How Basecamp Runs Engineering With Two Designers

Lucas and Luna dissect Basecamp engineering org — a 40-person company with just 2 designers and a founder who writes code. They explore how David Heinemeier Hansson structures product teams, why the company enforces a 40-hour work week, and the specific asynchronous communication norms that replace standup meetings. The hosts walk through the company's 'one product team per feature' model, its deliberate lack of a QA department, and the surprising statistic that Basecamp's engineering-to-designer ratio is 10-to-1. They debate whether this approach scales beyond small teams and what lessons it holds for CTOs at larger orgs. #Basecamp #DavidHeinemeierHansson #SmallTeams #EngineeringOrg #ProductTeams #AsyncWork #QALess #TwoDesigners #Rails #RubyOnRails #FlatStructure #CTO #TechLeadership #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #EngineeringCulture #WorkLifeBalance Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo