Dogfooding

Bill Gates Couldn’t Install His Own Software. Your Company Is Doing the Exact Same Thing.

📅 September 7, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

In 2003, Bill Gates tried to install Microsoft MovieMaker and failed. The download team didn’t anticipate people using the download page to download things. This isn’t just a funny anecdote; it’s a terrifying indictment of corporate silos. When the person with absolute authority can’t bend a download page to their will, the problem isn’t the page—it’s the company. If Gates couldn’t fix it, your modern software struggles aren’t a personal failure. They’re a systemic one.

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Alibaba Just Forced 100,000 Employees to Use Their Own AI. It’s the Smartest Mistake They’ll Ever Make.

📅 July 14, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Alibaba just banned Claude and GPT internally, forcing 100,000 employees onto their own AI models. This isn’t a compliance move — it’s a brutal but brilliant product strategy. Dogfooding creates a high-density, zero-delay feedback loop that turns employee frustration into the most valuable product data. The short-term morale hit is the down payment on long-term market dominance.

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