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Read this korrent: AI data tooling has cut the product manager's need for data scientists while multiplying the time they spend in the data themselves.
AI data tooling has cut the product manager's need for data scientists while multiplying the time they spend in the data themselves.
Last stated a month ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones. — tap to centre the map on it
AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones.
Last stated a month ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who manage product managers should still spend almost all of their own time doing individual contributor work. — tap to centre the map on it
People who manage product managers should still spend almost all of their own time doing individual contributor work.
Last stated a month ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Product managers are the AI era’s big winners: coding models are now good enough to pair a lightly technical PM’s product sense with actually shipping. — tap to centre the map on it
Product managers are the AI era’s big winners: coding models are now good enough to pair a lightly technical PM’s product sense with actually shipping.
Last stated 3 months ago
24 May 2026
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Core product skills are the most durable in an AI world, but many people holding the PM title spent five years building the wrong ones. — tap to centre the map on it
Core product skills are the most durable in an AI world, but many people holding the PM title spent five years building the wrong ones.
Last stated a month ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Engineering managers are a necessary evil for when things break down; 37signals tried them for two years and went back to leaving programmers alone. — tap to centre the map on it
Engineering managers are a necessary evil for when things break down; 37signals tried them for two years and went back to leaving programmers alone.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Putting a product manager on a team invites everyone else to delegate the product thinking away, which is why she does not hire them. — tap to centre the map on it
Putting a product manager on a team invites everyone else to delegate the product thinking away, which is why she does not hire them.
Last stated 12 months ago
21 Sept 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer. — tap to centre the map on it
AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI prototyping ends the era of product managers asking designers to draw an idea, which frees designers for deeper work and lets anyone join the first conversation. — tap to centre the map on it
AI prototyping ends the era of product managers asking designers to draw an idea, which frees designers for deeper work and lets anyone join the first conversation.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Last stated a month ago
26 Jul 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Convergence and simplicity make for poor goals in technology; aim for clarity instead. — tap to centre the map on it
Convergence and simplicity make for poor goals in technology; aim for clarity instead.
Last stated 12 years ago
18 Feb 2015
FC
Frank Chimero — holds since 2015-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Savings in time feel like simplicity: when forced to wait, life seems unnecessarily complex. — tap to centre the map on it
Savings in time feel like simplicity: when forced to wait, life seems unnecessarily complex.
Last stated 20 years ago
11 Jun 2006
JM
John Maeda — holds since 2006-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated a month ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product needs a soul, and for that it needs one person of great taste who is its living, breathing aspect and gets furious about every small detail. — tap to centre the map on it
A product needs a soul, and for that it needs one person of great taste who is its living, breathing aspect and gets furious about every small detail.
Last stated 17 years ago
12 Feb 2010
KS
Karri Saarinen — holds since 2010-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tailwind is a good way to build a site you're happy with, even without strong CSS skills of your own. — tap to centre the map on it
Tailwind is a good way to build a site you're happy with, even without strong CSS skills of your own.
Last stated 4 months ago
15 May 2026
JE
Julia Evans — holds since 2018-11-01 — tap for who they are
JE
Julia Evans — no longer holds since 2026-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
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AI data tooling has cut the product manager's need for data scientists while multiplying the time they spend in the data themselves.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Read this korrent →
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AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Similar wording
People who manage product managers should still spend almost all of their own time doing individual contributor work.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Similar wording
Product managers are the AI era’s big winners: coding models are now good enough to pair a lightly technical PM’s product sense with actually shipping.
Last stated 24 May 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds DS Dan Shipper
Similar wording
Core product skills are the most durable in an AI world, but many people holding the PM title spent five years building the wrong ones.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Similar wording
Engineering managers are a necessary evil for when things break down; 37signals tried them for two years and went back to leaving programmers alone.
Last stated 12 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
Putting a product manager on a team invites everyone else to delegate the product thinking away, which is why she does not hire them.
Last stated 21 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds JZ Julie Zhuo
Similar wording
AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds DF Dylan Field
Similar wording
AI prototyping ends the era of product managers asking designers to draw an idea, which frees designers for deeper work and lets anyone join the first conversation.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds DF Dylan Field
Same subject: simplicity
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: simplicity
Convergence and simplicity make for poor goals in technology; aim for clarity instead.
Last stated 18 Feb 2015 · 12 years ago
Holds FC Frank Chimero
Same subject: simplicity
Savings in time feel like simplicity: when forced to wait, life seems unnecessarily complex.
Last stated 11 Jun 2006 · 20 years ago
Holds JM John Maeda
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds GS George Saunders
Same subject: taste
A lot of people can match a framework for taste; almost nobody can create one, and creating one is the rare skill.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds DF Dylan Field
Same subject: taste
A product needs a soul, and for that it needs one person of great taste who is its living, breathing aspect and gets furious about every small detail.
Last stated 12 Feb 2010 · 17 years ago
Holds KS Karri Saarinen
Same subject: CSS
Tailwind is a good way to build a site you're happy with, even without strong CSS skills of your own.
Last stated 15 May 2026 · 4 months ago
No longer holds JE Julia Evans
Same subject: CSS
Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson