🧠 Community Wisdom: Catching people using AI during an interview, org design when everything lives in one person’s head, when to rename your product, from nurse to health-tech PM, and more

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LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictevans\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictevans</a></p><p>&#8226; Newsletter: <a href=\"https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter\">https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter</a></p><p>&#8226; Website: <a href=\"https://www.ben-evans.com\">https://www.ben-evans.com</a></p><p></p><h3>Referenced:</h3><p>&#8226; Andreessen Horowitz: <a href=\"https://a16z.com\">https://a16z.com</a></p><p>&#8226; AI Eats the World: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/niJpDnNtNp4\">https://youtu.be/niJpDnNtNp4</a></p><p>&#8226; VisiCalc: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc</a></p><p>&#8226; McKinsey &amp; Company: <a href=\"https://www.mckinsey.com\">https://www.mckinsey.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Bain &amp; Company: <a href=\"https://www.bain.com\">https://www.bain.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Accenture: <a href=\"https://www.accenture.com\">https://www.accenture.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Jevons paradox: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox</a></p><p>&#8226; Benedict&#8217;s post on LinkedIn about Excel: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benedictevans_younger-people-may-not-believe-this-but-activity-7303217994459938816-PNqu\">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benedictevans_younger-people-may-not-believe-this-but-activity-7303217994459938816-PNqu</a></p><p>&#8226; The AI-native startup: 5 products, 7-figure revenue, 100% AI-written code | Dan Shipper (co-founder/CEO of Every): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-every-dan-shipper\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-every-dan-shipper</a></p><p>&#8226; Dario Amodei on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/DarioAmodei\">https://x.com/DarioAmodei</a></p><p>&#8226; Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn&#8217;t even started yet: <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom</a></p><p>&#8226; Frame.io: <a href=\"https://frame.io\">https://frame.io</a></p><p>&#8226; Food Marketing Institute: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Marketing_Institute\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Marketing_Institute</a></p><p>&#8226; Llama: <a href=\"https://www.llama.com\">https://www.llama.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Steven Sinofsky on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/stevesi\">https://x.com/stevesi</a></p><p>&#8226; Drake meme: <a href=\"https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/343699919/Drake-Hotline-Bling-Transparent-Background\">https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/343699919/Drake-Hotline-Bling-Transparent-Background</a></p><p>&#8226; Ex-Google CEO Gets Booed While Discussing AI in Commencement Speech | WSJ News: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNH43a1EI7s\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNH43a1EI7s</a></p><p>&#8226; Jonathan Swift&#8217;s quote: <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9838985-you-cannot-reason-a-person-out-of-a-position-he\">https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9838985-you-cannot-reason-a-person-out-of-a-position-he</a></p><p>&#8226; George Carlin&#8217;s quote: <a href=\"https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_carlin_391403\">https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_carlin_391403</a></p><p>&#8226; Fujitsu: <a href=\"https://global.fujitsu\">https://global.fujitsu</a></p><p>&#8226; O*NET OnLine: <a href=\"https://www.onetonline.org\">https://www.onetonline.org</a></p><p>&#8226; Pete Holmes&#8217;s website: <a href=\"https://peteholmes.com\">https://peteholmes.com</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Seventh Seal</em>: <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976\">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976</a></p><p>&#8226; Ericsson R310s phone: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson_R310s\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson_R310s</a></p><p>&#8226; i-mate phone: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mate\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mate</a></p><p>&#8226; J-Phone: <a href=\"https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/j-phone-j-t06\">https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/j-phone-j-t06</a></p><p></p><h3>Recommended books:</h3><p>&#8226; <em>Three Men in a Boat</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Three-Men-Boat-Jerome-K/dp/1512099899\">https://www.amazon.com/Three-Men-Boat-Jerome-K/dp/1512099899</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>Nature&#8217;s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Metropolis-Chicago-Great-West/dp/0393308731\">https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Metropolis-Chicago-Great-West/dp/0393308731</a></p><div><hr></div><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. 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            "title": "Claude Opus 4.8 is here. Is it as good as they say?",
            "pubDate": "Thu, 28 May 2026 21:35:07 GMT",
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            "description": "Watch now | &#127897;&#65039;My first impressions of Opus 4.8&#8212;where it excels and where it falls short",
            "content:encoded": "<div id=\"youtube2-h0gZf1hL4D4\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;h0gZf1hL4D4&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/h0gZf1hL4D4?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"></iframe></div></div><p>I got a few hours of early-access testing with Anthropic&#8217;s newly released model Opus 4.8. 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            "title": "The Codex feature that works while you sleep",
            "pubDate": "Wed, 27 May 2026 12:03:47 GMT",
