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Aug 14, 20266 min read
The Vibe Coding Stall: Why Your AI-Assisted Code Never Ships
AI-assisted code works in demos. It stalls in production. Here's why the gap exists and how to close it.
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Product strategyFeatured
Aug 14, 20266 min read
The Vibe Coding Stall: Why Your AI-Assisted Code Never Ships
AI-assisted code works in demos. It stalls in production. Here's why the gap exists and how to close it.
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Aug 9, 202610 min read
MCP for Product Managers: The Hidden Leverage Point in Your AI Architecture
MCP isn't a technical detail—it's a strategic decision about whether your AI product can evolve independently of your model vendor. Here's how to think about it.
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Jul 5, 20268 min read
Stop White-Knuckling 'Understanding' — It Was Never Yours to Hold Onto
Anthropic's internal analytics went from 21% to 95% accuracy with zero model improvement. What that means for where AI moats actually live—and why you're fighting for the wrong layer.
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Jun 29, 20268 min read
Building the Moat They Can't Copy: Why Speed Is Swallowing Your Startup
Speed and feature parity are the trap. The moat moves toward embedded domain knowledge and workflow depth before foundation models commodify the gap.
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Jun 22, 20268 min read
Bottlenecks as Diagnostic: How to Read Where Your Team's Skill Gaps Actually Are
When AI accelerates your team, bottlenecks don't disappear—they migrate. Where they surface reveals exactly what your organization doesn't yet know how to do. Here's how to read the signal and fix the gap.
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Jun 9, 20268 min read
The Thinking Your Users Stopped Doing
Retention looks fine—DAU up, sessions steady—but users do their real thinking in ChatGPT and Claude, not your product. Here's what that split means.
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The Irrelevance Window: Why PMs Who Don't Code Are Already Obsolete
Most PMs think AI means more strategy time. It's the opposite: the gap between PMs who talk product and those who ship is widening fast.
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The Director Trap: Why Your Best Product Manager Shouldn't Get Promoted
You promote your best PM to director and lose the one person who actually ships. The Director Trap—and how to avoid it.
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The Moat Mirage: Why Competing on Model Speed Always Loses
Your product team just shipped a new AI feature. Forty-eight hours later, OpenAI shipped a better model. Who won?
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