Slack Ruined by New UI
Slack's redesign 'built for focus' — from a user's chair, merged workspaces and gradient colors feel weird, and I didn't know I needed any of it.
#design
Posts
Notes, essays, and technical writing.
I Hired My First PM
The Ledger Assessment Method: ask candidates to rebuild the core of a product you already use, and watch how they think about product entities — not the tech.
#product
Geekbot is a Silent Hero
Swapping the early-morning standup for an async, text-based check-in via Geekbot — keeping the benefits of the daily standup while ditching the downsides.
#product
Ancient Greeks and UX
UX might look like a product of the digital age, but the ancient Greeks were doing it — in architecture, ergonomic tool design, and the Socratic method.
#design
Product Capitalization Sucks
My first product capitalization process — the mistakes to avoid, the rule of thumb, and why (despite everything) it's a valuable exercise for resource allocation.
#product
TIL: Aim, Assemble, Achieve
The AAA framework Shopify's product team uses to clarify responsibilities on projects — separating the person who aims from the ones who assemble and achieve.
#product
TIL: ChatGPT is Getting Worse!
A Stanford/Berkeley paper evaluating the March vs. June 2023 versions of ChatGPT across four tasks — and finding its behavior drifts a lot over time.
#product
Outwork Everyone
Outworking isn't about competition or long hours — it's the discipline of outworking your past self, tied to deep work and consistency.
#mindset
The Reset
Swapping the office view for a beach on Amorgos. A reset isn't a vacation — it's a mindful choice to step away, recharge, and come back with a new perspective.
#mindset