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methods, and constraints</p></li><li><p>When not to use Goals and what makes a strong versus weak Goal</p></li><li><p>Why Goals represent a fundamental shift in how we work with AI, from babysitting the model to managing it</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3>Brought to you by:</h3><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jipq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8404a7fa-0da5-46af-9273-c9290faf7e9d_718x166.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jipq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8404a7fa-0da5-46af-9273-c9290faf7e9d_718x166.png 424w, 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fetchpriority=\"high\"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong><a href=\"https://mercury.com/\">Mercury</a></strong>&#8212;Radically different banking loved by over 300K entrepreneurs</p><p></p><h3>In this episode, we cover:</h3><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA\">00:00</a>) Introduction</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=110s\">01:50</a>) What is /goal and when should you use it?</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=165s\">02:45</a>) The difference between prompts and Goal-based loops</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=246s\">04:06</a>) Claire&#8217;s first five-hour 45-minute autonomous coding task</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=305s\">05:05</a>) How to manage a Goal lifecycle: view, pause, resume, and clear</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=366s\">06:06</a>) How to write strong goals: outcomes vs. outputs</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=454s\">07:34</a>) The six components of effective Goals</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=537s\">08:57</a>) Example: Reducing P95 checkout latency with /goal</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=576s\">09:36</a>) Demo: Using /goal to eliminate Sentry errors in ChatPRD</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=798s\">13:18</a>) Demo: Burning down Vercel API errors</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=1048s\">17:28</a>) Non-technical use case: Cleaning 3,900 emails with /goal</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=1284s\">21:24</a>) Demo: Using /goal to clean up Linear project tasks</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=1481s\">24:41</a>) When <em>not</em> to use /goal</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLJl9A2CnA&amp;t=1570s\">26:10</a>) Why /goal changes everything</p><p></p><h3>Tools referenced:</h3><p>&#8226; Codex: <a href=\"https://openai.com/codex/\">https://openai.com/codex/</a></p><p>&#8226; Sentry: <a href=\"https://sentry.io/\">https://sentry.io/</a></p><p>&#8226; Vercel: <a href=\"https://vercel.com/\">https://vercel.com/</a></p><p>&#8226; Linear: <a href=\"https://linear.app/\">https://linear.app/</a></p><p></p><h3>Other reference:</h3><p>&#8226; OpenAI blog post &#8220;Using Goals in Codex&#8221;: <a href=\"https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/codex/using_goals_in_codex\">https://developers.openai.com/cookbook/examples/codex/using_goals_in_codex</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Claire Vo:</h3><p>ChatPRD: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/\">https://www.chatprd.ai/</a></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://clairevo.com/\">https://clairevo.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/clairevo\">https://x.com/clairevo</a></p><p></p><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co.</p>"
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            "content:encoded": "<p><em>&#128075; Hey there, I&#8217;m Lenny. Each week, I write about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. For more: <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/podcast\">Lenny&#8217;s Podcast</a> | <a href=\"https://www.lennybot.com/\">Lennybot</a> | <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@howiaipodcast\">How I AI</a> | My favorite <a href=\"https://maven.com/lenny\">AI/PM courses</a>, <a href=\"https://ultraspeaking.com/lennyslist?via=lenny\">public speaking course</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.benerez.com/copilot/lenny\">interview prep copilot</a></em></p><p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe?\"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><em>P.S. Get a full free year of Cursor, Google AI, Lovable, Replit, Notion, Manus, Gamma, n8n, Canva, ElevenLabs, Factory, Wispr Flow, Fin, Supabase, Bolt, Linear, PostHog, Framer, Railway, Granola, Warp, Gumloop, Magic Patterns, Mobbin, Stripe Atlas, and ChatPRD, by becoming <a href=\"https://www.lennysproductpass.com/\">an Insider subscriber</a>. Yes, this is for real.</em></p><div><hr></div><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"970\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:71437,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/198594138?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DRWl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d51fe66-e3d5-47c9-a868-1c3777108dca_1456x970.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\"></picture><div class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I was a shy kid growing up, so I spent a lot of time reading books. I devoured sci-fi, nonfiction, and every programming book I could find. When the library didn&#8217;t have the C++ book I wanted, I taught myself to code by buying book after book from our local Borders (RIP). I was tearing through so many coding books that my dad started returning the ones I&#8217;d finished to the bookstore so we could afford to buy more.</p><p>I&#8217;ve always thought it was so cool that the smartest person in the world on a topic I care about spent years of their life distilling their best ideas into an enjoyable read, and I can get this for just $20. Amazing.</p><p>There&#8217;s endless free content flying at us now&#8212;newsletters, podcasts, tweets, oh my&#8212;but how many blog posts or tweets have had anywhere near the lasting impact on your life as a great book?</p><p>To continue my essential-reads series (don&#8217;t miss <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/essential-reading-for-product-builderspart\">part 1</a> and <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/essential-reading-for-product-builderspart-1ac\">part 2</a> of my favorite online essays), I&#8217;ve put together a collection of my all-time favorite books, organized by their jobs-to-be-done. When your manager tells you to work on a particular skill&#8212;or if you&#8217;re just feeling the itch for self-improvement&#8212;these are the books I recommend.</p><p>To keep this list extremely high signal-to-noise, I forced myself to pick only three books per category (so hard!), and only books I&#8217;ve completed. I included both classics and under-the-radar gems. I also agree with <a href=\"https://youtu.be/87Pm0SGTtN8?si=NsjVGWdFkfZ5cr_l&amp;t=5425\">Marc Andreessen&#8217;s take</a> that you should mostly read books that are over 10 years old (because those are the ones that have stood the test of time), so you&#8217;ll notice very few newer books.