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Using AI to Relearn How to Program: Part 1 Last August 2024, I was chatting with a friend over coffee. Our conversation turned toward some startup ideas we had. During our discussion about how we might try to prove some of these ideas, I had an inspiration: What if I...

Monday Morning #TipOfTheWeek: Build What You Need, Not What You Expect to Need Monday Morning #TipOfTheWeek: One of the things that I learned early on as I started exploring XP (eXtreme Programming) was the XP mantra: build only what you need, not what you expect to need. When building your backlog...

Uplevelling Your Skills in the Age of AI: AI is Your New Best Friend, Not Your Replacement The fear of being replaced by AI is understandable. Living and working here in Silicon Valley, I have seen firsthand how technology has historically displaced jobs. However, we’re still in the early stages...

Beyond the Price Tag: How Payment Methods Can Make or Break Your Startup I came across the DVF framework from Ideo years ago. The DVF framework consists of three areas – Desirability, Viability, and Feasibility. Desirability answers the question, “Do customers want it?” Viability answers the question, “Will customers pay...

Do you really need a Product Backlog? Do you need to have a product backlog? Does it have to conform with statements in the form of User Stories? I get a lot of these questions from all sorts of people that I’ve met or collaborated with throughout my career. Lately...

What’s up with remote job listings that have a location? I recently saw a bunch of job listings from the same company on LinkedIn that read something like this: - Product Manager (Remote - UK) - Product Manager (Remote - US) - Product Manager (Remote - Germany) etc. My brain...