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Read this korrent: The job of product has always been to be a bridge between the real problems people have and the technology that can solve them.
The job of product has always been to be a bridge between the real problems people have and the technology that can solve them.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The job of product is not to ship the immediate solution to a problem but to absorb all the problems and find the one solution that fixes fifty of them. — tap to centre the map on it
The job of product is not to ship the immediate solution to a problem but to absorb all the problems and find the one solution that fixes fifty of them.
Last stated 4 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tools such as agents can help do the job of product, but the job itself is solving customer problems and achieving business outcomes. — tap to centre the map on it
Tools such as agents can help do the job of product, but the job itself is solving customer problems and achieving business outcomes.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Marty Cagan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it
The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour.
Last stated 4 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Five overlapping products that work in different ways are better than one over-constrained product, designed from a theory, that never got a chance to meet the market. — tap to centre the map on it
Five overlapping products that work in different ways are better than one over-constrained product, designed from a theory, that never got a chance to meet the market.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards. — tap to centre the map on it
Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Bill Gurley — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer. — tap to centre the map on it
Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The lines between product, design and engineering roles have always been blurry and are becoming blurrier. — tap to centre the map on it
The lines between product, design and engineering roles have always been blurry and are becoming blurrier.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody falls in love with solutions at the start of a career, and the people who stayed in love with problems are the ones this technology enables. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody falls in love with solutions at the start of a career, and the people who stayed in love with problems are the ones this technology enables.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it
A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it.
Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
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Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it
A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis.
Last stated 9 years ago
22 Feb 2018
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Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements. — tap to centre the map on it
A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Dave Rupert — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on. — tap to centre the map on it
Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
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Terence Eden — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Intrinsic/utopian design is essentially responsive web design made smarter, with fewer edge cases — tap to centre the map on it
Intrinsic/utopian design is essentially responsive web design made smarter, with fewer edge cases
Last stated a month ago
18 Aug 2026
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Jeffrey Zeldman — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
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The job of product has always been to be a bridge between the real problems people have and the technology that can solve them.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Ami Vora
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The job of product is not to ship the immediate solution to a problem but to absorb all the problems and find the one solution that fixes fifty of them.
Last stated 27 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Dax Raad
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Tools such as agents can help do the job of product, but the job itself is solving customer problems and achieving business outcomes.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Marty Cagan
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The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour.
Last stated 3 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Kelsey Hightower
Similar wording
Five overlapping products that work in different ways are better than one over-constrained product, designed from a theory, that never got a chance to meet the market.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Ami Vora
Similar wording
Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Bill Gurley
Similar wording
Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Mike Krieger
Similar wording
The lines between product, design and engineering roles have always been blurry and are becoming blurrier.
Last stated 16 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ian Silber
Similar wording
Nobody falls in love with solutions at the start of a career, and the people who stayed in love with problems are the ones this technology enables.
Last stated 18 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
Same subject: design
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated 12 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Same subject: design
A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it.
Last stated 12 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Irving Finkel
Same subject: design
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Chris Coyier
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis.
Last stated 22 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago
Holds Bennett Foddy
Same subject: CSS
A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Dave Rupert
Same subject: CSS
Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Terence Eden
Same subject: CSS
Intrinsic/utopian design is essentially responsive web design made smarter, with fewer edge cases
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Jeffrey Zeldman