Map friction before you prototype: the discovery friction taxonomy.

In Lesson 4.1 of GROW Course 4 (Hardening & Shipping), Doug Liles works through it with you. A friction taxonomy that tells you what to fix before writing code.

What you'll take away

- Why map friction first

- The taxonomy

- Spotting hidden friction

Chapters

(0:00) Cold open & the promise

(6:37) Why map friction first

(13:15) The taxonomy

(19:53) Spotting hidden friction

(26:30) Prioritizing

(33:08) Hand-off to scoping

(39:46) The artifact & what to do Monday

Study guide, slide deck, blog companion, infographic (free)

- https://fde.goodcombinator.ai/lessons/FDE_Lesson_4_1

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM. Explainer video is human-produced.

Public release

This full FDE Certification audio lesson is available publicly as part of GROW by Good Combinator.

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Episode metadata

Show: GROW by Good Combinator

Course: Course 4 - Hardening & Shipping

Lesson: 4.1

Season/Episode: 4/1

Runtime: 46:24

Access label: public-full-lesson

Source channel: spotify

Source audio: app/lessons/assets/course-4/4.1/4.1 audio podcast.m4a

Taxonomy: Domain=Reliability & Shipping; Career stage=Senior FDE; Skill level=Advanced; Asset type=Lesson; Outcome=Ship

CRM events: course_started, lesson_completed, cert_enrolled

Transcript and accessibility

Final transcript required before launch: https://goodcombinator.com/grow/courses/course-4/lesson-4.1/transcript

Accessibility requirement: reviewed audio, clear title, descriptive show notes, and transcript availability before launch.

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM and disclosed here.

Credits

Host: Doug Liles

Producer: Good Combinator

Audio: NotebookLM AI narration (disclosed)