As We May Think
This is Fibery's radically honest blog. You'll find deep and shallow thoughts about augmenting intelligence, products, and tools.
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How Fibery Uses Fibery for Product Development: 3 Years Later
Wondering how the Fibery team uses Fibery for developing… well, Fibery? Join Michael Dubakov as he guides you through the past 3 years of progress since his latest rumination on the topic.
How to Write Beautiful Feature Specs in Fibery
Feature spec should be inside Feature, not some other external tool. This article explains specs creation tips and tricks for product managers.
The Definitive Guide to Productboard Alternatives in 2023
Yes, Fibery is a good alternative. But there's a plethora of other options. Hop on the train and sift through all the product management tools that can serve as Productboard replacements.
Fibery vs. Productboard. The Hard Choice.
Productboard is a solid product. However, it doesn't cover some important product development areas.
Connect Feedback to Your Custom Product Hierarchy [24/100]
Explore the evolution of feedback processing and discover a better process for handling customer feedback. Learn how product companies transition from random notes to specialized feedback tools and the benefits of connecting feedback to the product hierarchy.
Opinionated or Unopinionated: What Product Management Tool Should You Choose?
Picking the right product management tool isn't easy. But what if we told you that first, you need to decide if you need an opinionated or unopinionated tool? Take the red pill and embark on a journey to find the solution that actually fits your processes.
Fibery vs. ClickUp. Complex or Complicated?
Deep review of Fibery and ClickUp. ClickUp is an extensive complicated tool that focuses on Tasks. Fibery is a complex tool that focuses on connected processes.
Overfitting in Product Design [10/100]
Why you shouldn't read all the feedback before designing a complex feature.
Shape Up with Fibery
Using a 'fixed time, variable' scope development process, you can focus on delivering the most important features, according to a regular cycle.
🍀 'Green Grass' Products [3/100]
How to balance between dynamic and static quality, and amplify new knowledge exploration in a new product development.
Sync vs. Async Processes in Product Development [2/100]
Sync processes for product planning, dependencies management and vision sharing are easier to run, but async processes are more performant. How to choose?
Software Products Degradation [1/100]
Software products get destroyed by 'More features' race, technical debt, technological progress and market changes. This post explores ways how product managers can keep products alive.
Working Backwards to Find an Activation Metric
How we tried to pick an objectively good activation event for our non-linear product and invented something else instead.
How to Build Your Company's Brain with Fibery
That's the best Fibery explainer so far. Now even we (Fibery employees) are beginning to understand how Fibery works.
Fibery vs. Monday. Complex vs. Simple Processes.
Deep review of Fibery and Monday. Monday works best for simple processes. Fibery works best for complex processes and knowledge management.
Product Discovery Isn't Just for the Product Team
If your discovery process involves the same handful of people, opportunities may be overlooked because the insights that would lead you to them are never acknowledged.
Fibery vs. Aha! What a Beauty!
Aha! is a weird-looking product with tons of features. It's easy to compete with it aesthetically, but hard functionally.
How Fibery Uses Fibery for Product Development
Using Fibery inside a product development company as a tool for product Roadmapping, OKRs, Ideation, CRM, Feedback management, Competitors tracking and Software development
#23. Fighting Stability and Performance in June 2020
Vizydrop team will join Fibery in August. Terms Sheet with the VC fund is negotiated and confirmed. Stability problems resolved. Performance improved. New blog delivered. Fibery sticks better.
#22. Accumulating $1M+ Seed Round in May 2020
$1M confirmed from angels for the seed round. Deeper negotiation with a VC fund. Tons of content. Largest customer. Roadmap for the next 3 months is nailed. Chaos.
Fibery vs. Coda. the Power of Workarounds.
Deep review of Coda and Fibery on a real case. Coda is a set of powerful docs / Fibery is a set of connected apps.
Fibery vs. Airtable. We Connect Your Bases!
Deep review of Airtable and Fibery on a real case. Airtable is a set of connected tables / Fibery is a set of connected spaces.
Fibery vs. Notion.
Notion is an awesome product. However, it’s not perfect. Notion works best for individuals and small teams, while Fibery works better for larger teams and complex processes.
#21. Public Launch in April 2020
Public launch April 1st. Product of the Day on PH. Some offers from VC. Super-productive month. Better activity, but stagnating MRR. Cool Whiteboard View. Remote.
Use Networks to Prioritize Product Features
Features prioritization is the hardest problem in product management. Learn how to get better in it using... networks.
#20. Staying Alive in March 2020
Panic mode. +Pavel +Alexey. Productivity soars. No VC. Remote. New pricing scheme. New getting started.
#19. First Customers in February 2020
First true customers. 100 active accounts. +Polina. Up to speed. −Telemetry. Still no public launch. Independence!
#18. Enduring January 2020
Public announcements moved to February. -Nikita. -VC. -Snow. -Speed. Cortisol pit. Crossing Valley of death. Optimism.
#17. Fragmented December 2019
Public announcements moved to January. +Lena. Tons of feedback. First money! Hype is over. We consider rising a ~$4M round.
#16. Crazy November 2019
Fibery 1.0 is silently launched. Silence is hard to keep. HackerNews front page. Twitter madness. 3000 registered accounts.
#15. Multi-tasking October 2019
Nikita is back! New web site. Pricing simplified. Sidebar redesigned. Getting started experienced. Polishing is eternal.
#14. Anxious September 2019
Domain evolution is done. Notifications are done. Actions Buttons are done. Fall is free. Creators! Polishing is terrified.
#13. Hot August 2019
Notifications are somewhat done. Rename is graceful. Action Buttons are born. Canvas View is growing. Javascript. HN banned us.