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Latest — 20 Dec 2025

The Fluency Trap

You step sideways into the AI. It feels like efficiency, but is it an abdication? Fluency seduces where error alerts; it trades contact for coherence. Are you using the tool to explore the world, or to hide from the friction of it? Stop letting the lullaby of a smooth summary replace your sight.

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Quick Fix: Gemini "Wrong Image" Download Bug

If you are generating images with Gemini’s new Nano Banana models, the "Download" button is currently broken. It frequently downloads an entirely different image from a previous prompt. 😭 The official fix isn't out yet, but the high-res asset exists. You just have to bypass the

The Machinery

Your fitness app warns your streak will break. Your meditation app reminds you to be mindful. None are designed for peace of mind. They're designed to keep the machinery running. What if we built products differently?

Why Are You Revolving The World Around You?

A quiet letter to those who forget how insecurities pull us into our own center of gravity, and how in that tilt, any form of excess, either ego or its absence, becomes its own quiet form of starvation.

The Happy Path Is the Shadow of Good Failure Design

The happy path builds itself when failure is designed from the start. This essay breaks down a simple hierarchy for ranking errors, planning recovery, and shaping products that feel smooth not by accident, but because the messy paths were handled deliberately.

Thanks

This too shall pass. Last week I had to say goodbye to colleagues I have learned from, built alongside, and occasionally debated with. Many were people I looked up to—guides when I was stuck—each adding a Lego brick I didn't know I needed until everything clicked.

If AI Builds Faster Than You Can Think, How Do Product Managers Stay Relevant?

AI has made building effortless — but not meaningful. As prototypes shrink from months to minutes, the real advantage isn’t speed; it’s awareness. This essay explores how Product Managers can adapt their craft, design faster feedback loops, and rediscover meaning in an AI-accelerated world.

Stop Building Wedding Cakes. Ship Cupcakes Instead!

If I asked you about your plans this weekend, you’d probably tell me exactly which cafe you’re heading to, which book you’re catching up on, or which friend group you’re meeting. But if I asked about the weekend three weeks from now, you’d be less

Are Your Experiments Killing Innovation?

Does your team runs dozens of experiments every month? Let's explore how great product teams turn experimentation into true discovery, and why organizations get this wrong.

Building Better Software Teams Part 3 - 4 Symptoms or One Problem

This story is third in the series Building Better Software Teams in which we understand and try to remediate some common issues faced by software teams. In the previous part, we saw how 5 Whys can be a great way to get to the root of an issue. Once the