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Well Played Gaben
Gamedev
8 days ago 152.7K views 0 shares
Well Played Gaben
Valve's business strategy in a nutshell. For those uninitiated, "Gaben" refers to Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve Corporation—makers of Steam, Half-Life, and collectors of your wallet's contents. The genius move? Announce shiny new products to distract everyone from the fact that you're sailing away on a mega-yacht purchased with Steam's 30% cut of every game sale. Meanwhile, Half-Life 3 remains in the same dimension as affordable housing in San Francisco—purely theoretical.

Adding Features Since No One Asked
Agile Webdev Programming
14 days ago 171.4K views 0 shares
Adding Features Since No One Asked
Just another Tuesday at a tech startup. The founder's pouring a gallon of "features" into a product that has zero paid users and no marketing strategy. Nothing says success like building a rocket ship when nobody asked for transportation. The classic "if we build it, they will come" delusion in its natural habitat. Spoiler alert: they won't come. They're perfectly happy using the five other solutions that already exist and have actual marketing budgets.

Microsoft Is Wild
Microsoft Windows Programming
1 month ago 148.3K views 0 shares
Microsoft Is Wild
The classic UNO dilemma: "Make A Good Business Decision OR draw 25" with Microsoft gleefully grabbing the entire deck instead. This perfectly captures Microsoft's legendary strategy of choosing the most convoluted path possible when a simple solution exists. Why fix bugs when you can just acquire another company? Why optimize Windows when you can just force everyone to upgrade? The house always wins when you're playing against your own users!