</p><p>There are so many great books that I didn&#8217;t include, either because I haven&#8217;t had a chance to read them or they just missed the cut. I probably forgot some important titles, too. That&#8217;s why there&#8217;ll be a part 2!</p><p><em>P.S. If you feel like you have no time to read, I was in the same boat. <a href=\"https://youtu.be/Wk9p3dhMYdk?si=9_LMhHpjnG9H3kHQ&amp;t=167\">Bryan Johnson&#8217;s suggestion</a> to read a book for 10 minutes before bed changed my life. I started reading more books, and I got better sleep! Try it out.</em></p><h2>I want to improve my communication skills</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4UcX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5b3ee54-7f88-43cc-9a74-825dd1c61d7b_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4UcX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5b3ee54-7f88-43cc-9a74-825dd1c61d7b_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4UcX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5b3ee54-7f88-43cc-9a74-825dd1c61d7b_2912x1404.png 848w, 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Friends recommended many different books, and I read them all. But these three had the most practical, impactful, and lasting advice, which is still lodged in my head even now.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Wants-Read-Your-Tough-Love/dp/1936891492/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t</a></em> by Steven Pressfield</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">On Writing Well</a> </em>by William Zinsser</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Storyworthy-Engage-Persuade-through-Storytelling/dp/1608685489/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">Storyworthy</a></em> by Matthew Dicks</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversation with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wguyJZI6A\">Matthew Dicks</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to get better at executing</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png 848w, 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srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Tiv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8e4180-37e8-41fa-a180-55fcd09b00d2_2912x1404.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture><div class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>If you love this newsletter, you crave actionable, tactical advice and frameworks that you can put into practice immediately. The first two books will give you exactly that, and the third will give you a meta-framework that&#8217;ll level up how you approach <em>everything </em>at work.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Great-CEO-Within-Tactical-Building/dp/0578599287/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">The Great CEO Within</a></em> by Matt Mochary</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Scaling People</a></em> by Claire Hughes Johnson</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0884271951?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_V0Y2V3TKM88SW42VTT90&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_V0Y2V3TKM88SW42VTT90&amp;social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_V0Y2V3TKM88SW42VTT90&amp;bestFormat=true\">The Goal</a></em> by Eliyahu Goldratt</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversations with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCel0X2Ta7U\">Matt Mochary</a> and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv0o9o4MRh0\">Claire Hughes Johnson</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to get better at strategy</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png 848w, 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srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yYo0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa657e86d-39f7-4c4c-b07e-e4b64c89e390_2912x1404.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture><div class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I remember reading these books and feeling like, okay, I finally understand what &#8220;strategy&#8221; is.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Difference-Matters/dp/0307886239/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Good Strategy/Bad Strategy</a></em> by Richard Rumelt</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Win-Strategy-Really-Works/dp/142218739X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Playing to Win</a></em> by Roger L. Martin </p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Working-Backwards-Insights-Stories-Secrets/dp/1250267595/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Working Backwards</a></em> by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversations with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uWKEG0s9Kc\">Richard Rumelt</a>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7SN4FK8noY\">Roger Martin</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WHQa_AJQo\">Bill Carr</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to be inspired to build something great</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOH7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cd13ebc-49b1-4d02-af3f-e3f455f464fa_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" 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class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This bucket of books might be my favorite of the bunch. They showed me how much a singular (relentless) mind can accomplish. Read them, and you&#8217;ll be ready to run through walls.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://press.stripe.com/the-making-of-prince-of-persia\">The Making of Prince of Persia</a> by </em>Jordan Mechner</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.buildc.com/the-book\">Build</a></em> by Tony Fadell</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike/dp/1501135910\">Shoe Dog</a></em> by Phil Knight</p></li></ol><h2>I want to become a better manager</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"702\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:702,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2117731,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/198594138?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MUV1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0da956ce-5849-4c28-99d2-62a19c496703_2912x1404.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture><div class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>These books are among the most mentioned on my podcast. I remember reading <em>High Output Management</em> when I was a baby manager, and it finally taught me what my job actually was. <em>The Making of a Manager </em>is the modern version of that book. And <em>Radical Candor</em> forever shifted how I think about hard feedback.