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Dogfooding

Programming På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Using the product you're building yourself — "eat your own dog food".

Microsoft popularised the term in the 80s. Forces friction bugs to be found before customers do. Most extreme: Slack was built on Slack, Linear on Linear, GitHub is built using GitHub features. Classic signal of engaged teams.

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