Less tech, more value tacking digital waste with sustainble produ
summary
Claims that 22% of software never goes live and another 49% are challenged, plus AI’s hidden water and CO2 costs, drive concrete proposals: apply a lifecycle assessment to servers, user devices and the digital product; use the futures wheel, design sprints and non‑human personas (Figma/Miro templates + ChatGPT prompts) in discovery; reduce bundle size with paginators and lazy load in delivery; delete zombie features <0.5% usage. Examples: an Alexa washing‑machine skill fails, an oven voice feature can work, and a responsive sports‑companion chat with live map integration succeeds.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:14Digital waste in software
- 5:27Product manager's role
- 8:15Life cycle assessment
- 9:18Three areas to address waste
- 11:31Sustainable product design
- 15:00Real-world waste examples
- 17:32AI waste pitfalls
- 20:31Cost versus value
- 21:36Call to action
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