AI & APIs: Navigating the Product Dev Minefield
Product teams are grappling with how to responsibly integrate AI, especially in sensitive areas like mental health. UX designers face tough ethical choices around synthetic empathy and anonymity when building AI-powered mental health tools. One wrong step could cause real harm, as seen in the tragic case of a teen influenced by an AI chatbot. The key is prioritizing user well-being over engagement at all costs. Generative AI may not replace product managers, but it's crucial to learn how to leverage it while retaining the human elements.API deprecation remains a critical, often underestimated, factor in customer retention, particularly for businesses like Stripe. Stripe's API-first approach involves managing technical debt through an API translation layer and avoiding unnecessary API changes to prevent customer churn. This long-term stability is a competitive advantage. Understanding the costs and benefits of deprecation is key to maintaining a healthy product ecosystem. Teams should also explore emerging technologies like Web3 and IoT.Product development faces ongoing challenges such as feature factories, overloaded backlogs, and stakeholder alignment. Embedding stakeholders within product teams can transform resistance into collaboration during digital transformations. It is imperative to know which feature factory aspects impact your day-to-day and prioritize actions to defeat the enemy. Prioritization frameworks like VITALS can help product managers make faster, smarter decisions.Why it matters: These insights offer a roadmap for product leaders navigating a rapidly evolving landscape. Success hinges on balancing innovation with responsibility, focusing on user needs, and embracing a strategic approach to technical debt.
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An Anthropic report on Claude misuse, Intel restructuring and layoffs: This week’s news round-up
The Washington Post gets cosy with OpenAI, Anthropic underlines its commitment to safety and Intel proposes more layoffs and restructuring, here are the news stories that caught our attention this week. Washington Post partners with OpenAI The Washin...
Source: Mind the Product | 11:00 AM
Three creative problem-solving frameworks for ideating with generative AI
Explore how human creativity and AI combine to unlock bold, innovative solutions through structured, imaginative thinking. Read more » The post Three creative problem-solving frameworks for ideating with generative AI appeared first on...
Source: Mind the Product | 07:00 AM
How to be strategic when picking a typeface
Ratio, efficiency, shape & language support. Image: authorI conducted research to introduce and compare several commonly used UI font metrics, highlighting their pros and cons. This analysis may help you define the most suitable font to meet the ...
Source: UX Collective - Medium | 05:25 PM
AB testing: Learnings from Meta
From launching entirely new products to fine-tuning the smallest UI changes, AB testing is the go-to tool for making data-informed decisions at companies big and small. But when it comes to Meta, with billions of users worldwide relying on our ...
Source: Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth | 01:37 PM
The promises and pitfalls of UX in AI-driven mental health care
The typing cure. Mental Health and Gen AI chatbots: ChatGPT, Youper, Pi“For we found, to our great surprise at first, that each individual hysterical symptom immediately and permanently disappeared when we had succeeded in bringing clearly to light t...
Source: UX Collective - Medium | 01:26 PM
How should Stripe deprecate APIs? (~2016)
While Stripe is a widely admired company for things like its creation of the Sorbet typer project, I personally think that Stripe’s most interesting strategy work is also among its most subtle: its willingness to significantly prioritize API st...
Source: Irrational Exuberance | 01:00 PM
What AI can’t—and shouldn’t—do for product managers
Discover what AI can—and shouldn't—do for product managers. Learn how to use AI to boost productivity without sacrificing user empathy, stakeholder trust, and meaningful product insights. Read more » The post What AI can’t—and shouldn’...
Source: Mind the Product | 12:37 PM
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7 Bold Moves to Defeat the Bloody Feature Factory Before It Burns You Out
Many people claim that AI is going to kill product management. I think they’re wrong. The feature factory is already killing us. Eight years ago, John Cutler coined the term feature factory, which essentially means shipping features without kno...
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 12:32 PM
Systems model of API deprecation
In How should Stripe deprecate APIs?, the diagnosis depends on the claim that deprecating APIs is a significant cause of customer churn. While there is internal data that can be used to correlate deprecation with churn, it’s also valuable to bu...
Source: Irrational Exuberance | 12:00 PM
Here's Why Your Backlog Is Really Overloaded
Backlogs can be a problem for developers, especially if they're not clear on what's important. This week, we take a look at a backlog that was once 90-something items. The backlog is lighter now, but it’s still messy.Read All
Source: HackerNoon - product-management | 11:19 AM
Everything I Wish I Knew Starting Out as a New Product Manager
Here are some lessons I learnt when I was new to being a PM but the most important thing is that you don’t need all the answers as a new PM. You need curiosity, collaboration, and the courage to evolve from execution to leadership. Read All
Source: HackerNoon - product-management | 10:28 AM
Let’s Check the VITALS: a PM’s Framework for Prioritizing What Actually Matters
After years of juggling RICE, MoSCoW, and Value vs. Effort models, I built my own prioritization framework called VITALS—designed to help PMs make faster, smarter, and more human-centered decisions. The framework is optimized for building Minimal Lov...
Source: HackerNoon - product-management | 10:23 AM
6 Emerging Technologies Product Managers Need To Master By 2026
There are quite a number of technologies to keep abreast with. But the goodnews is that these 6 emerging technologies will change how you work and make you valuable.Read All
Source: HackerNoon - product-management | 08:02 AM
What Slack’s invite flow teaches us about virality
A closer look at the mechanics behind Slack’s PLG growth loop Continue reading on UX Collective »
Source: UX Collective - Medium | 07:52 AM
Liberate SAFe's Agile Release Trains with outcome-oriented goals
In a previous article, I discussed how the PI (Planning Interval) Planning can be a great event. But sadly it often is the moment when Agile teams are bound to a highly complicated web of feature delivery plans. Agile Teams bind themselves to a plan ...
Source: Ageling on Agile | 07:00 AM
Embedding stakeholders for alignment in digital transformation
Discover how embedding stakeholders in product teams can turn resistance into collaboration and strengthen relationships during organizational transformation. Read more » The post Embedding stakeholders for alignment in digital transfo...
Source: Mind the Product | 07:00 AM