Mental Models for the AI Economy
Practical essays on how AI actually changes work, product, and business economics — not hype, not fear.
Field notes on AI, product, and the economics underneath.
Essays, field guides, and interactive decks on what actually changes in knowledge work as AI gets cheaper, faster, and more embedded — and what stays exactly the same.
- Product Strategy
What Do You Build When AI Can Do the Work?
AI runs the instructions. It doesn't write your why, own your state or decide where the person takes over. Those are the parts still worth building.
October 21, 202612 min read · interactiveRead - Product Strategy
When Building Gets Cheap, Product Judgment Gets Expensive
Claude Code expands the space of possible products. The differentiator is no longer a convincing specification—it is choosing, testing and shipping the right experience.
October 12, 20268 min read · interactiveRead - Product Strategy
Agent Evaluation: The Demo Worked. Can You Ship It?
A product leader's release contract for AI agents: representative tasks, final-state checks, critical failure gates and monitored pilots—with a reliability microscope and an interactive release desk.
October 3, 20269 min read · interactiveRead - Product Strategy
Roadmapping When the Model Gets Better Every Seven Months
METR found AI task horizons doubling roughly every seven months. How to plan in capability bands, write the test before the feature, and stop building what the next model gives away.
September 6, 20269 min read · interactiveRead - Product Strategy
Seats, Usage or Outcomes: Pricing an AI Product Without Losing Your Margin
Seat pricing fell from 21% to 15% of SaaS companies in a year while hybrid jumped to 41%. Why AI breaks the seat, how to model margin before you launch, and when outcome pricing is honest.
August 30, 20269 min read · interactiveRead - Product Strategy
The Best Product Decision Might Be a Smaller Bet
When the evidence is thin, conviction is not a substitute for a learning plan. A practical framework for reversible decisions, meaningful experiments, and stopping rules.
August 16, 20268 min read · interactiveRead
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