This is the canonical home for my writing — pieces on leadership, product craft, technology, and the human side of building things. Posts here are also shared on LinkedIn, Substack, and Medium.
Recent Articles
- Write like a human. And annoy people.I was reading a friend’s website the other day. His perspective was sharp and his prose was unmistakably his — a style I’d never use myself, but one I couldn’t… Read more: Write like a human. And annoy people.
- The Friction Was the Quality ControlAI can build a great slide deck in minutes. I learned what makes a deck good when a single slide took an hour to create and cost real money. Those… Read more: The Friction Was the Quality Control
- Can AI Bring Back Weird Software?The garage era died. AI might be bringing it back. In 1995, a group of developers hid a Doom-style 3D maze inside Microsoft Excel. If you knew the right sequence… Read more: Can AI Bring Back Weird Software?
- I Built an AI Product to Learn How AI Products Work. Here’s What Surprised Me.A lot of PMs think they’re learning AI… but you’ll learn so much more by building something. I was one of them, until I decided the fastest way to understand… Read more: I Built an AI Product to Learn How AI Products Work. Here’s What Surprised Me.
- Solve the Simple Data Problem FirstAI keeps reaching for the complex answer when the easy one is sitting right there in the file.