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The nature of software
  • Software is cumulative
  • Software is (mostly) not waste
  • Financial physics
  • Software faith
  • Not complex, simple
  • Platforms are not optional
  • In AI, the harness is the product
Belief and culture
  • The upstream chain
  • The WHY problem
  • On people and belief
  • Low-agency virus
  • Back story
  • Fundamentals are always "in"
Strategy
  • Structure is the strategy
  • The long game
  • Operators and investors
  • The metrics trap
  • All software execs have the same job
  • As good as it gets?
  • What kills companies
How teams run
  • Manage attention not time
  • Change your team's clock
  • What makes things visible
  • Too much talking
  • Agile was a philosophy
  • Beware captive IT
  • You will regret snowflakes
The PM craft
  • Responsive PMs are the worst
  • Maybe PM should be slow
  • Staff work
  • Ship more
  • Responding in comments
  • Repetition and persuasion
  • A roadmap is a story

Working notes. Things I keep coming back to in product management, software, and the way organizations actually work.

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