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mvc

Separate application logic into Model (data), View (presentation), and Controller (input handling) for maintainable software architecture

mvvm-pattern

Separate UI from business logic using Model (data), View (UI markup), and ViewModel (presentation logic with data binding) for testable, reactive applications

mvvm

Build reactive user interfaces by binding Views to ViewModels that expose observable state and commands, separating UI from presentation logic

nash-equilibrium

Identify stable strategic outcomes where no player benefits from unilaterally changing their strategy - predict where competitive dynamics settle

natural-selection

Design systems that improve through variation, selection pressure, and inheritance of successful traits over generations

negative-visualization

Deliberately imagine potential losses and setbacks to build resilience and gratitude when preparing for major changes or managing anxiety about uncertain futures

negativity-bias

Negative information, events, and experiences have disproportionately greater psychological impact than equivalent positive ones - bad is stronger than good.

network-effects-16-types

Product or service becomes more valuable as more people use it, with 16 distinct types enabling strategic design choices

network-effects

A product or service becomes more valuable as more people use it, creating self-reinforcing growth, winner-take-all dynamics, and durable competitive moats

nielsen-heuristics

10 foundational usability principles for evaluating and designing user interfaces

noble-eightfold-path

Buddhist framework for ending suffering through integrated practice of wisdom, ethics, and mental discipline across eight interconnected dimensions

normal-distribution

Bell curve pattern where most values cluster around the mean with symmetrical variation

north-star-framework

Product strategy model that aligns teams around a single metric capturing core customer value, plus supporting input metrics that drive it

north-star-metric

Single metric framework that captures core product value and aligns teams on sustainable growth

nudge-theory

Influence people's behavior in predictable ways without restricting their freedom by designing the choice architecture context

occams-razor

Choose simpler explanations over complex ones when both explain the evidence equally well, avoiding unnecessary assumptions

ogsm-framework

Translate long-term vision into executable action through one-page strategic alignment of Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures

okrs

Goal-setting framework using qualitative Objectives and quantitative Key Results to align teams, drive ambitious outcomes, and measure progress

online-learning

Online learning updates models continuously as new data arrives, one sample at a time or in mini-batches, without retraining from scratch

only-paranoid-survive

Detect and navigate strategic inflection points by cultivating paranoid attention to 10X forces when industry fundamentals are about to change dramatically

ooda-loop

Outmaneuver competition by cycling through observe-orient-decide-act faster than opponents, operating inside their decision-making tempo

opportunity-cost

Every choice has a hidden price - the value of the next best alternative you gave up to pursue it

opportunity-solution-trees

Visual framework for mapping how product solutions connect to customer opportunities and business outcomes, ensuring team alignment

optimism-bias

Systematic tendency to overestimate likelihood of positive outcomes and underestimate negative ones, leading to unrealistic planning and risk assessment

orders-of-magnitude

Mental model for making rough estimates by thinking in powers of 10, enabling quick reasoning about scale, feasibility, and relative importance

outcome-based-roadmaps

Strategic communication tool focused on problems to solve and outcomes to achieve rather than feature lists with dates

outside-view-inside-view

Forecast by comparing to similar past cases (outside view) instead of analyzing unique project details (inside view) - cures planning fallacy

overconfidence-effect

Systematic tendency to overestimate one's knowledge, abilities, and the precision of predictions, leading to excessive risk-taking and poor calibration

pareidolia

Understand that seeing faces and familiar patterns in ambiguous stimuli is a brain feature, not a meaningful signal - use this awareness to avoid false positives in pattern-dependent analysis

pareto-principle

Focus on the vital few inputs generating disproportionate results while eliminating the trivial many consuming resources - identify high-leverage activities, power law distributions, and 80/20 patterns when prioritizing tasks, allocating resources, or…

peak-end-rule

Predict and shape memory formation by focusing on peak moments and endings rather than duration or average experience

performance-optimization-frameworks

Systematically maximize efficiency, improve speed, and enhance responsiveness through profiling, performance budgets, bottleneck identification, and iterative optimization - apply measurement-driven approaches to reduce latency, increase throughput, and…

personal-networks

Platforms where a person's identity and reputation are tied to the product, creating emotional lock-in through investment in online identity

personal-utility-networks

Need-to-have tools tied to real-life identities for essential daily communication and coordination, creating lock-in through practical necessity

pestle-analysis

Systematically identify and assess macro-environmental forces (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental) that impact organizational strategy

phase-transitions

Sudden state change at critical thresholds where small incremental changes trigger rapid, often irreversible transformation

physical-networks

Physical network effects created when physical nodes are connected through physical infrastructure, creating nearly insurmountable barriers to competition

picture-superiority

Replace text with images when information must be remembered long-term

platform-network-effects

Build developer ecosystems when value comes from third-party complements, not direct transactions

playing-to-win

Five-question strategy cascade framework for making integrated strategic choices from winning aspiration to management systems, from P&G's transformation