dogfood

Canine meal pellets

Dogfood is food formulated for dogs.

In tech slang, to dogfood (or eat your own dogfood) means to use your own product internally before releasing it: We're dogfooding the new app this week.

The practice tests real-world performance and signals confidence in what you're building.

pet

kibble

Ground pet food pellets

chow · canned · dry · wet · puppy · senior · grain-free · organic · premium · brand

testing

beta

Greek alphabet's second letter

pilot · feedback · validation · verification · debugging · quality · dogfooding · trial · evaluation · release

nutrition

protein

Folded amino chain

carbohydrates · fiber · calories · omega · nutrients · taurine · digestion · glucosamine · byproduct · meal

Categories
Opposites
target animal species

dogfoodcat food

Manufactured feline diet

catfood · bird food · fish food · rabbit food · horse feed

food quality/desirability

dogfoodgourmet food

Premium culinary preparations

fine dining · delicacy · haute cuisine · filet mignon · caviar

software development practice

dogfoodvaporware

Announced but undelivered software

user testing · customer feedback · market testing

Family

dogfoods

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G