# work work work (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover work work work. Page: Feed: --- ## [How AI tools for writing product docs fail, and the value of writing yourself](https://www.zumsteg.net/2026/02/05/how-ai-tools-for-writing-product-docs-fail-and-the-value-of-writing-yourself/) _2026-02-05 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ I revisited using LLM tools to write product docs, particularly requirements, this week. I was disappointed and unexpectedly inspired about the value of writing to think. Today! I needed a high-level product requirements doc for something that in banking/fintech is pretty widely offered and boring even to me, a fintech nerd: an API for bank \[…\] ## [I want all my competitors to use AI for product strategy](https://www.zumsteg.net/2025/07/08/i-want-all-my-competitors-to-use-ai-for-product-strategy/) _2025-07-08 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ And I want them to use it for all their strategy. Slather it everywhere! Make all your vision product strategy auto-generated from auto-polled sources like auto-summarized customer feedback. Because my competitors are all going to get terrible advice from current tools, and in aggregate, it’s even worse for them. I’d rather they be wrong without \[…\] ## [Using AI tools for product management: competitive research](https://www.zumsteg.net/2025/07/01/using-ai-tools-for-product-management-competitive-research/) _2025-07-01 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ Today: I try and use AI models to do competitive research. I’ve heard this kind of research task is a great use for LLMs, but my previous experience here’s been hit-and-miss: they’ve generally been useful starting points but often reflective of what the widest consensus was in the past over what the current reality is. \[…\] ## [Using AI tools for Product Management: document comparison](https://www.zumsteg.net/2025/05/19/using-ai-tools-for-product-management-document-comparison/) _2025-05-19 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ Short one today. I tried the “give the tool both versions of a document and have it summarize changes” and I’d say the results were a total failure. I had two versions of an API specification, the first from when we began talking to a provider, and the second from months later, during which there’d \[…\] ## [Can you use AI throughout product management?](https://www.zumsteg.net/2025/05/16/can-you-use-ai-throughout-product-management/) _2025-05-16 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ I’ve been trying to use AI tools and different models to see how useful they are in helping with Product Management work, testing each one in some detail, and I feel like I’m in a different reality from people telling me that to be effective I need to integrate AI tools into every part of \[…\] ## [Can AI help product management summarize customer feedback?](https://www.zumsteg.net/2025/04/11/can-ai-help-product-management-summarize-customer-feedback/) _2025-04-11 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ Summarizing customer feedback is one of the most common “you’ve got to try this” AI-for-product-managers cases I’ve seen, so I did an experiment, and while it’s a potentially good tool, you need to keep reading the feedback yourself. Reading feedback builds character, and I’d argue it’s a crucial part of any good product manager’s quest \[…\] ## [Can AI help product management? Today: failing at rote, boring research](https://www.zumsteg.net/2025/04/10/can-ai-help-product-management-today-failing-at-rote-boring-research/) _2025-04-10 · DMZ · Hate Life, Will Travel_ Since OpenAI launched I’ve tried to use LLM tools to see if they can help with my work in Product — we have a strange and often-impossible job, which Cagan describes as requiring us to be expert on: We’re also supposed to do whatever else is required to ensure the product’s a success, and often \[…\]