Using technology decisions to move quickly and iterate to a better

productMat Clayton CTO/Founder

What is Mixcloud?

Bootstrapped, Profitable and Proud

Failure

Ideas

If you can’t make it, fake it!

Totally fake feature

use your ad inventory

oops...

Development

team is everything

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” - George S. Patton

The Plan

Shipping!

Would you ship boats like this?

Not everyone needs to see the same site

Feature Switches - product design without mistakeshttp://www.github.com/disqus/gargoyle

Optimization

Django Experimentshttp://www.github.com/mixcloud/django-experiments

Big changes == Big wins

Performance

Speedbar

SpeedTracer

Django Speedbarhttp://www.github.com/theospears/django-speedbar

Monitor Every Feature

Monitor and alert on changes

Even the best ideas expire eventually

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” - George S. Patton

@matclaytonmat@mixcloud.com

Mat Clayton CTO/Founder

Thanks for listening!