Hi Reader, Do you also hate bringing up security updates in roadmap reviews? It can't be just me. I don't like it because when I bring it up, the room feels like all the excitement gets sucked out of it. The conversation moves on quickly to the exciting stuff → the new feature, the integration, the thing leadership can demo. And just like that, your security work gets filed under "necessary but boring." It's not that the work isn't important. It's that the framing makes it sound like...
5 days ago • 7 min read
Hi Reader, What if you could generate more value from your product without building it all yourself? Design a good API, hand it to another product team, and let them build on top of your product. You get value. They get functionality. Leadership gets results. Interested? Then this one's for you. Today in 10 minutes you will: Learn why APIs should be on every PM's radar Get a quick refresher on API types Walk away with clear guidelines for good API design See how I built and tested an API in...
12 days ago • 6 min read
Hi Reader, today we're talking about processes. And most importantly: bad ones. You probably have a few lying around your product. Complicated user access. Messy incident management. Confusing onboarding flows. People struggle. Users struggle. But you just don't know where to start fixing it. If that sounds familiar: this one's for you. Today in 10 minutes you will: Learn a simple framework for improving any broken process See an example: how to fix a chaotic user access flow Get a workshop...
19 days ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, As product managers, we're tired of meetings. But there's one we should never skip or cancel. Sprint planning. It's the core of where we align on what we deliver. And yes, no one loves them. Including me. But my team and I found a flow we didn't hate. One that didn't feel like we were stuck in meetings forever. So today's issue is about how to run a sprint planning that both you and your engineers don't dread. Today in 10 minutes you will: Learn what sprint planning is (and isn't)...
26 days ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, "this will take 6 months." "this requires more budget." If you've ever had to say one of those to leadership, you know the feeling. Did I fail? Should I have caught this earlier? Here's the truth: this happens all the time. To every PM. On every complex project. Things change. Scope shifts. Dependencies appear. Estimates move. That's not failure. That's the job. Being prepared to evaluate what's changing and handle it with confidence. That's what we're talking about today. Today in...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, On-prem. IaaS. PaaS. SaaS. You've heard these before. And maybe you thought: I don't need to care about this. Let engineering handle it. It's too confusing. But here's what you didn't realize. It impacts your speed to market. Your costs. Your ability to scale. Who owns what when something breaks. These aren't just infrastructure decisions. They're product decisions. Today we're clearing up the confusion, with an apartments analogy, and walking through the trade-offs of each. Today...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Today I want to give you an unfiltered look at what a week as an internal PM actually looks like. Not the LinkedIn version. The real one. Spoiler: I updated servers, got humbled by engineering, and built something I'm proud of. All in one week. Today in 10 minutes you will: See what a real internal PM week looks like (calendar and all) Learn how I protect focus in a meeting-heavy environment See what surprised me and what I'm actually proud of New product, new surprise Last...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, today I am going to share a secret with you on how to stop being the human FAQ for your product. You can set it up in 30 minutes. And it will save you hours. The secret? An AI agent that answers your users before they ping you. Today in 10 minutes you will: Learn what documentation AI agents actually do See the 5 most common enterprise tools and their AI options Follow a step-by-step overview of how I built one Get a ready-to-use prompt to build your own Read the 5 lessons I...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, What’s one thing you slightly dread…and when it finally happens, it never quite goes to plan? There are many contenders.But for a lot of internal PMs, 1:1s with product or business leadership are right up there. Talking about your product.Your roadmap.Your priorities.Your asks. So today, let’s prep together. And if you don’t have a 1:1 scheduled yet, my hope is this gives you the confidence to set one up. Today in 10 minutes you will: Understand why 1:1s with leadership actually...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, If you’re constantly getting incidents and tickets from users…and your operations team is stuck reproducing issues without always finding the root cause… You might need to invest in monitoring and observability for your product. And if that sentence already makes you slightly uncomfortable, this newsletter is for you. Today in 10 minutes you will: Learn why monitoring is a product responsibility, not just an ops task Understand the difference between incidents, problems,...
2 months ago • 4 min read
