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Re:The “Run Less Software” philosophy by shadowtree on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:11AM (#16679006)
Bit of a shame as Intercom has been doing Content Marketing right for a long time. Older stuff by Des Traynor was pretty good though (and entertaining, his talks about Product Strategy are hilarious). Might have switched to a staff writer, hence the genericism (i hope they don't let engineering write articles on their own).

I guess that is the peril of content marketing in a narrow field - eventually you run out of fresh takes but still need to attract eyeballs. Hence the Buzzfeed-style headlines.

Re:The “Run Less Software” philosophy by jkaljundi on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:27AM (#16679135)
Initially Intercom was all about being great in a niche (on-site chat messaging), doing one thing well, focusing. Then growth came, demands for expansion, and so their mantra switched to all-in-one suites. So did their content marketing.