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WhatsApp's journey to becoming a global communication giant has been profoundly influenced by its own team using the app daily. From its foundational principles of simplicity and privacy to the development of new features, the practice of 'eating your own dogfood' at WhatsApp (and now Meta) plays a crucial role in refining the platform for its billions of users.
Strava isn't just a platform for athletes; it's largely built and refined by them. The company's deeply ingrained culture of employees actively using their own product fuels innovation, shapes features, and ensures that the user experience resonates authentically with its global community.
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.
Mozilla's commitment to an open, accessible, and private internet is not just an external mission—it's deeply embedded in how they build and refine their own products. Explore how Mozilla's teams leverage their own software, from Firefox Nightly to Thunderbird and beyond, to innovate and improve.
Instagram, a cornerstone of Meta's social ecosystem, isn't just built for its billions of users—its own employees are deeply immersed in the platform, testing new frontiers and refining existing experiences. Explore how this internal usage, from pre-release feature testing to insights from enterprise tools like Workplace by Meta, helps shape the evolving world of Instagram.
The Browser Company isn't just designing Arc as a novel way to experience the web; its own team lives and breathes within Arc daily. Explore how this deep internal immersion shapes Arc's unique features, user experience, and the quest to build a more personal and productive internet.
How did (and does) Yahoo, a pioneering internet company, use its own products internally? We delve into notable instances of dogfooding at Yahoo, from mandated email shifts to strategic smartphone adoption, and explore how this practice aimed to shape its vast suite of services.
Bumble's mission is to create a platform built on safety, kindness, and empowering women. But do its own employees use pre-release versions of the app to ensure it hits the mark? This post explores Bumble's approach to product refinement, internal testing, and the unique considerations of dogfooding a dating app.
Etsy, the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, doesn't just build tools for its millions of sellers and buyers; they immerse themselves in their own ecosystem. This exploration delves into how Etsy applies dogfooding principles to refine its platform, improve user experience, and foster innovation, while also considering the nuances of this approach.
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.