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">High Output Management</a></em> by Andy Grove</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Making-Manager-What-Everyone-Looks/dp/0735219567/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">The Making of a Manager</a></em> by Julie Zhuo</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kick-Ass-Humanity/dp/1250235375/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Radical Candor</a></em> by Kim Scott</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversations with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7tnbx-6Ayc\">Kim Scott</a> and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_w0LaFahxk\">Julie Zhuo</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to become a better leader</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png 848w, 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srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cr9z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa20a084b-82d3-4344-baad-17ff2b38cef2_2912x1404.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture><div class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I love how the combination of these three books sums up great leadership: push people to do the best work of their lives, but be human about it, and, in the end, the score will take care of itself.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Amp-Unlocking-Hypergrowth-Expectations-Intensity/dp/1119836115/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Amp It Up</a> </em>by Frank Slootman</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership</a> </em>by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Score-Takes-Care-Itself-Philosophy/dp/1591843472/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">The Score Takes Care of Itself</a></em> by Bill Walsh</p></li></ol><h2>I want to increase my product success rate</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WvU0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c0f48e8-66d6-4756-9124-fbb143023c15_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WvU0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c0f48e8-66d6-4756-9124-fbb143023c15_2912x1404.png 424w, 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class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><svg role=\"img\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><g><title></title><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>These classics taught me the fundamentals of product management: talking to customers, prioritizing roadmaps, and what it takes to build something valuable and impactful.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Mom-Test-customers-business-everyone/dp/1492180742/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">The Mom Test</a></em> by Rob Fitzpatrick</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Build-Trap-Effective-Management/dp/149197379X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">Escaping the Build Trap</a></em> by Melissa Perri</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Discovery-Habits-Discover-Products/dp/1736633309/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">Continuous Discovery Habits</a></em> by Teresa Torres</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversations with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxkT8ULrVg\">Melissa Perri</a> and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RFaz9ZBXpk&amp;t=7s\">Teresa Torres</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to level up my product org</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c2RE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F078c4c04-a277-4bf3-8184-f21558d93421_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" 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href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions/dp/0735216355/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Thinking in Bets</a></em> by Annie Duke</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversations with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ZgNaWvI0\">Marty Cagan</a> (and, again, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-KVGHoQ_98\">Marty Cagan</a>) and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svQMODvIGAE\">Annie Duke</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to get better at sales and marketing</h2><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DGkq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7e120ae1-e171-422f-86a4-d30ff77cbf5c_2912x1404.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" 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This is not a natural strength for most builders, which is why you need to develop your marketing and sales muscle. I learned more about marketing and sales from these three books than from anywhere else.</p><ol><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Cow-New-Transform-Remarkable/dp/1591843170/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Purple Cow</a></em> by Seth Godin</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Obviously-Awesome-Product-Positioning-Customers/dp/1999023080/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\">Obviously Awesome</a></em> by April Dunford</p></li><li><p><em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Founding-Sales-Go-Market-Handbook/dp/1734505117/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\">Founding Sales</a></em> by Peter Kazanjy</p></li></ol><p><em>Check out my conversations with <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWTDmDjNy4\">Seth Godin</a>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjlCLb9Hl8\">April Dunford</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZd5234Eem0\">Peter Kazanjy</a>.</em></p><h2>I want to be more productive</h2>\n      <p>\n          <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/essential-books-for-product-builderspart\">\n              Read more\n          </a>\n      </p>\n   "
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            "title": "🎙️ How I AI: How the engineer behind Claude Cowork actually uses Claude Cowork & What launched at Google I/O 2026",
            "pubDate": "Mon, 25 May 2026 15:02:59 GMT",
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            "description": "Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny&#8217;s Podcast Network",
