Grindr

The Grindr CEO’s ‘200 Engineers’ Claim Is a Lie. Here’s What’s Really Happening.

📅 August 11, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Grindr’s CEO claims AI replaced 200 engineers. The truth? The metric is code shipped, not value created. This isn’t about AI’s power—it’s a narrative trick to inflate valuation. For engineers, it’s a warning: your company will measure you by what’s easy, not what’s right.

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You’re Designing Products Wrong. Grindr’s Brutal Minimalism Proves It.

📅 July 24, 2026 📂 Culture & Society

Grindr isn’t just a dating app; it’s a masterclass in productizing raw human intent. By stripping away social friction and using a 1-hour expiry ‘Right Now’ trigger, it converts passive browsing into high-urgency action. For any product manager, the lesson is clear: stop adding features, start stripping them away until you’re left with the desperate core problem users actually want solved.

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