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500 people vibe-coded for 30 days. I was one of them. - Sanja Grbic, Automattic
Takeaway
AI adoption accelerates when organizations pair autonomy with practical training and colleagues who enable others.
Summary
- Automattic's Radical Speed Month paused roadmap work for 30 days and gave small teams autonomy to ship; roughly 500 participants started 794 projects.
- Role-specific AI training, development setup documentation, and an internal knowledge MCP server supported broader code contributions.
- A mixed-discipline team built a board-game session manager in two hours, with an engineer teaching Git and enabling everyone to contribute.
- The designer applied that confidence to a design-system status tracker and identifies teaching as a major engineering multiplier.
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Original description
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, ran a 30-day experiment called Radical Speed Month: pause the roadmap, and see how fast real software could ship. I am a product Designer and I shipped three products that month. I'll share what each one revealed about a new kind of collaboration between designers and engineers and how teams are unlocked when bottlenecks disappear. Speakers: Sanja Grbic (Automattic): Sanja is a product designer based in San Francisco, with over a decade of experience, focused on turning complex technology into simple, inspiring solutions. X/Twitter: https://x.com/_dream_stellar LinkedIn: / sanjagrbic