Observations

Reflections on timing, momentum, and the urgency of positioning in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. From early optimism to the reality of commercialization challenges.

Exploring Google NotebookLM's approach to long context windows and multimodal AI interactions for research and knowledge management.

A framework for deciding when to sunset products and projects. Understanding opportunity costs, sunk cost fallacy, and making difficult decisions about failing ventures. Essential guidance for startup founders and product managers.

How the ease of LLM-generated content masks poor reasoning and why developing domain expertise remains crucial for meaningful innovation beyond automated productivity gains.

In an age of infinite information, asking the right questions has become more valuable than finding answers. Exploring how question formulation is transforming education and knowledge acquisition in the AI era.

Understanding collective intelligence and social dynamics. Why crowd psychology matters for product builders and how human need for belonging drives engagement patterns.

As generation costs collapse, distribution shifts from routing static content to generating the right content instance for each context. This post argues that future content platforms will distribute by generation, not retrieval.

How AI is transforming product engineering teams into smaller, more efficient units. Learn why product engineers are becoming more valuable than traditional product managers in AI-first organizations.

Explore Hayao Miyazaki's meticulous animation process and its significance in today's AI-generated creative landscape. Learn about the value of craft in a world of automated content.

Identifying real user pain points and business opportunities through conversations and online research. A collection of validated user needs that could become viable startups.