Apple's recent paper has kicked off a kind of Rorschach discussion about whether LLMs actually reason or just pattern match. For me, I recognise this when asking Claude Code to think, think harder or ULTRATHINK. If you use the sledgehammer on a nut-sized problem, you'll have
I wasn’t really thinking about AI. In 2022, I’d had my big realisation that what was making me effective in marketing might be even more valuable in product work. And at the start of 2023, I’d worked my way up through the gears building out my first
(or how I learned to stop spending credits on Lovable+co and love the terminal)
"As a blue collar tradesperson, I literally only trust word of mouth." In just 24 hours, this became the top reddit vote on a thread I posted asking why there's no product that reduces the mental load of looking after your home. It's not
The tips and observations I wish I could go back in time to give myself sooner
When users expect LLM-like smartness, sometimes you can give it to them without any of the downsides...
People think digital products are made of code. But that's like saying they are made of electricity, or light. In fact, they are made of language. And that has only become more true with LLM-coding apps like Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable. They start with a conversation – carefully asked
Warning: Spoilers. It's good until it's not.
AI founders are getting carried away with a half truth: they can do it all alone
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."
To understand AI's potential, factor in abundance.
Summarising the best culture of 2024
Orbit
A look back at my 2024 at work.
product
Revisiting Vision Pro.
product
The hardest questions in business are sometimes the most simple: What problem do you solve? But how? Why you? As the kind of work I do has evolved, I've been thinking about this a lot for myself. I'm starting to realise: I help bring market reality
AI
Three rules for building AI products.
product
More often than not, founders set off in one direction -- but discover real opportunity through the new vantage they gain.
AI
I've written before about why I think chat is a poor experience for AI products. This is my post where I'm going to assemble ideas, fragments, examples for other forms AI interactions might take.
AI
In most cases, chat is not the best interface for AI experiences.
product
Thoughts on product positioning by the YC2024 batch.
Vision Pro
I think all parents would say they want to be really present with their children. Sometimes I try to imagine it’s the last day of my life and I’ve been allowed to travel back to this moment with my 5 year old and 2 year old. When it
There's something horrible about the uncertainty of if someone can see you or you can see them. Two way eye contact is something we absolutely take for granted. It's a connection that is about more than just paying attention, it's about sharing presence with
Work can be a very personal thing – we all work at our best in different ways, in different shaped teams, increasingly in different places. For me, I've spent nearly a dozen years working mostly where I want, with who I want, how I want. My most meaningful work