A collection of intriguing and valuable content I’ve found exceptionally insightful over time. I keep this list streamlined and impactful; it’s a personal backlog to delve into later, and it’s shared across the team at instacar. If you’re here, feel free to explore and tap into the same insights that keep us informed and inspired.
⭐ = must-read.
Product#
- ⭐ Good Product Manager / Bad Product Manager
- ⭐ How product analytics work
- ⭐ UX hints: Occam’s Razor in UX design
- ⭐ Velocity over everything: how Ramp ships fast
- ⭐ Webhooks explained for product managers
- ⭐ Why roadmaps don’t work: the feature-less roadmap
- A new way to measure developer productivity
- Code Interpreter for PMs
- How I built a Chrome extension using ChatGPT
- How to build a good product team
- How webhooks work
- Jobs to be Done: a framework for customer needs
- Leading without being the boss: tips for product people
- Netflix: improved alerting with Atlas streaming eval
- Pre-PMF: prioritizing the right items to work on
- The product copy playbook
- Product engineers
- The technical, business and UX skills every product manager needs
- The ultimate list of product metrics
- What is a product manager
Business#
- ⭐ The rise of the car subscription market (BCG)
- ⭐ A new breed of car financing: feature bundles and embedded services (McKinsey)
- ⭐ Marketplaces in the age of AI (a16z)
- ⭐ Subscription business model and revenue recognition: a working guide
- Finance for non-finance people
- How car subscriptions impact auto sales (BCG)
- Online sales and subscriptions will shape tomorrow’s car financing journey (McKinsey)
- The inside story of how ChatGPT was built
Design#
- Accessibility handoff: a guide for product designers
- The design system guide
- iOS vs Android app UI design: a complete guide
- The guide to responsive design in 2023 and beyond
- What are dark patterns in UX