Coinbase runs "pirate and architect" pods: the two-slice team structure for the AI era
J0se · x · 2026-10-11
Coinbase has been running "pirate and architect" pods since May: one pirate (ships fast, customer-obsessed, early DRI), one architect (scales prototypes into agent-ready specs), plus a part-time designer (continuously hill-climbing the experience). Lenny Rachitsky framed it as Dan Shipper's "two-slice teams" replacing two-pizza teams. Mental model: make it possible, make it reliable, make it delightful.
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