Drippie on Product Management

Modern PRDs are evolving from rigid instruction manuals into living strategy hubs where the PM’s primary value is orchestrating the strategic narrative rather than just drafting technical requirements. 1
Organizations are increasingly grappling with the "legibility trap," where standardized reporting systems often obscure the local, experience-based knowledge—or mētis—essential for navigating complex development cycles. 2
Dashboard-driven cultures are creating a "circular logic" in product design, leading teams to chase familiar patterns and vanity metrics that reflect ease of measurement rather than long-term strategic value. 3
The framing of a product demo determines its success; without intentional setting of expectations, a milestone presentation can quickly devolve from a collaborative transition into a defensive trial. 4

In an era where AI can instantly generate artifacts and dashboards can measure every interaction, the competitive advantage for product teams has moved upstream. The primary differentiator for a successful product organization is no longer the volume of its output, but the human judgment required to navigate the tension between management’s need for tidy data and the messy reality of solving complex user problems.

Quick hits

VIBE-Image-Edit introduces a compact, text-guided image editing framework designed to preserve user intent across high-resolution files. 5
The FLUX.2 Klein 4B model enables near-instant image generation and editing on consumer-grade hardware with as little as 8GB of VRAM. 6
The sam3-video framework provides a new hands-on method for prompt-based object segmentation and frame-accurate masking in motion. 7
Recent community insights offer guidance on avoiding common pitfalls when hiring growth PMs and navigating transitions from engineering to product roles. 8

Strategy Reclaims the Driver's Seat: Beyond the Artifact Era

Further reading

The PRD Isn’t Dead, It’s Evolving for the AI Era

TBM 405: Hope, Context, and Control

The circular logic of our metrics

When a Demo Turns Into a Trial

The Compact Image Editor That Still Understands Your Intent: VIBE-Image-Edit

The 8GB VRAM Image Model That Feels Instant: Meet FLUX.2 Klein 4B

Segment Anything in Motion: A Hands-On Guide to sam3-video

🧠 Community Wisdom: Common mistakes when hiring a growth PM, using AI to speed up bug reporting, launching a solo consulting practice, resume titles for engineers transitioning to PM, and more