Proof of Concept

Proof of Concept

Surfaces, capabilities, and extensions

Issue 284: Future casting opinionated platforms

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David Hoang
Feb 08, 2026
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Throughout my career, I’ve had the pleasure of working across many different focuses: consumer, growth, design systems, marketplaces, platform, and so much more. Each focus area has its own approaches and incentives. Over time, I amalgamated them into three pillars to distill it to the simplest form: surfaces, capabilities, and extensions. Each layer ha…

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