Product development

Jun 19, 2026

The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here

Bryant Chou, co-founder of Webflow, introduces his new AI-powered platform, Ploy. This episode delves into how Ploy transcends traditional website builders by integrating analytics, CRM, and SEO to autonomously optimize marketing. Chou discusses Ploy's 'anti-slop' approach, leveraging curated data and expertise to produce high-quality web designs, and reflects on building a startup in the AI era compared to Webflow's early days. He also explores the competitive moat of purpose-built AI, the concept of 'agents as customers,' and how experienced founders can leverage AI to 'clone themselves' and achieve unprecedented speed and scale.

May 11, 2026

Viktor: AI Coworker That Lives in Slack — Fryderyk Wiatrowski

This talk explores the journey of building Viktor, an AI employee that lives entirely in Slack. It details the unique challenges of scaling an AI agent from a personal tool to a company-wide coworker, focusing on memory isolation, context management across different Slack interactions (DMs, channels, threads), and the surprising importance of the AI's personality for user adoption.

May 02, 2026

Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening (Notion)

Max Schoening, Head of Product at Notion, discusses how AI is reshaping software development. He argues that agency—the drive to effect change—is now more critical than specific skills, as AI makes the first 10% of any project 'free'. Schoening introduces his 'tiny core' theory for great products, debates the 'SaaSpocalypse', and emphasizes the growing importance of software quality and taste in an era of exploding software quantity.

Apr 21, 2026

Taste & Craft: A Conversation with Tuomas Artman, CTO Linear & Gergely Orosz, @pragmaticengineer

Tuomas Artman, Cofounder and CTO of Linear, discusses the paradoxical challenge AI introduces to software development. While AI agents accelerate shipping features, this speed can lead to a decline in software quality. He argues for prioritizing "tasteful," high-quality software as the ultimate competitive advantage and shares Linear's unique internal practices, such as the "Zero-Bug Policy" and "Quality Wednesdays," designed to cultivate a deep-seated culture of quality.

Nov 21, 2025

The Biggest Mistakes Companies Make With Manufacturing AI - Namwoo Kang | Deep Dive

Namwoo Kang, CEO of Narnia Labs, outlines why AI Transformation (AX) is now a survival necessity in manufacturing. He details a five-part strategy for successful AI adoption—focusing on problem definition, data, models, execution, and skills—and introduces AselanX, a no-code platform designed to empower domain experts to solve complex engineering problems without deep AI expertise.

Sep 07, 2025

How AI is reshaping the product role | Oji and Ezinne Udezue

A deep dive into how AI is transforming the product manager's role, featuring insights from product leaders Ezinne and Oji Udezue. They discuss essential new skills, the "shipyard" framework for development, why hands-on learning is critical, and the difference between companies succeeding and failing with AI adoption.