A developer with AiDHD discusses the challenges of focus and feature creep when building MVPs with AI, emphasizing the need for discipline.
Explores how AI is fundamentally changing product management, shifting from traditional documentation to rapid prototyping and real-time feedback.
A product leader reflects on their tenure at Float, sharing lessons learned about technical leadership, scaling mobile apps, and company culture.
A developer shares lessons from two failed CI/CD products and how they led to creating CI Insights, an observability tool for CI pipelines.
Argues that effective AI product evaluation requires a scientific, process-driven approach, not just adding LLM-as-judge tools.
A tech team's story of pivoting from a CI cost tool to a CI reliability product, only to realize they built great tech but not a viable product.
A developer discusses how observing innovative user workarounds can inspire new product features, using examples from data structures and Bluesky.
Critiques the 'single visionary' myth in tech product development, arguing for collaborative, principle-driven decision-making instead of autocratic design.
Argues that product backlogs are harmful, never shrink, and proposes working without them for better productivity and team alignment.
A satirical critique of over-engineered Agile frameworks, proposing the simple 'Talk To Your Customers' (TTYC) methodology as a disruptive alternative.
An update on TinyPilot's 20th month, focusing on hiring a support engineer, launching a new product, and reviewing business metrics.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, a bootstrapped tech business, covering product delays, revenue stats, and founder time management.
A founder's reflection on evolving from an 'engineering-driven' to a more balanced company culture that equally values design, product, and business expertise.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, a tech hardware project, covering revenue, product development challenges, and business bottlenecks.
Explains why design is crucial for developers, covering UX basics and offering practical tips to improve design skills for better products.
An introduction to A/B-testing as a method for data-driven product decisions, covering its basic principles and connection to incremental improvement.
Explains how to use Monte Carlo analysis for product development, using TweetDeck screen capacity as a practical example.
A blog introduction focusing on technical essays, tutorials, and reflections about software development, tools, and career advice.
A guide for developers on generating product ideas by identifying real-world problems, emphasizing problem-first thinking over solution-first approaches.
A review of Marty Cagan's book 'Inspired,' covering the role of Product Management in the tech industry and its practical techniques.
