Articles
- The people who lasted didn't chase the algorithm, they chased the thing that still felt fun
What VidCon 2026's longest-running creators reveal about durability, and why product leaders selling to creators should care about burnout more than reach.
- The layoff memos blame AI. The hiring data says otherwise.
New hiring numbers show engineering holding up while customer-data and game studios cut staff. A clearer read on which roles AI augments versus replaces.
- Config 2026 Put a Number on Your Design System Debt. It Didn't Hand You the Budget.
Figma's Config 2026 tools make design system debt visible to everyone. Here's what changed and what to bring to your next planning review.
- Ford Hired the Gray Beards Back. Here's What That Tells You.
Ford rehired veteran engineers after AI missed its quality bar, and new research shows calling agents coworkers makes your team worse. Here's what to do.
- The Most Defensible Design Move Is Building Less
Adaptive reuse, grown color, and plant-waste materials all point to one sustainable design move: build and consume less. Here is what it means for your team.
- When Frontier Models Cost $55 for Life, What Are You Charging For?
Lifetime AI bundles selling GPT, Claude, and Gemini for under $70 signal model access is getting cheap. Here's what that means for how you price your AI feature.
- The real-world bet: AI is leaving the chat window
Investors are pouring billions into AI that moves, drives, and survives in the physical world. Here is what the shift to real-world AI means for your roadmap.
- Your Research Data Has Strangers In It
Survey bots, smart incentives, and baselines are the three levers that keep your user research credible when AI noise is everywhere. Here's what to do.
- AI Stopped Being a Feature. It Became Infrastructure.
AI is moving into the plumbing of health, public health, and web data. Here's what that shift means for your product roadmap and what to ask your team.
- Your Next Design Review Is Now a Liability Review
Regulators, lawsuits, and surveillance failures are turning privacy and safety into hard design constraints. Here is what changed and what to do Monday.
- Your Creators Are Becoming Companies. Plan For It.
VidCon 2026 made the creator economy shift clear: creators are building products, owning data, and hiring crews. Here's what it means for your team.
- The screen is not the only place your users will reach
Gesture lighting, ultrasound hand tracking, and brain-reading wearables show input is moving past the tap. Here is what design leaders should watch.
- Salesforce Just Bought Your Support Roadmap. Here's What to Do About It.
Salesforce is buying Fin for $3.6B and Fin now runs on rival helpdesks. Here's what the support-agent land grab means for your team and your build decisions.
- Autonomy Just Grew Up. Now It Has to Make Money.
Robotaxis and humanoid robots are moving from demo to product. Here is what the SPAC, the Zoox redesign, and the brake-pedal rule mean for your team.
- Draw the Lines Before the Reorg Draws Them for You
PM and PMM boundaries, pivot costs, and product sunsetting are blurring fast. Here's how to set clear ownership before a reorg forces your hand.
- Every App Wants to Be Every App Now
TikTok is going super-app, YouTube Shorts is cloning TikTok, and Meta is chasing glasses and betting. Here's what that copying means for your roadmap.
- AI Made It Cheap to Ship the Wrong Thing. Now What?
Build to learn vs build to earn: AI dropped the cost of delivery, so your real bottleneck is discovery. Here is what that means for your product team.
- Your Job Just Moved From Making the Thing to Judging the Thing
AI now does the making. The design skill that survives is critique: defining what good looks like and judging output. Here's how to staff and run reviews for it.
- What three illustrators figured out that your team is still fighting
Three illustrators built durable creative careers after burnout. Here's what their moves teach you about managing creative people and protecting their voice.
- Meta Is Shipping New Surfaces While Breaking the Floor They Stand On
Meta launched $299 smart glasses and a prediction-market app, but its engineering org is in free fall. Here's what product leaders should watch.
