Notes from the garage.
Product teardowns, stakeholder stories, and the odd essay on where technology bumps into human behavior. No cadence, no fluff.
The Real Interview Hidden Behind 'Tell Me About a Time You Failed'
The story you choose matters less than the decision-making framework it reveals - a HelloFresh case study on feature deprecation, dependency, and what interviewers are really listening for.
Read the summaryStakeholder Conflicts Are Never Really About the Product
What building a product for assembly-line workers taught me about stakeholder conflict, user research, and the value of being uncomfortable.
StakeholdersUser ResearchOpsThe Product Thinking Behind Apple Music AutoMix
A product teardown of Apple Music's AutoMix - how Apple turned seamless song transitions into a capability for energy continuity, and what behavioral signals would actually measure success.
TeardownConsumerMusicThe Shutter Trap
Why Instagram Instants is a masterclass in platform scale and a nightmare for human psychology.
ConsumerPlatform ScalePsychology
The AI work sits one door down.
Production AI systems, prototypes, and the honest notes on what earned its keep and what didn't.
Open the AI LabOpen to Senior PM roles where the technical complexity is real and the end user actually matters.