            "content:encoded": "<div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"344\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:344,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76503,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/177292431?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gWeJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361d81ef-7faf-4d8e-8028-5d5e03432a9a_2329x551.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>How the engineer behind Claude Cowork actually uses Claude | Felix Rieseberg (Anthropic)</h3><div id=\"youtube2--tdNsYi8AXs\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;-tdNsYi8AXs&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-tdNsYi8AXs?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"></iframe></div></div><div class=\"pullquote\"><p>Listen now on <strong><a href=\"https://youtu.be/-tdNsYi8AXs\">YouTube</a> &#8226; <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XaKXLqLCz44PHVCUJ1UuA\">Spotify</a> &#8226; <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-engineer-behind-claude-cowork-actually-uses/id1809663079?i=1000769476064\">Apple Podcasts</a></strong></p></div><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"104\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:104,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:34561,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/198725302?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WljJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1630acca-430b-4611-a1a7-97f02c674880_1600x114.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><blockquote><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href=\"https://magicpatterns.com/howiai\">Magic Patterns</a></strong>&#8212;Prototypes that look like your product</p></li><li><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.getguru.com/?utm_source=howi_ai_podcast&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=q1\">Guru</a></strong>&#8212;The AI layer of truth</p></li></ul></blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixrieseberg\">Felix Rieseberg</a></strong>, the engineering lead for Claude Cowork and Claude Code Desktop at Anthropic, joins Claire to show how he actually uses Claude in his own life and work. In this episode, Felix walks through building a 3D floor planner from a 2D house plan, using email as a personal inventory database, creating live dashboards from connected apps, and hacking together a $20 hardware &#8220;Claude buddy.&#8221; He also shares his philosophy for getting more out of AI: go one abstraction layer up, let Claude work in the background, and stop assuming computers can&#8217;t solve some of the annoying little problems in your life.</p><h4>Biggest takeaways:</h4><ol><li><p><strong>The biggest barrier to AI adoption is people not realizing they can ask AI to solve almost any problem. </strong>Felix sees this constantly&#8212;the tools are incredibly powerful, but users haven&#8217;t built the muscle memory to reach for them. His advice: whenever you&#8217;re doing something annoying that doesn&#8217;t feel creative, pause and ask yourself if Claude could do it instead. The gap isn&#8217;t technical; it&#8217;s psychological.</p></li><li><p><strong>Your email is an untapped gold mine of personal data.</strong> Felix used his email to inventory all his furniture when moving houses: every purchase receipt, every confirmation, every dimension. Claude parsed it all and built him a 3D floor planner with his actual furniture. This same principle applies to clothing, medical records, travel history, or any domain where you&#8217;ve been emailing receipts and confirmations for years. You already have a structured database&#8212;you just need to point Claude at it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Go one abstraction layer up, then do it again.</strong> Felix started manually entering furniture dimensions into his floor planner, then stopped and asked Claude to figure out what furniture he had. Then he went another layer up and told Claude to find the furniture in his emails. This is the key pattern: every time you catch yourself doing tedious work, ask how Claude could do it instead. Then ask how Claude could figure out what to do without your telling it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Live artifacts are Claude&#8217;s answer to keeping your personal dashboards always up-to-date. </strong>Unlike static artifacts, live artifacts refresh with real-time data from your connected services&#8212;Spotify, Gmail, Calendar, Notion, whatever you&#8217;ve authorized. Felix built a personal dashboard that looks like early-2000s software that updates throughout the day. The killer feature: you never have to manually update your pitch deck, your daily briefing, or your personal reports again.</p></li><li><p><strong>Choose Opus when you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re really asking for. </strong>Felix&#8217;s heuristic for model selection: use Sonnet when the problem is well-scoped and specific. Reach for Opus when you need Claude to interpret what you actually want, not just what you said. It&#8217;s the difference between &#8220;make me a floor plan with units&#8221; (Sonnet territory) and &#8220;help me figure out how to organize my life&#8221; (Opus territory). For most tasks, Sonnet is perfectly capable, but when you need that extra layer of problem decomposition, Opus is worth it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Kids are the best AI users because they aren&#8217;t afraid to ask for things.</strong> Felix gets videos from parents showing what their kids build with Claude&#8212;custom video games with hand-drawn characters, interactive stories, tools that would have required a software engineer just a few years ago. Adults have spent 20 years in a &#8220;mind prison&#8221; learning what computers can&#8217;t do. Unlearning that is the unlock.</p></li><li><p><strong>When Claude makes mistakes, debug your workflow, not the model.</strong> Felix doesn&#8217;t curse at Claude (though he notes it&#8217;s useful for the team to know when people do). Instead, he asks it: &#8220;Here&#8217;s what I expected. Can you walk me through where things went differently? How can we prevent this in the future?&#8221; Usually the fix isn&#8217;t &#8220;Claude can&#8217;t do this&#8221;; it&#8217;s &#8220;I need to change the prompt, clean up the data source, or set up a dry run.&#8221; Treat Claude like a collaborator who needs better instructions, not a tool that&#8217;s broken.