RELEASE NOTES · NAROO 5.0

Naroo v5.0 is
now generally available.

Fifty years in production. Built products, built teams, built people. Still shipping, still serving aces, still knows the best beer on the menu.

WHAT'S IN THIS RELEASE

Features everyone keeps mentioning

Compiled from years of user feedback by the people lucky enough to work, play and drink with him.

🧭

Product leadership

Finds the real problem behind the requested feature, and makes the roadmap make sense to everyone in the room.

core
🌱

Mentorship at scale

A long list of people who are better at what they do because Naroo took the time. This site is partly theirs.

most loved
🎾

Tennis

Competitive on court, gracious at the net. Will absolutely want a rematch.

always on
🍺

Beer

Post-match debriefs, product debates and big decisions, best held over a good pint.

after hours
🛠️

Builder mode

Can't see a problem without sketching a fix. Still building, at 50.

never deprecated
CHANGELOG

Version history

Five major releases so far. Full notes coming soon, written by the people who were there.

v1.0

Initial release. Early signs of curiosity and opinions.

v2.0

Discovers tennis, building things, and arguing about both.

v3.0

Enters product. Begins shipping.

v4.0

Leads teams. Starts growing other people's careers as well as products.

v5.0 · current

Generally available. Now with blog support coming soon.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Worked with Naroo? Played him? Owe him a beer?

Send a short video, a photo or a few lines. Everything goes on his wall for his 50th.

A memory with him Something he taught you A wish for his next decade
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