Lenny’s Podcast133 min
A better way to plan, build, and ship products
Ryan Singer · Mar 30, 2025
Key learnings
- Start from a fixed time budget (appetite) and shape a solution that fits it, rather than estimating a large idea and hoping it…
- Hold shaping sessions where product, design, and a senior engineer work together to sketch the idea and surface technical…
- Aim for a shaped idea describable in under about ten moving pieces; if it takes more, it likely isn't shaped well enough.