Articles by Tag #product
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How I’d Build a SaaS in 2025 (If I Were Starting From Scratch)
I’ve built a few SaaS products now. Some worked. Some didn’t. If I had to start again today — clean...
How AI Helped Me Find the Joy in Product Management Again
When I started on my journey to learn more about AI, I didn’t expect it to help me find the joy in my...
How I Built My Own User Feedback Platform
You probably agree customer feedback is important, but handling it well is often tough. Feedback...
Trials and tribulations of learning how to code and navigate databases in an AI world
NOTE: These are musings as I navigate the world of AI. I suspect some blogs will be more linear than...
I Started Saying "No" to Feature Requests — My Product Got Better Overnight
Early on, I'd get a feature request and immediately open VS Code Cursor. It felt productive. It felt...
How I Designed a Credit System That Actually Makes Users Upgrade
In the first 24 hours after launching Learnflow AI, I was quietly optimistic. Users signed up....
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You've Built Your First SaaS… Now What?
You spent weeks, maybe months, grinding away at your side project. You built the landing page. You...
7 Mistakes Every Developer Makes When Building Their First SaaS (And How I Fixed Them)
I've shipped a bunch of half-finished projects over the years. Most never saw the light of day. But...
Nobody Cares About Your Tech Stack (and That's a Good Thing)
You spent weeks setting up your stack. Clean architecture. Bulletproof backend. Fully typed,...
How we optimized perceived performance to improve our KPIs: a Hotjar case study
No one likes to wait. Even at a nice restaurant, if the food takes too long to arrive, you’ll start...
How to Build and Test Your MVP: A Comprehensive Guide for Startups
Building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is an essential step in launching a startup. An MVP allows...
Stripe Just Became a Merchant of Record
Stripe just rolled out something new: Managed Payments, now in private preview. This isn't just a...
Your SLA (maybe?) is a Lie: Why most companies get RTO, RPO and Service Level Agreements wrong
This article is a follow-up to "Multi-Cloud and Return to On-Prem Aren't Your Silver Bullets" After...
How Do You Know If You Have Product-Market Fit?
Spoiler: If You're Asking, You Don't. I see this question everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, founder...
Why Your Product Team ‘Knows What to Do’ But Still Fails to Deliver (The ChatGPT Outage Lesson)
When ChatGPT went down in 2024, it wasn’t just a global outage — it was a masterclass in how teams...
Temperature, Tokens, and Context Windows: The Three Pillars of LLM Control
📚 Tech Acronyms Reference Quick reference for acronyms used in this article: AI -...
Pace over precision – or precision over pace?
Time is money. And this maxim is especially true in the world of software, where delays to release...
Building a Tech Startup: Why Your Tech Stack Should Follow Your Business Model, Not the Other Way Around
As a software engineer, I've had the privilege of working alongside some of the smartest people I...
Why Mental Health Tech Fails: Lessons from 68% vs 24% Completion Rates
Last week I spent time analyzing what makes mental health solutions actually work. The data is stark:...
12 Apps in 12 Months Is Dumb
“Build 12 startups in 12 months.” It sounds badass. Like a rite of passage for real builders. You...
Review: A Closer Look at the New YouTube Transcript Generator from Video Transcriber AI
As someone who has followed Video Transcriber AI for a long time, the launch of their new YouTube...
Glyph Catalog Launches on Product Hunt 🚀
GlyphCatalog is going live on Product Hunt — a big step toward putting this project in front of a...
Evals and Observability for AI Product Managers: A Practical, End-to-End Playbook
AI product managers sit at the center of quality, risk, and velocity. As AI agents move from demos to...
The Crucial Intersection of Cybersecurity and Product Management
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity has shifted from a narrow technical...
How a Band Turns Its Website into a Working Fan Headquarters
On pages like this fan profile you can see the traces of a simple but powerful idea: a band’s website...
Mappie.ai: A Context-Aware AI Tool For Product Teams
Kicking off a new blog series showcasing apps built on Convex, starting with Mappie.ai. What is...
How to Calculate and Actually Reduce Your Churn Rate
Most founders don't realize they have a churn problem until it's already slowing them down. You're...
Building Domain Expertise: How Our Developers Became Camping Experts
Why understanding campgrounds matters more than understanding code—and how we built a team that knows...
Why Your SaaS Needs a Feedback Board (And How It Cuts Churn)
You're building a SaaS product and making decisions based on gut feeling. You think you know what...