. Why the calm model is newly relevant for founders in 2026.

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Sep 28, 2026

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Startups#startups#product strategy

The Linear method: why saying no to half the roadmap builds the better startup

Linear grew a devoted user base by refusing the startup default of shipping everything: a slower cadence of opinionated releases and an interface that stays fast. What a small team can copy from that discipline without copying the product.

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