Topic

AI

26 essays tagged AI.

Taste is a skill, not a gift

Everyone’s saying taste is essential in the age of AI. What exactly is it, and how can you develop yours?

A team of "Full Stack Builders" is like a band of only drummers

AI lets anyone on a product team build almost anything. That doesn't make the team obsolete. It makes the team more important.

Aug 18AI

Software architecture for non-technical builders

You don't need to be a mechanic to drive a car — but when the AI stalls, it helps to know what's under the hood.

Jul 7AI

AI doesn't make your job easier.

Building software has never been cheaper. Doing product management well has never been harder. AI didn’t take the PM job — it exposed the one we should have been doing all along.

Jun 9AI

How to stop tokenmaxxing and cut AI spend 10x

Three fixes to reduce token burn and improve ROI.

Jun 4AI

From 10x people to 10x teams

The first wave of AI was single-player. The next wave is multiplayer.

Jun 2AI

The best prototypes get thrown away

Two failure modes are quietly killing the promise of AI prototyping. Both come from the same misunderstanding.

May 21User Research

OpenAI has the smarter model. Anthropic is winning anyway.

Anthropic figured out something OpenAI didn't — and it has nothing to do with the model.

May 19AI

Turn product guessing into product validation

AI-powered prototyping turns the product development process into a thinking tool, not just a delivery pipeline.

May 14User Research

The product lifecycle is broken

Writing software now costs less than writing about it — and that changes everything.

Apr 10AI

Building AI products: Lessons from Productboard Spark

A detailed look at how one team navigated the hard calls: figuring out where AI actually fits, shipping ahead of customers, and building quality through rigorous evaluation & iteration.

Jan 29AI

Design-driven prototyping with Figma Make

From blank page to working prototype in 30 minutes. No design skills required.

Dec 4Design

Data-driven prototyping using Reforge Build

Product teams need prototypes that are tools, not toys. Learn how to level up your prototypes using a data-driven approach.

Nov 12User Research

Building AI products competitors can't match

How do you win when everyone has access to the same AI models?

Sep 25AI

The spec is dead, long live the spec!

Prototypes are the new specs and specs are the new.... source code?

Jul 31AI

Is your product at risk of Product Market Fit Collapse?

Why are some companies vulnerable to AI disruption while others stand on solid ground? This question is critical—not just to help you understand the risk—but to help you figure out how to respond.

Jul 24AI

Take your AI images to the next level

A guide to writing prompts to generate AI images that don't look so... um... AI generated.

Jul 13AI

How AI is supercharging every phase of the PM lifecycle

AI is not just changing the products we build; it's reshaping how we build them. For product managers, this is less like a threat and more like rocket fuel for our capabilities.

Jul 10AI

The Great AI Rebundling

How AI turned once-distinct companies into direct competitors overnight—and why Figma now battles PowerPoint, Canva, Webflow, Miro, Illustrator, and Cursor all at once.

May 23AI

How to work like an AI-first PM

Prototypes are the new PRD... use vibe coding to write better specs and build better products.

Apr 27AI

Tool Augmented Generation: 2025 is the year AI learns to use your product

As a product builder, you need to stay ahead of the AI curve. In this post, I discuss where AI is going and how to keep your product at the frontier.

Dec 19AI

Will AI kill Product Management?

PMs have been facing an existential crisis. It started with the tech layoffs and got worse when Airbnb eliminated the traditional PM role. In the face of AI, is product management dead?

Dec 5AI