I’m a bit of a sucker for shiny new things. What’s more, 1Password 8 has just arrived on Windows, and I think it gives macOS users a lot to look forward to. And, although on an entirely different scale, I know exactly what it feels like. They dealt with the press and user feedback that followed brilliantly. Their decision to change the entire backend for the macOS version of the brilliant 1Password drew lots of criticism but having had the unique opportunity to chat with them about the reasons for the change, it’s clear that this was one of those tricky but necessary decisions. It’s why I’ve been so impressed by AgileBits over the last few months. For a while.īut I also know that you make those decisions because you deeply love the product and the people behind it. As a recovering director of a small software company, I know that for every instantly customer-pleasing decision you make, there’s one that will piss them off. No, not physically writing the lines of code – but the marketing and selling of it.

My background is in software development.

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