Peter Hilton

on-premises (SaaS)

IMHO Postman is the worst thing to happen to API testing. In the old days devs used to write & share tools (ie scripts) to test APIs which were easily extensible and, more importantly, automatable. Now every dev has their own customised Postman collection and testing is manual 😔

Talk to other product managers: do-it-yourself product management therapy #product hilton.org.uk/blog/product...

“Only two industries refer to their customers as 'users': computer [AI] design and drug dealing.” — Edward Tufte

Product management therapy: working in an isolated role and talking to people #product hilton.org.uk/blog/product...

Startup idea: AI writing tool that prompts *you*

I didn't even hear the problems (other than a single unison that's been driving me nuts for months). The difference between yesterday and today is night and day. Software development is similar. We think that what we're doing "works." We don't even notice the problems. 2/5

Map of the Lighthouses of the World. Each lighthouse sweeps out its actual arc and the reach of the beams is true to scale. Very cool. [kottke.org]

Book recommendation triage: book disappointment risk mitigation #booksky hilton.org.uk/blog/recomme...

The Hawaiian shirt is well known, but what is the official shirt for every other state?

TIL ‘Smurf naming – Using the same base name repeatedly in variable or function names with minor variations’ via dillo.org/programming-... #naming

Take your time: finding better ways than faster ways #product #development hilton.org.uk/blog/take-yo...

Macaroni cheese recipe: a comfort-food winter lunch #cooking hilton.org.uk/blog/macaron...

The return of the business paperback: e-readers win on convenience, until they don’t #management #booksky hilton.org.uk/blog/busines...

The two genres of wholesome Japanese fiction: 1. cats 2. bookshops #booksky

Systems thinking is one way to grow your strategic product management skills. Systems thinkers don’t just ship work. They smooth the system around it.

Falsehoods developers believe about names: Last names always start with a capital letter. (Many Dutch names, like my own, do not)

Book review: Reinventing organizations (illustrated): a different kind of business book for a different kind of business #booksky #review hilton.org.uk/blog/reinven...

Mackerel & lentil curry: a tasty store-cupboard recipe #cooking hilton.org.uk/blog/mackere...

Just today I was telling someone that it's okay to have or start an infrequently updated blog, if you make an interesting post twice a year or whatever that's awesome, just don't apologize about it and I still think never explain or apologize for your posting schedule is my best piece of blog advice

Read fiction before sleeping: wholesome relaxation that won’t keep you up at night #booksky hilton.org.uk/blog/read-be...

I just read a list of symptoms of insomnia. They’re a real wake-up call. 🙃 www.nhs.uk/conditions/i...

Shipping container community libraries: librarymaxxing for philanthropists #booksky hilton.org.uk/blog/communi...

You know what you want? You want a T-shirt with a crossover joke on it so incredibly nerdy that anybody who laughs it immediately becomes your new best friend... shop.codewithrockstar.com/product/line...

Shipping container library capacity: booksmaxxing by numbers #booksky hilton.org.uk/blog/contain...

Shipping container library layout: bookcasemaxxing by numbers #books hilton.org.uk/blog/contain...

A shipping container library: building a personal library that you don’t have space for #books hilton.org.uk/blog/contain...

What’s the collective noun for ISO intermodal (shipping) containers? 🙃

Book review: Isaac Newton, James Gleick’s story of renaissance philosophy and mathematics #book hilton.org.uk/blog/isaac-n...

The metrics trap: analysis paralysis for product managers #product hilton.org.uk/blog/analysi...

Experimentation vs optimisation: an development team partition thought experiment #management hilton.org.uk/blog/experim...

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From the archive: ‘Business Class or Economy? … I suspect that many programmers do not understand the value of a flight that may cost the same as an economy flight plus the cost of the latest development workstation’ #product blog.lunatech.com/posts/2007-0...

The book club problem: getting your colleagues to read your favourite book #reading #books hilton.org.uk/blog/book-club

#TypoOfTheDay Technical debth

Startup idea: solve the problem of everyone (who reads books) knowing which books their colleagues should read, but not knowing how to get them to read them. For example, launch Book Club as a Service: wholesome cloud and consulting services for the literate workforce.

Another reason why software development teams need technical writers:

Hard to think of a more poignant expression of the state of affairs in the industry than the Joy of Coding conference taking a break this year.

Talk to other team members more: trading efficiency against richer collaboration #product hilton.org.uk/blog/talk-more

When developers using an HTTP API want both API docs and an OpenAPI Description, is that because they want them for two different use cases, or because there are two different developers, who work differently? #API

Startup idea: solve the problem of mangled satnav pronunciation in other countries, e.g. with national place name pronunciation packs

I'm running my presenter workshop on Zoom next month, on a West Coast / AU / NZ friendly (well, friendlier) schedule. It is AWESOME, and you should TOTALLY JOIN IT and LEARN HOW TO DO KICK-ASS PRESENTATIONS. £50 off tickets with the code BSKY50: www.eventbrite.com/e/1987043570810/?discount=BSKY50