Software Development at Rocket Speed
by Nikolay Smorchkov
The book of the week from 06 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2025
This book is a comprehensive and practical guide designed to help entrepreneurs, startup founders, and tech managers create high-quality IT products quickly and efficiently. Written in an accessible yet deeply insightful style, the book walks readers through the complete software development lifecycle, offering concrete tools, methodologies, and real-world examples to demystify technical complexity and accelerate product delivery, whether you’re using AI or not. The “Software Development at Rocket Speed” book is ideal for startup founders with or without a technical background, product managers and business owners launching IT products, tech team leads looking to streamline delivery, and anyone exploring how to blend modern tools (including AI) with time-tested project management principles. The book outlines how to define tasks clearly and concisely, introducing the concept of Minimum Viable Features (MVF) and stressing the importance of simplicity and clarity, even when working with AI assistants.
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