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Your Next User Isn't Human: How AI Agents Are Reshaping Products
AI agents are becoming the interface between users and products. When someone's agent chooses for them, what happens to your site—and your ads?
•4 min read
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Why Digital Natives Make Worse Digital Decisions
Research shows Gen Z makes worse digital decisions than their parents. The cognitive biases behind the paradox and what it means for product design.
•6 min read
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Notes on Marketplace Dynamics and Growth Loops
Why do some marketplaces need $100M while others grow organically? Loop length determines success. Short wins every time.
•7 min read
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Two Cognitive Biases That Make Smart People Foolish
Narrative fallacy and hindsight bias feed each other, creating false confidence that compounds. Here's how to break the cycle.
•9 min read
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The Mirror That Writes Back: AI's Knowledge Commons Dilemma
AI models mirror our collective knowledge. But consuming without contributing depletes the commons. The fix is cultural: contribute what you learn.
•7 min read
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Building on OpenAI's Platform: Game Theory Insights
Using game theory to analyze OpenAI's Apps SDK. Why platform cooperation isn't prisoner's dilemma—it's asymmetric power.
•7 min read
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The Bitter Lesson Gets More Bitter: Betting Against Scale
AI scaling skeptics have been wrong three times. The pattern: scale massively to discover what's possible, then optimize for deployment.
•9 min read
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ClipDrop: Turn Your Mac Clipboard Into Files Instantly
Stop the copy-paste-save dance. One command turns your clipboard into any file. Auto-detects formats, transcribes audio, scans for secrets.
•10 min read
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Context, Data, and Intuition: The PM's Edge
Stop flying blind with metrics alone. Learn why context must come first, then data, then intuition—before competitors do.
•5 min read
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You Were Never Valuable Because You're Good at Stuff
We've confused productivity with purpose. AI forces the question: why does your life matter? The answer isn't about being useful.
•7 min read
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AI Personalization: Solving Decision Fatigue at Scale
AI recommendation systems solve choice overload, but only with transparency, reversibility, and user control to prevent filter bubbles.
•5 min read
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The Six-Month Rule: Hire People Who Don't Need You
In six months, if I'm still telling you what to do, I hired wrong. The uncomfortable hiring philosophy that builds unstoppable teams.
•9 min read
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How AI Makes Generalists Beat Specialist Teams
Solo developers now ship products faster than Fortune 500 teams can schedule meetings. AI inverts 50 years of specialization.
•2 min read
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First Principle Decisioning: Binstack Over Scoring
Scoring frameworks often obscure judgment calls. Binstack offers clarity: binary materiality and stack-ranked priorities.
•7 min read
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The Certainty Gradient Paradox: Why Long-Term Plans Get More Precise
Why strategic plans become more precise as time horizons extend. The paradox of false certainty in long-term forecasting.
•12 min read
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Friction Is a Feature: What Product Managers Forgot
A thought experiment on intentional friction: BeReal's 2-minute window isn't broken UX—it's the feature that creates authenticity.
•4 min read
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A/B Testing Essentials for Product Managers
Master A/B testing fundamentals: sample sizes, statistical significance, and the five rules that prevent bad tests. Practical, not theoretical.
•14 min read
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Tempo, Not Turbo: Why Faster Isn’t Always Better in Product Development
Speed without strategy destroys velocity. Learn to find your team's sustainable tempo and avoid hitting the red line that breaks quality.
•5 min read
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