Surviving the gauntlet. There I was, sweating bullets, my cursor hovering over the “Share Screen” button. Five familiar faces stared back at me through the webcam, all waiting to dissect...

Less epic, more useful. The sacred art of crafting user stories that actually get built instead of collecting digital dust in your backlog isn’t rocket science, but it might as...

Turning chaos into roadmaps. Fifteen tickets, thirty features, and a deadline that was already giving me night sweats. I stared blankly at the chaos before us. “I think we need...

A love story (sort of). Last Tuesday, I found myself staring at a Figma comment that read, “Would be good to explore some more ideas.” Translation: “You’re not there yet.”...

Diplomacy, drama & deliverables. The joys of working with engineering, design, sales, and the occasional legal landmine....

The mess you’ll regret later. I’ve got a confession that might sound familiar to product folks. Last quarter, our team shipped a sleek new feature that, if I’m being honest,...

A taxonomy of PM species. From spreadsheet wizards to ex-designers, meet your future colleagues (& rivals). The first time I walked into a cross-functional product meeting, I felt like David...

Done is better than perfect. You know that excruciating moment when your brilliant new product is almost ready to ship, but your team keeps finding “just one more thing” to...

Before you waste half a year. There’s a moment in every product journey when the team stands around, squinting at a wireframe, and someone mutters, “Should we just build it?”...

How to tell if your product is actually good. I’ve spent enough time staring at analytics dashboards to know that numbers can lie better than I can after four pints...