Archive - Product Driven Newsletter

You Can’t Hire Product Thinkers in the AI Era with Execution Interviews Alone

When any LLM can solve your coding problem in five seconds, interviewing for “the right answer” is interviewing for the past.

Aug 14

Delegation Isn’t Done Until You Clear These 5 Hurdles

Handing off tickets doesn’t buy you a good night’s sleep.

Aug 7

July 2025

How I Vet a Technical Co-Founder

When a founder tells me they “just need a CTO,” my first question is which one.

Jul 31

What Kind of CTO Are You Becoming?

Most CTOs don’t get hired into the role.

Jul 24

How to Build Feedback Loops Your Engineers Will Actually Use

And Why Today’s the Day to Start

Jul 17

500 Hours, 20 Years: What I Learned Writing the Engineering Leadership Playbook

It’s here! The first copy of Product Driven!

Jul 15

When Engineers Aren’t the Bottleneck Anymore, Your Process Better Catch Up

We spent years trying to make engineers faster.

Jul 10

You Can’t Build for Users You Don’t Understand

How Boddle's Product-Driven Approach Built Educational Games That Kids Ask Parents to Buy

Jul 3

June 2025

The Feedback Ladder: From Code Review to Customer Insights

I’ve worked with hundreds of developers over the years.

Jun 26

Product-Led Doesn’t Mean Feature-Rich

When most people hear “product-led growth,” they picture a slick, feature-packed app with a frictionless free trial and a viral loop baked into…

Jun 19

What It Means to Be an AI-Ready Engineering Leader

You don’t need to have a full AI roadmap.

Jun 12

If You’re Missing This, Your Best Engineers Are Quietly Checking Out

No one announces it.

Jun 5

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