</p></li></ol><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h4>Blog &amp; detailed workflow walkthroughs from this episode:</h4><p>How I AI: Felix Rieseberg&#8217;s Claude Workflows for 3D House Design and a $20 Hardware Buddy: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/felix-rieseberg-claude-code-cowork-workflows-for-3d-house-design-and-hardware-buddy\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/felix-rieseberg-claude-code-cowork-workflows-for-3d-house-design-and-hardware-buddy</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>How to Build a $20 Physical AI &#8216;Buddy&#8217; with Claude Code: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-build-a-20-physical-ai-buddy-with-claude-code\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-build-a-20-physical-ai-buddy-with-claude-code</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>How to Create an Interactive 3D House Model from a Floor Plan Using AI: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-create-an-interactive-3d-house-model-from-a-floor-plan-using-ai\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-create-an-interactive-3d-house-model-from-a-floor-plan-using-ai</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>How to Build a Live, Auto-Updating Personal Dashboard with Claude: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-build-a-live-auto-updating-personal-dashboard-with-claude\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-build-a-live-auto-updating-personal-dashboard-with-claude</a></p></div><div><hr></div><h3>What launched at Google I/O 2026 (30-minute day 1 recap)</h3><div id=\"youtube2-S-T12Z-8Tbo\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;S-T12Z-8Tbo&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/S-T12Z-8Tbo?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"></iframe></div></div><div class=\"pullquote\"><p>Listen now on <strong><a href=\"https://youtu.be/S-T12Z-8Tbo\">YouTube</a> &#8226; <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/4VANFEBLOCMxXQC4m5hAbf\">Spotify</a> &#8226; <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-launched-at-google-i-o-2026-30-minute-day-1-recap/id1809663079?i=1000768665107\">Apple Podcasts</a></strong></p></div><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"104\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:104,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:29515,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/198725302?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ve7K!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95441103-31f4-4b0b-9001-d7130f6c466f_1600x114.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><blockquote><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href=\"https://magicpatterns.com/howiai\">Magic Patterns</a></strong>&#8212;Prototypes that look like your product</p></li><li><p><strong><a href=\"https://go.thoughtspot.com/howIAI\">ThoughtSpot</a></strong>&#8212;Build AI-powered analytics into your product</p></li></ul></blockquote><p>Claire breaks down the biggest launches from Google I/O 2026&#8212;from Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity 2.0 to Google AI Studio, Omni, Flow, Stitch, and Pomelli. In this episode, she tests the tools live, shares what actually works, and explains where Google is catching up, where it may be pulling ahead, and why its launch-to-availability gap is still such a problem for builders.</p><h4>Biggest takeaways:</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Gemini 3.5 Flash rivals leading frontier coding models in Google&#8217;s benchmarks while running four times faster.</strong> Google positions this as their agentic coding model, optimized for tasks requiring both high reasoning and rapid execution. If the benchmarks hold in practice, this speed advantage could shift the coding agent landscape toward Google&#8217;s tools.</p></li><li><p><strong>Antigravity 2.0 brings Google&#8217;s IDE to feature parity with Claude Code and Codex&#8212;but it&#8217;s playing catch-up.</strong> The update includes projects (folder-constrained workspaces), scheduled tasks on Cron, and subagents for specific tasks. The UI looks nearly identical to Codex, and the features match what Anthropic and OpenAI shipped months ago. The advantage is speed: if Gemini 3.5 Flash delivers, developers might choose Antigravity for well-scoped tasks that need to ship fast.</p></li><li><p><strong>The /grill-me slash command is Antigravity&#8217;s aggressive take on Claude Code&#8217;s polite clarification tool.</strong> Instead of gently asking questions, /grill-me promises to interrogate your requirements and get to the heart of what you&#8217;re building. Whether this is actually more hardcore or just clever branding remains to be seen, but it signals Google&#8217;s attempt to differentiate on personality.</p></li><li><p><strong>Google AI Studio now integrates directly with Workspace apps&#8212;or it&#8217;s supposed to.</strong> The promise: build no-code apps that read Sheets, draft Gmails, organize Drive, and see Calendar without setup. Claire couldn&#8217;t get it to work during testing. If it delivers, it would capture internal enterprise productivity use cases and personal assistant workflows where Google already owns the data layer.</p></li><li><p><strong>Omni is Google&#8217;s answer to Sora, focused on longer, production-quality video.</strong> The model creates 10-second videos (versus Sora&#8217;s 6 or 7 seconds), maintains character consistency across edits, and allows conversational editing. Claire tested it by animating her kid&#8217;s drawing, and the output was impressive. The real power will be in production workflows where you iterate on the same characters and scenes multiple times.</p></li><li><p><strong>Flow is Google&#8217;s production-grade video editor built on Omni.</strong> It lets you define characters, create avatars, and edit videos conversationally while maintaining cinematic quality. The tool targets creators and marketers who need consistent, high-quality video at scale. Claire tried creating an avatar of herself, but the feature failed&#8212;a recurring theme throughout I/O announcements.</p></li><li><p><strong>Stitch and Pomelli are Google&#8217;s design and marketing tools.</strong> Stitch is like in-browser Figma with streaming design generation, inline AI edits, and code sync. Pomelli creates brand books, campaign assets, and websites from a URL. Both show promise but suffer from &#8220;Google slop,&#8221; the generic aesthetic of AI-generated design.</p></li><li><p><strong>Gemini&#8217;s multimodal capabilities remain its strongest differentiator.</strong> For work involving files, videos, or transformative work across modalities (document to video, image to text), Gemini models excel. Claire uses them for generating blog posts from podcast videos and animating drawings. The 3.5 family continues this strength; for these use cases, Gemini&#8217;s multimodal performance is best-in-class.