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			<p>I have developed both downloadable and online tools in the past. In most cases,
to try out some new technology. It&#39;s an approach I&#39;ve continued on my work on 
elmah.io [https://elmah.io]. Having active users that you have (and love) to
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  | <time datetime="2018-05-08">08 May 2018</time></span>
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			<p>I usually spend some time evaluating the conferences I go to. Last year, I made
the mistake of participating in too many conferences and rather than getting
more input, I ended up feeling like I didn&#39;t really had the time to evaluate
what I&#39;d learned [https:&hellip;</p>
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/retrospective/">Retrospective</a> | <time datetime="2018-01-02">02 Jan 2018</time></span>
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			<p>Time for another retrospective post. Unlike previous years
[https://thomasardal.com/tag/retrospective/], my main professional focus (maybe personal
as well), has been on elmah.io [https://elmah.io/]. So, how are things? Very
well actually. The product is growing consistently and the numbers are starting
to look very promising.&hellip;</p>
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/conference/">Conference</a>, <a href="/tag/goto/">GOTO</a> | <time datetime="2017-10-02">02 Oct 2017</time></span>
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			<p>Another year of GOTO have come to an end. At least for me, since I only
participated a single day this year. I was invited as a blogger once again. In
short, bloggers are offered free access to the conference by writing blog posts,
typically around subjects discussed on the&hellip;</p>
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/lean-startup/">Lean Startup</a> | <time datetime="2017-09-15">15 Sep 2017</time></span>
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			<p>This is the sixth and final post in a series about Lean Startup on elmah.io
[https://elmah.io/?utm_source=thomasardal&amp;utm_campaign=thomasardal&amp;utm_medium=blog]
. Check out the other posts here:

 1. Introduction [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-introduction/]
 2. Minimum viable product
    [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-minimum-viable-product/&hellip;</p>
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/lean-startup/">Lean Startup</a> | <time datetime="2017-09-14">14 Sep 2017</time></span>
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			<p>This is the fifth post in a series about Lean Startup on elmah.io
[https://elmah.io/?utm_source=thomasardal&amp;utm_campaign=thomasardal&amp;utm_medium=blog]
. Check out the other posts here:

 1. Introduction [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-introduction/]
 2. Minimum viable product
    [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-minimum-viable-product/]
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/lean-startup/">Lean Startup</a> | <time datetime="2017-09-13">13 Sep 2017</time></span>
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			<p>This is the fourth post in a series about Lean Startup on elmah.io. Check out the other posts here:


 1. Introduction
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Split testing or A/B testing is one of the practices from Lean Startup&hellip;</p>
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			<h2 class="post-title"><a href="/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-continuous-deployment/">Lean Startup on elmah.io - Continuous deployment</a></h2>
			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/lean-startup/">Lean Startup</a> | <time datetime="2017-09-12">12 Sep 2017</time></span>
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			<p>This is the third post in a series about Lean Startup on elmah.io
[https://elmah.io/?utm_source=thomasardal&amp;utm_campaign=thomasardal&amp;utm_medium=blog]
. Check out the other posts here:

 1. Introduction [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-introduction/]
 2. Minimum viable product
    [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-minimum-viable-product/]
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			<h2 class="post-title"><a href="/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-minimum-viable-product/">Lean Startup on elmah.io - Minimum viable product</a></h2>
			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  | <time datetime="2017-09-11">11 Sep 2017</time></span>
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			<p>This is the second post in a series about Lean Startup on elmah.io
[https://elmah.io/?utm_source=thomasardal&amp;utm_campaign=thomasardal&amp;utm_medium=blog]
. Check out the other posts here:

 1. Introduction [https://thomasardal.com/lean-startup-on-elmah-io-introduction/]
 2. Minimum viable product
 3. Continuous deployment
    [https://thomasardal.com/&hellip;</p>
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			<span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/thomas/">Thomas Ardal</a>  on <a href="/tag/lean-startup/">Lean Startup</a> | <time datetime="2017-09-10">10 Sep 2017</time></span>
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			<p>If you are a returning reader of this blog, you know that I’m not into heavy
software processes. While I try to be very structured around how I spend my
time, my daily work doesn’t follow a specific software development process. I
get inspiration from the workplaces I&hellip;</p>
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