--- title: "Edd Savage (@savageideas) | Hashnode" description: "Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Gemba Advantage. Read the latest articles by Edd Savage on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@savageideas" --- @savageideas # Edd Savage @savageideas · London, UK · Joined June 2023 Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Gemba Advantage [Website](https://www.gembaadvantage.com/) ### [What Do I Really Mean by "Product"?](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/what-do-i-really-mean-by-product?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Moving Beyond the Workhorse 4 min read · [savageideas.hashnode.dev](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/what-do-i-really-mean-by-product?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jan 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-do-i-really-mean-by-product/69613ed4883d919c90572102) ### [Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/die-hard-christmas?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Yes I wanted this blog to just read Yes but the blogging platform keeps moving it into the bin because it thinks it must be spam if it’s that short. So I’m adding some words to make sure that doesn’t happen. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Affirmativ... 1 min read · [savageideas.hashnode.dev](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/die-hard-christmas?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Dec 2, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/die-hard-christmas/692f757aaef56966beec6ff5) ### [Are labels a good thing?](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/are-labels-a-good-thing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Or do they just make life more complicated? 3 min read · [savageideas.hashnode.dev](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/are-labels-a-good-thing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 25, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-labels-a-good-thing/692578aee053ec2a5bfc183f) ### [Mission Briefs - Your mission if you choose to accept it](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/mission-briefs-your-mission-if-you-choose-to-accept-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A different way to define requirements for developers 9 min read · [savageideas.hashnode.dev](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/mission-briefs-your-mission-if-you-choose-to-accept-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Aug 22, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/mission-briefs-your-mission-if-you-choose-to-accept-it/64e48742ac86aa694837e254) ### [Why I’m proud of my worst app](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) 10 years ago I wrote a public-facing website with a separate private web app for a small business. The technology I used was horrible, the processes I used to deploy it were completely manual, and the design was very much the UI version of hello worl... 9 min read · [savageideas.hashnode.dev](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app/64a51354960ad5f7f82b9714) [Jul 5, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app/64a51354960ad5f7f82b9714)