I worked at WPE years ago when the core product was still being improved upon and enhanced and new ideas were still being shipped. I assure anyone reading that

I worked at WPE years ago when the core product was still being improved upon and enhanced and new ideas were still being shipped. I assure anyone reading that the company shipped plenty of MVPs that turned out to not be Minimum, not be viable and failed as products. That's not to be a criticism - I love that the company tried new things and the product team wasnt afraid to put new tech in the hands of customers. But there was no new paradigm or standard then as this article from 2017 (which is right around when I left) suggests. The author is one of the smarter people I've been around, in the tech world or any other. And I've enjoyed his writing over the years. But I tend to agree that this piece doesnt really make a lot of sense aside from ascribing a new acronym to an established idea.