Ordinary Podcast: Behind the Button | Mapping Your IT Product
A button is an illusion. The screen is just the lobby. What are you actually building?
In this episode, Sam and Jain deconstruct the "ordinary" digital interface to reveal the massive, hidden systems that power every app. If you’ve been using AI tools like ChatGPT or Cursor to "build an app" but find yourself lost when errors appear or buttons fail to work, it’s time for a map.
We’re moving beyond the "facade" of beautiful screens and into the true architecture of an IT product. Using the Hotel Metaphor, we explain why your UI is just a storefront and where the real logic lives