#product

The Drop column: killing what you're attached to

“A backlog item you'll never build isn't free. It's rent you pay every planning cycle — re-reading it, re-debating it, re-deciding not to do it — forever, until you let it die.”

The Analyze column: the one everyone skips

“A well-evidenced problem with no solution is not a small task. It's a different kind of work — and building before you've done it is just a confident guess with a sprint attached.”

The Test column: a mockup is not evidence

“Polish is the most expensive disguise evidence ever wore. A thing can be beautiful, specified, and completely unwanted.”

The Build column is smaller than you think

“Build isn't where ideas go to get prioritized. It's where they arrive after they've already earned it everywhere else.”

The four-column ask: build, test, analyze, or drop

“You don't prioritize a feature. You prioritize the next action a feature has earned — and that's build, test, analyze, or drop.”

An open-source eval starter kit for product managers

“Vibes are a feature flag without a kill switch.”

Stakeholder Management: Your Secret Weapon for Success

“What is Stakeholder Management? You’re a project, program, or product manager. So, you have a lot on your plate. You’re dealing with deadlines, resources, and many different priorities.…”

WSJF: Prioritize Like a Product Ninja!

“Alright, team, let’s talk prioritization. We’ve all been there. Staring at a backlog that’s longer than a CVS receipt, feeling the cold sweat of indecision. Do you tackle the big,…”

Rock Product Decisions With Data

“Why Data is Your Product BFF Imagine you’re crafting a killer playlist. You wouldn’t just throw on any old tunes, right? You’d consider the vibe, the listener, and what’s to…”

Crush Goals with Data: 2 Real-World Program Management Wins

“Hey there, fellow program management ninjas! Ready to dive into the wild world of data-driven decision-making? Buckle up, because we’re about to embark on a thrilling journey that’ll ma…”

Building a connected hardware product — month one

“The hardware decision is a five-year contract with your past self. On v1 I argued for two more bytes and lost. This time the room is mine.”

New: Agile Product Owner(ship) — From Beginner to Professional

“Most teams hire a product owner like they're hiring a project manager who knows JIRA. That's the bug. This course is the fix.”

Autonomous office chairs (and why this is a real PM lesson)

“Nissan didn't post a whitepaper on intelligent parking. They built a chair that tucks itself back under the desk. Two minutes of YouTube did more than a quarter of marketing spend.”

How Instagram scales — what I learned from Mike Krieger's deck

“Most architecture failures I've seen weren't because the team picked the wrong tool. They were because the team picked the *exciting* tool when boring would have worked.”

What I stole from Netflix's Kafka data pipeline deck

“You don't need Netflix's scale to use Netflix's architecture. You just need to want the same things Netflix wanted: decoupling, replay, and one source of truth.”