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product management Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Automating one aspect of a system creates its own friction and moves the bottlenecks elsewhere. Automating one aspect of a system creates its own friction and moves the bottlenecks elsewhere. Last stated yesterday
17 Oct 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges. — tap to centre the map on it Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges. Last stated 6 years ago
25 Aug 2020
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Orchestrators that try to automate the whole build miss style, love and the human touch, and that cannot be automated away yet. — tap to centre the map on it Orchestrators that try to automate the whole build miss style, love and the human touch, and that cannot be automated away yet. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work. — tap to centre the map on it As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work. Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Eugene Yan — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If AI can make you irrelevant, what you were doing was work slightly too complicated to automate before, not programming. — tap to centre the map on it If AI can make you irrelevant, what you were doing was work slightly too complicated to automate before, not programming. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code. — tap to centre the map on it Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code. Last stated 7 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automation is a lie: every automated thing needs a human on top of it making sure it is working. — tap to centre the map on it Automation is a lie: every automated thing needs a human on top of it making sure it is working. Last stated 5 months ago
24 May 2026
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Colin Percival — holds since 2025-11-08 — tap for who they are
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The system becomes the centerpiece of all successful engineering work, because the more a tool is relied on to create the code, the more a system is relied on to tell that tool what to code. — tap to centre the map on it The system becomes the centerpiece of all successful engineering work, because the more a tool is relied on to create the code, the more a system is relied on to tell that tool what to code. Last stated 7 months ago
10 Mar 2026
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Luis Ouriach — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI removes a bottleneck in product development only to move it, and the winning team is the one that finds the next bottleneck fastest and removes it. — tap to centre the map on it AI removes a bottleneck in product development only to move it, and the winning team is the one that finds the next bottleneck fastest and removes it. Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Geoff Charles — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
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Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
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Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
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Automating one aspect of a system creates its own friction and moves the bottlenecks elsewhere.
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Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges.
Holds
Orchestrators that try to automate the whole build miss style, love and the human touch, and that cannot be automated away yet.
Holds
As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work.
Holds
If AI can make you irrelevant, what you were doing was work slightly too complicated to automate before, not programming.
Holds
Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code.
Holds
Automation is a lie: every automated thing needs a human on top of it making sure it is working.
Holds
The system becomes the centerpiece of all successful engineering work, because the more a tool is relied on to create the code, the more a system is relied on to tell that tool what to code.
Holds
AI removes a bottleneck in product development only to move it, and the winning team is the one that finds the next bottleneck fastest and removes it.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Holds
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Holds
A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it.
Holds
A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do.
Holds
A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Holds