</p></li><li><p><strong>The biggest problem: half the features don&#8217;t actually work yet.</strong> Claire encountered broken features, missing integrations, and &#8220;coming soon&#8221; disclaimers throughout testing. Workspace integration in AI Studio? Couldn&#8217;t access it. Avatar creation in Flow? Didn&#8217;t work. When you announce features that aren&#8217;t ready, people lose patience and stop trusting your roadmap.</p></li></ol><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h4>Blog:</h4><p>How I AI: My Live Test of Google I/O&#8217;s New AI Tools&#8212;From Gemini 3.5 Flash to Omni Video: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/google-io-new-ai-tools-gemini-35-flash-to-omni-video\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/google-io-new-ai-tools-gemini-35-flash-to-omni-video</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p>If you&#8217;re enjoying these episodes, reply and let me know what you&#8217;d love to learn more about: AI workflows, hiring, growth, product strategy&#8212;anything.</p><p>Catch you next week,<br>Lenny</p><p><em>P.S. Want every new episode delivered the moment it drops? Hit &#8220;Follow&#8221; on your favorite podcast app.</em></p>"
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an inventory database for furniture, clothing, and personal purchases</p></li><li><p>When to use Opus vs. Sonnet 4.6 (hint: it&#8217;s about how well you can scope the problem, not technical complexity)</p></li><li><p>How live artifacts work and why they&#8217;re powerful for dashboards that refresh with real-time data from your connectors</p></li><li><p>The product philosophy behind making latency delightful</p></li><li><p>How to build your own $20 hardware device using Claude Code (no hardware experience required)</p></li><li><p>Why Felix never reads the code Claude writes and judges it purely on output</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3>Brought to you by:</h3><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qz4X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9351d610-c56c-4721-a7f3-3b96bf3e8d13_1600x114.png\" 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href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=1953s\">32:33</a>) Looking at the daily dashboard</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2035s\">33:55</a>) How live artifacts work with connectors</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2102s\">35:02</a>) Redesigning the dashboard</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2275s\">37:55</a>) The biggest gap: people don&#8217;t know what problems AI can solve</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2512s\">41:52</a>) The reverse interview</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2550s\">42:30</a>) Making latency delightful through asynchronous design</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2645s\">44:05</a>) The redesigned dashboard</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2728s\">45:28</a>) AI should free up your creative energy</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=2804s\">46:44</a>) Building a $20 hardware Claude buddy</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=3153s\">52:33</a>) Why kids are magical AI users</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdNsYi8AXs&amp;t=3270s\">54:30</a>) Recap and final thoughts</p><p></p><h3>Tools referenced:</h3><p>&#8226; Claude Cowork: <a href=\"https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude-cowork\">https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude-cowork</a></p><p>&#8226; Claude Code: <a href=\"https://claude.ai/code\">https://claude.ai/code</a></p><p>&#8226; Claude for Chrome: <a href=\"https://code.claude.com/docs/en/chrome\">https://code.claude.com/docs/en/chrome</a></p><p>&#8226; Claude Desktop: <a href=\"https://claude.ai/download\">https://claude.ai/download</a></p><p>&#8226; Live Artifacts: <a href=\"https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14729249-use-live-artifacts-in-claude-cowork\">https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14729249-use-live-artifacts-in-claude-cowork</a></p><p>&#8226; Connectors (Spotify, Gmail, Calendar, Notion): <a href=\"https://claude.ai/settings/connectors\">https://claude.ai/settings/connectors</a></p><p>&#8226; Slack: <a href=\"https://slack.com/\">https://slack.com/</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Felix Rieseberg:</h3><p>Website: <a href=\"https://felixrieseberg.com/\">https://felixrieseberg.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixrieseberg/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixrieseberg/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/felixrieseberg\">https://x.com/felixrieseberg</a></p><p>GitHub: <a href=\"https://github.com/felixrieseberg\">https://github.com/felixrieseberg</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Claire Vo:</h3><p>ChatPRD: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/\">https://www.chatprd.ai/</a></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://clairevo.com/\">https://clairevo.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/clairevo\">https://x.com/clairevo</a></p><p></p><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co.</p>"
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Everyone at his company of about 30 people is an AI early adopter; from editors to ops people, they use AI to do much of their work, giving Every a unique lens into where the world is heading. A year ago on this show, Dan predicted that people were sleeping on Claude Code for nontechnical work, which proved to be remarkably prescient. Today he&#8217;s back with another set of calls: the SaaS apocalypse is dumb, CLIs are over, the forward deployed engineer is the most valuable new hire, and the only thing you need to do to stay employed is ride the models.</p><div class=\"pullquote\"><p><strong>Listen on <a href=\"https://youtu.be/4D3hDmGhFhA\">YouTube</a>, <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/08uyLGouK9iFUpEoIkEyai\">Spotify</a>, and <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-paradox-more-automation-more-humans-more-work/id1627920305?i=1000769334366\">Apple Podcasts</a></strong></p></div><h3>Dan&#8217;s predictions:</h3><ol><li><p>The future of work will happen inside Codex or Claude Code.</p></li><li><p>Every company will have one &#8220;super-agent&#8221; inside their Slack that every employee talks to regularly.</p></li><li><p>SaaS is not dead&#8212;in fact, Dan is bullish on SaaS stocks. His contrarian take: &#8220;I would buy SaaS stocks right now.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>SaaS economics will shift: users will bring their own AI tokens into apps, which actually improves SaaS margins.