How AI is changing product management (and what to ask your team about it)
Where the sources stand on AI and the product management role, and three questions worth discussing with your own team.
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TL;DL v2.5.0 — Editorial decks everywhere and a new transcription model
The first TL;DL release in four months. Episode summaries now carry their editorial deck and pull quote into the email newsletter and the RSS feed,…
Should You Use AI for a Task? Here’s a Simple Way to Decide
Distinguish between tasks where efficiency matters and those where the process itself is valuable to preserve your skills.
In the Age of AI, Esther Perel’s Relationship Counseling Is More Necessary Than Ever
As AI relationships become increasingly soothing and frictionless, Esther Perel argues the real challenge isn't sustaining desire but igniting it in an…
From “human in the loop” to “human with agent in the loop”
Reframe AI assistance as agents joining human-led workflows rather than humans monitoring automated systems, with transparent visibility into agent reasoning.
Instead of Taking Your Job, A.I. Might Transform It
AI's potential to democratize custom software development echoes the early dream of personal computing that was abandoned when professional applications took…
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy
Both AI enthusiasts and skeptics need to bridge their gap in shared reality to work together on realizing AI's potential while minimizing its costs.
Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media
Social media has shifted from genuine friend interaction to a parasocial broadcast medium where we curate ourselves for algorithmic visibility rather than…
discogs-mcp v3.4.0 — Wantlist support
Your Discogs wantlist is now first-class in `discogs-mcp`. Browse the records you want but don't own, add one the moment you spot it, and clear it off the list…
Work Whiplash
Organizational chaos stems from leaders failing to communicate decisions and priority changes to their teams, a gap that closes only with intentional…
I am dreading our LLM-written incident report future
LLM-generated incident reports pose unique dangers because their plausible-sounding errors lack immediate verification mechanisms that catch problems in code…
‘What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness?
A GP explores whether modern psychiatry risks pathologizing normal human distress by broadening diagnostic criteria and lowering thresholds for mental illness.
The Cult of the Enhanced Self
A health-obsessed culture paradoxically undermines longevity by prioritizing self-optimization over social connections, the very relationships that most…
Discrobble v1.3.1 — Free to start, plus a Wikipedia summary on each album
Discrobble is now free to start, with a one-time $4.99 unlock for unlimited scrobbling. If you were already using the app before this change, you keep…
Discrobble v1.2.1 — Rate your albums
Discrobble now shows your Discogs rating for every album and lets you set or change it without leaving the app. Open an album, tap a star, and your rating…
Do Not Resign From Life
Sacasas argues that AI's capabilities shouldn't discourage human engagement with thinking, language, and judgment—the very activities that bring us meaning and…
Guidelines for Respectful Use of AI
Using AI shouldn't mean offloading quality control onto colleagues who review your work.
Discrobble v1.2.0 — Synced scrobble history
Your Recently Scrobbled history now syncs across all your devices. Scrobble an album on your iPhone and it's there on your iPad — your recent plays follow you…
We Should Be More Tired Than the Model
Vicki Boykis on slowing down agent use on purpose: friction builds your own foundation instead of the model's.
The Great AI Cost Panic of 2026
Current AI cost concerns reflect normal growing pains in technology adoption rather than evidence of fundamental failure.