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Notes on product, craft, and the things I've learned building software for millions of people.

How AI brought me back to open source after a decade away

I used to contribute to open source as a software engineer. Then I became a PM, and for nearly a decade, meaningful contributions felt out of reach. Here's how AI changed that.

AIOpen SourceProduct Management
Mar 2026

I gave my AI a soul file — and it changed how I work

How a simple markdown file turned a generic AI assistant into something that actually knows me — my projects, my preferences, and how I think.

AIProductivity
Feb 2026

Why a lot of redesigns fail — and how we avoided it

Snapchat, Digg, Reddit — redesigns fail more often than they succeed. Here's what I learned leading Prime Video's mobile redesign.

Product StrategyMobile
Feb 2026