Front end development process
My front-end development process for a new product: Proven execution Product feel User-led iteration and invention
Manas J. Saloi
Hi, I am Manas J Saloi. As an engineer turned product manager and now head of product, I've built products used by millions of people across South East Asia. I am based out of Bengaluru.
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Death of the middle
For much of the 20th century, society was built around bell curves: Average job. Average company. Average return. Average salary. Average investor.
Proven, better, new
Mark Pincus, the guy who built Zynga, has this deceptively simple framework for product development. He calls it Proven, Better, New.
CleanShot X
I pay for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini: all the pro models. I have all the AI vibe-coding workflows set up. I create random POCs all the time.
Design is not moving rectangles
Gokul Rajaram broke design Twitter yesterday. The man knows how to get attention. He said there won’t be any design roles anymore. People will rely on outsourced designers to come in, set up a design system. No permanent design roles in companies.
Twitter famous
There are 2 types of Twitter famous.
Prediction markets’ Marlboro problem
Prediction markets do not just have a product problem. They have a branding problem.
Pull vs Push jobs
There are pull jobs and then there are push jobs.
Slope, taste, energy, and agency
Twitter is still undefeated for hiring.
Vaibhav Bhasin ruined me
Before I worked with him, I had met good designers. People who are the absolute best when it comes to interaction design, the kind who would sit and think through every possible way you can interact with a component on screen. Then there are people who are brilliant at visual stuff but have no idea about basic interactions. And of course, there are people really good at the product design stuff:…