Tag: performance

  • Beyond the interface: hidden challenges of working with APIs as a product manager

    I love working with APIs, and in the course of the years I have come to work with them in different ways, be it by consuming those provided by others or using them to service others, be it providing data or carrying out a particular functionality. For a product manager, the core work around APIs…

  • Fine Lessons: What recent fines can teach us about the cost of staying compliant

    In the last few years I have had the pleasure of working in the very regulated area that is AML (anti-money laundering), CTF (counter-terrorism financing), and sanctions. These areas may sound dry to some, but they are a vital component of keeping a financial institution compliant. Thus, even if it isn’t directly driving revenue, it…

  • Need for speeds

    “If you want to improve the UX of your product, make it 10% faster!” I heard this years ago in an episode of “What is wrong with UX” and I still ponder upon it and think “Yeah, that is pretty spot on, those two self-described ‘old ladies who yell at each other’ really hit the…