Journal

Notes on product, design, AI, and building companies.

I looked at why products fail. The answer is almost never the product.: 90% of new product development efforts fail. The cause is almost always upstream of the build. (2026-08-17)
I taught founders to build roadmaps at McGill. The framework still works.: I taught this framework in 2017. AI changed everything around it. The framework still works. (2026-06-30)
AI writes 80% of my code now. Here's what I actually do all day.: I shipped a real product using AI agents. The typing moved to machines. Everything else stayed. (2026-06-12)
The best interfaces are the ones you don't notice: The best products disappear. The worst ones make you think. Here's the line between them. (2025-06-10)
I analyzed 50 acquisitions. Here's why most buyers overpay.: I mapped 50 small business acquisitions. The pattern is clear: most buyers skip the one step that matters. (2025-02-06)
Branding isn't your logo. Here's what actually matters.: I spent a semester mentoring founders. The branding lesson nobody expected had nothing to do with design. (2024-11-19)
The GUI isn't dead. But the chatbot isn't replacing it either.: Chat won't replace dashboards. Dashboards won't replace chat. Here's what actually wins. (2024-07-17)
Humane and Rabbit failed. Here's what the hardware got wrong.: Two hardware companies promised to kill the phone. Both failed. Here's the lesson they missed. (2024-06-01)