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The Goal: Warp Speed Experimentation For the past 12 weeks I ve been using AI for coding product development at work while building a mini “agent company” on the weekends. The mission? Figure out how to experiment 100x faster in real codebases. Or as we call it at work, “summon the ghost army”. (LOTR) Last [ ] The post 100x AI Coding for Real Work appeared first on Philipp Cannons .
Inspired by James P. Carse s infinite-games lens, Will Storr s status research, David Pearce s pleasure blueprint, Eliezer Yudkowsky s fun puzzles, and Naval Ravikant s wealth axioms. Last Human Standing Day three after humanity vanishes. The pantry s stocked. Your shelter s secure. You sit on the hood of an abandoned Ferrari at sunrise, watching the empty city gleam. With [ ] The post Life s…
When I m facing a new problem I like to spend a lot of energy thinking from first principles[1][2] on how to solve the problem. Then I try to create an objective feedback loop to the best of my ability. This allows me to reality check my theories and see where my intuition led me astray. [ ] The post My Favorite Product Resources appeared first on Philipp Cannons .
Survival and pleasure technology have one thing in common. You want to eliminate as much as possible of what stands in the way of the outcome the person is there for. Let’s zoom into that aspect of the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI). UX/UI Pyramid Visual Design (VD) We can intuitively tell what [ ] The post The Path Of Least Resistance appeared first on Philipp Cannons .
Companies like Zoom, Instagram, Slack, and Apple have taken their respective markets by storm. There are of course a variety of factors as to why. But one commonality they share is the extreme focus on making important outcomes take close to zero time and effort using their products. Even when it’s at the expense of [ ] The post Survival Pleasure Technology, Expand Collapse Loops appeared first on…
For evolutionary reasons we reason in terms of what is plausible instead of what is probable. So even though 90% of startups fail people still try. In case you are unfamiliar, let me try to explain plausibility with an example: Marty is an outgoing guy. Everybody loves him and he s the life of the party. [ ] The post Fighting Subjectivity When Building New Products appeared first on Philipp…
In Part 1 we talked about why A/B tests are so great. They give you a way to see the provable differences your changes cause. If you properly use this information it gives you greater access to the underlying truth about what happened. That means greater compounded learning about your user base over time. Greater [ ] The post How A/B Testing Can Transform Product Development appeared first on…
Understanding what an A/B test does is pretty easy. Understanding the process of using A/B testing to systematically maximize user love financial impact is not. My goal by the end of this series of posts is to compress my expertise from running 100s of A/B tests. This ranges from running experiments on small websites [ ] The post A/B Testing Is Not What You Think appeared first on Philipp Cannons…
When I started as a product manager at Microsoft Outlook in January 2015 I read a post on Quora that said you should 10x something in the first 90 days on the job to set yourself up for a good career trajectory. In that same post it said “engineering types” like me tend to miss [ ] The post Is Your Company Product-Led, Sales-Led, Or Marketing-Led? appeared first on Philipp Cannons .
(This is an 80/20 post. It’s 80% of the truth in 20% of the time.) Most publicly traded companies are C-Corps. A C-Corp exists to make money for its shareholders. When someone buys a share they are hoping the share’s value will increase by at least ~8% per year. This is called capital appreciation. If [ ] The post What To Know To Get Promoted Quickly In Big Tech appeared first on Philipp Cannons .