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Shipping Your First AI Agent in 30 Days: A Guide for Product Managers

An executive demands an AI strategy in six weeks, but a deck without data is just theory. Learn how one PM used radical constraints to ship a single AI capability in 30 days, proving that real usage data from two users is more valuable than a perfect plan.

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Should You Build AI Agent Capabilities? A Decision Framework for Product Managers

Your CEO asks: "Should we become an agent capability?" You have one quarter, one team, finite resources. Build for AI agents or ship features your customers asked for? The five dimensions that determine which path fits your product.

UI as API: Extracting Data Using Vision Models

When APIs don't expose what you need, vision models offer a stable alternative to brittle scrapers. A complete walkthrough building Jira automation.

When Not to Fail Fast?

Fail Fast tells you how to move. It doesn't tell you what to check before you start. The cases where those questions go unasked don't just fail fast. They fail wide, quietly, and at someone else's cost.

The Reversible Decision: A Product Manager's Guide to Navigating Uncertainty

Certainty is a recipe for brittleness. In fluid markets, the only real strategy is a shock absorber. From Bezos's Two-Way Doors to the Three-Strike Rule, learn how the Reversible Decision framework lowers the cost of being wrong and creates the space for growth.

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Essays on product decisions, systems thinking, and building software. Exploring the questions we skip at the intersection of strategy, psychology, and human behavior.

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