dogfooding

Using your own

Dogfooding is the practice of using your own product internally before releasing it to customers.

The term comes from the idea of a dog food company eating its own product.

Tech companies dogfood software to find bugs and demonstrate confidence: We've been dogfooding the new app for weeks.

Also appears as the verb dogfood.

validation

credibility

Quality inspiring trust

authenticityQuality of being genuine
trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
proofDemonstration of truth

evidence · verification · accountability · transparency · confidence · stress testing · edge cases · reliability · field testing · battle-tested

development

alpha testing

Initial in-house software evaluation

beta testingPre-release quality evaluation
quality assuranceStandards compliance verification
user experienceInteraction quality perception

feedback loop · iteration · debugging · prototype · pre-release · code review · bug tracking · test suite · deployment · version control

practice

self-hosting

Running services yourself

product testingEvaluating items before sale
walk the talkAct on stated values
self-serviceCustomer performs the task

culture

Microsoft

Redmond technology corporation

GoogleDominant web search provider
AppleCupertino tech giant
tech industryComputing and software businesses

startup culture · Silicon Valley

Opposites

testing methodology

dogfoodinguser testing

public beta · A/B testing

trust and authenticity

dogfoodinghypocrisy

Pretense of virtue

double standard

testing source

dogfoodingbeta testing

Pre-release quality evaluation

user testing · focus groups · market testing

Family

dog, food, dogs, dogged, doggedly, foods, foodie, fed, feed

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Profile: Used worldwide · Abstract · Rated G