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Essays, guides and one case study — on product strategy, UX and the software underneath. Newest first.
Log · 17 pieces
What went out
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Get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Mode
What OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Perplexity and Microsoft actually document about appearing in AI answers, what is folklore, and what I did on this site.
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AI agent frameworks to use like a library
The agent SDKs worth importing in 2026, from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to LangGraph, CrewAI and Mastra, and how to pick one.
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AI agents you can use today, sorted by job
The AI agents worth using in 2026, sorted by the job they do, with what each is good for and how I'd choose between them.
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What AI actually changes in fleet software
Nobody watching two hundred thousand vehicles wants a chatbot. They want the product to notice the thing they would have found an hour later.
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An AI agent that acts is an alarm that fires
Plenty of enterprise agent pilots, far fewer agents in production. Fleet software solved a version of this problem years ago, and the lesson is not about the model.
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How to write a PRD for a feature that can be wrong
A PRD works because software is deterministic. A model is not. What acceptance criteria become when the same input can produce a different answer on Tuesday.
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AI writes the code. The bottleneck moved.
Generation got cheap this year. Review did not, and knowing what to build got no cheaper at all. What that does to a team, from someone who writes the document and then builds it.
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How I approach PRDs as an engineer
Writing the document and then building what it says: what changes in a PRD when the author is also the one who ships it.
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UX decisions in real-time vehicle tracking
Five states, a map that turns, a route you can replay: the decisions that made a fleet product usable for the people watching ten thousand vehicles.
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The AI product manager is four jobs, not one
What the 2026 market is actually hiring when it says “AI PM”, why the junior rung has gone missing, and what an engineer moving into product should read in a posting before applying.
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How to Use Coupons During Big Billion Days & Great Indian Festival
A shopper's guide to the two biggest sale weeks of the Indian year, and how to use a coupon during them.
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Why Coupon Codes Stop Working (And How to Avoid Expired Ones)
Why a code fails at checkout, and how to avoid the expired ones.
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Cosmic Orange and the New “Pro”: A Case Study in Color-Led Strategy, Personas, and Accessible UX
A colour as product strategy: how one finish turns “Pro” into a visible signal, and what that asks of accessibility.
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No-Code vs. Custom Coding: What’s Best for Small Businesses in 2025?
The build-or-buy call for a small business: when a no-code platform is the right product decision, and when it stops being one.
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Understanding Middleware: The Backbone of Modern Software Systems
The layer between systems that nobody sees and everything depends on, explained for people who ship on top of it.
- 02
Frontend Development Roadmap: A Comprehensive Guide
A structured route through frontend engineering, from the fundamentals to the tooling that changes every year.
- 01
The Art of Balancing Aesthetics and Functionality: UI Design and Coding
Where UI and UX are not the same job, and what changes when the designer is also the one writing the code.
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