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Essays on product craft, leadership, and making sense of how things work 路 17 posts
2026
2025
The Best People to Work With
The best people to work with say "you're right, I didn't see that" easily. They hold ideas loosely and adjust fast.
What the WWII Jeep Teaches Us About Building Products
The Germans made the fatal mistake of confusing simplicity with stupidity.
Why Strava is the Only Social App That Doesn't Suck
How Strava became the best social network by making effort the engine.
The Conversation I'll Never Have
Fifteen years ago today, my father died. This is about the father-shaped space in understanding the world, and the conversations that continue even after death.
Fred again..'s "Victory Lap" Shows What Happens When Music Is Developed Like Software
Your favorite artist drops a new album, but instead of being a finished product set in stone, it launches like software - with version updates, beta releases, and user-submitted bug reports.
When the Places We Love Get Broken
The river will flow again. We'll make new memories. But for now, we grieve what we lost, and we take care of each other.
Thank You, Netscape: Lessons Learned by Looking Back at a Once Titan of the Internet
How the company that created the modern internet dominated everything, then disappeared - and what that means for product builders today.
The Sonos Meltdown: 3 Product Lessons From a $2B Mistake
In 2024, Sonos delivered a masterclass in how to erode user trust. Here are the critical product management lessons every PM needs to learn from their $2B mistake.
The Tools Actually Helping Product Managers Ship in 2025
A decade in product has taught me what tools actually create leverage. Here's what's working in 2025.
Marty Cagan Just Said What We've All Been Thinking
The traditional product manager role is becoming obsolete, and AI just massively sped up that timeline. Here's what that means for the future of product creation.
The Rise of the 10x Product Manager in the AI Era
The mythical 10x engineer is making way for a new star: the 10x product manager. AI is making this happen.
The Time-Traveling Product Manager: Why Effective Product Work Isn't Always Glamorous
A candid look at how great product management is less about heroic moments and more about moving thoughtfully through different time dimensions.
The Game has Changed: High Agency Product Management
Real talk about building AI products in 2025. Skip the trends, focus on what matters, and ship what users actually need.
Product and Engineering: The Real Conversations We're Not Having
A decade of working with engineers has taught me what truly matters in the age of AI - and it's not what you might think.