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For a company named Lovable, creating products that users genuinely adore is more than a mission—it's a daily practice. By immersively using their own suite of UX design, feedback, and sentiment analysis tools, Lovable's team ensures their platform for crafting delightful user experiences is, itself, truly lovable.
Klarna isn't just implementing AI; it's rebuilding its core around it. By championing the internal development and widespread employee use of AI-powered tools for everything from customer service to daily operations, Klarna is 'dogfooding' its way to becoming a uniquely efficient, AI-driven financial technology leader, with lessons that shape both its internal practices and external offerings.
Airtable isn't just a platform for creating collaborative apps; it's the operational backbone for Airtable itself. By 'dogfooding' their own low-code/no-code environment for everything from project management to AI-driven workflows, Airtable employees are the first and most critical users, ensuring the tools they build truly empower anyone to create.
Exploring how YouTube leverages Google's and its own proprietary technology to power its massive video platform, from infrastructure like Bigtable and custom CDNs to AI-driven recommendations and internal development frameworks.
Explore how cloud security leader Wiz utilizes its own comprehensive platform internally, driving product refinement, accelerating innovation, and fostering a deep understanding of customer challenges in the complex cloud landscape.
Coinbase doesn't just facilitate access to the cryptoeconomy; it actively builds upon and utilizes its own products, APIs, and infrastructure like the Base L2 network. This post explores how this deep internal engagement shapes its services, from AI innovations to open-sourcing security tools, and examines the inherent complexities and lessons learned when a company 'eats its own crypto dog food.'
A look at how AOL utilized its own software, like AIM and homegrown systems, for its operations, and how this internal usage shaped its products and, in some cases, highlighted missed strategic opportunities.
How Stripe's deep internal use of its own payment infrastructure fuels its innovation and customer-centric design, and where the boundaries of this approach lie.
A deep dive into how Perplexity AI leverages its own groundbreaking answer engine to drive product development, enhance user experience, and navigate the complex landscape of AI-powered search.
Uber leverages its own technology extensively, from sophisticated experimentation platforms to internal tools and targeted beta programs. This post explores how dogfooding—using their own products—helps Uber innovate, refine, and occasionally, stumble.
A deep dive into how Asana leverages its own work management platform for everything from product development and infrastructure management to internal communication and goal setting. Discover the patterns and practices that help them refine their product and the occasional insights gained when the system is stretched.
Roblox doesn't just offer a platform for creators; its own teams actively use its tools, from Roblox Studio to the Luau scripting language, to innovate and refine. This post delves into how internal game jams, dedicated productivity platforms, and cutting-edge AI development on their own tech shape the Roblox universe, while also exploring the challenges of aligning internal perspectives with a vast global developer community.
DoorDash encourages employees, from engineers to executives, to directly experience its platform through programs like WeDash. This post explores how this immersive approach, alongside dedicated internal tool development, aims to refine its services, and touches on the complexities and feedback surrounding such initiatives.