</p></li><li><p>PMs will thrive in the AI era.</p></li><li><p>Full-stack designers will become superheroes.</p></li><li><p>The AI job apocalypse is not happening.</p></li><li><p>Forward deployed engineer is the new most essential role.</p></li><li><p>CLIs are over.</p></li><li><p>Automation is a lie.</p></li><li><p>We will read way more AI-generated writing and we will like it.</p></li><li><p>We&#8217;ll be building software for humans and agents to use together.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h3>Brought to you by:</h3><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"183\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:183,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:52024,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/194566669?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong><a href=\"https://workos.com/lenny\">WorkOS</a></strong>&#8212;Make your app enterprise-ready, with SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://vanta.com/lenny\">Vanta</a></strong>&#8212;Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI</p></div><p></p><h3>Where to find Dan Shipper:</h3><p>&#8226; X: <a href=\"https://x.com/danshipper\">https://x.com/danshipper</a></p><p>&#8226; LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/danshipper/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/danshipper/</a></p><p>&#8226; Podcast: <a href=\"https://every.to/podcast\">https://every.to/podcast</a></p><p>&#8226; Website: <a href=\"https://danshipper.com\">https://danshipper.com</a></p><p></p><h3>Referenced:</h3><p>&#8226; The AI-native startup: 5 products, 7-figure revenue, 100% AI-written code | Dan Shipper (co-founder/CEO of Every): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-every-dan-shipper\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-every-dan-shipper</a></p><p>&#8226; Claude Cowork: <a href=\"https://claude.com/product/cowork\">https://claude.com/product/cowork</a></p><p>&#8226; Codex: <a href=\"https://chatgpt.com/codex\">https://chatgpt.com/codex</a></p><p>&#8226; Everyone should be using Claude Code more: <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/everyone-should-be-using-claude-code\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/everyone-should-be-using-claude-code</a></p><p>&#8226; Every: <a href=\"https://every.to\">https://every.to</a></p><p>&#8226; Kieran Klaassen on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/kieranklaassen\">https://x.com/kieranklaassen</a></p><p>&#8226; Cora: <a href=\"https://cora.computer\">https://cora.computer</a></p><p>&#8226; Kate Lee: <a href=\"https://every.to/@kate_1767\">https://every.to/@kate_1767</a></p><p>&#8226; METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research): <a href=\"https://metr.org\">https://metr.org</a></p><p>&#8226; OpenClaw: <a href=\"https://openclaw.ai\">https://openclaw.ai</a></p><p>&#8226; Shopify: <a href=\"https://www.shopify.com\">https://www.shopify.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Ramp: <a href=\"https://ramp.com\">https://ramp.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Brandon Gell on LinkedIn: <a href=\"http://linkedin.com/in/brandongell\">linkedin.com/in/brandongell</a></p><p>&#8226; Proof: <a href=\"https://every.to/on-every/introducing-proof\">https://every.to/on-every/introducing-proof</a></p><p>&#8226; Devin: <a href=\"https://devin.ai\">https://devin.ai</a></p><p>&#8226; Cursor: <a href=\"https://cursor.com\">https://cursor.com</a></p><p>&#8226; The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can&#8217;t stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-rise-of-cursor-michael-truell\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-rise-of-cursor-michael-truell</a></p><p>&#8226; SpaceX: <a href=\"https://www.spacex.com\">https://www.spacex.com</a></p><p>&#8226; GitHub: <a href=\"https://github.com\">https://github.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Lenny&#8217;s post on X on AI changing job responsibilities:  <a href=\"https://x.com/lennysan/status/2054664138039992600\">https://x.com/lennysan/status/2054664138039992600</a></p><p>&#8226; General Assembly: <a href=\"https://generalassemb.ly\">https://generalassemb.ly</a></p><p>&#8226; Marcus Moretti: <a href=\"https://every.to/@marcus_fd8302_1\">https://every.to/@marcus_fd8302_1</a></p><p>&#8226; Spiral: <a href=\"https://every.to/on-every/introducing-spiral\">https://every.to/on-every/introducing-spiral</a></p><p>&#8226; Axios: <a href=\"https://www.axios.com\">https://www.axios.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Hermes: <a href=\"https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com\">https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Viktor: <a href=\"https://www.viktor.ai\">https://www.viktor.ai</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Dark Wizard </em>on HBO: <a href=\"https://www.hbomax.com/shows/dark-wizard/76e78c26-21c9-45b4-b84b-4c3e1f8ff763\">https://www.hbomax.com/shows/dark-wizard/76e78c26-21c9-45b4-b84b-4c3e1f8ff763</a></p><p>&#8226; Alex Honnold: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>100 Foot Wave </em>on HBO Max: <a href=\"https://www.hbomax.com/shows/100-foot-wave/34e489ad-2eca-4078-adb6-6d2b521b407e\">https://www.hbomax.com/shows/100-foot-wave/34e489ad-2eca-4078-adb6-6d2b521b407e</a></p><p>&#8226; Rob Burbea talks: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@boubabuddha/playlists\">https://www.youtube.com/@boubabuddha/playlists</a></p><p>&#8226; David Goggins: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goggins\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goggins</a></p><p></p><h3>Recommended books:</h3><p>&#8226; <em>The Golden Compass</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Compass-His-Dark-Materials/dp/0807204714\">https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Compass-His-Dark-Materials/dp/0807204714</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Writing Life</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Life-Annie-Dillard/dp/0060919884\">https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Life-Annie-Dillard/dp/0060919884</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Second World War</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-War-Volumes/dp/B005NS30ZG\">https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-War-Volumes/dp/B005NS30ZG</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rigor-Angels-Heisenberg-Ultimate-Reality/dp/0593315073\">https://www.amazon.com/Rigor-Angels-Heisenberg-Ultimate-Reality/dp/0593315073</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245\">https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245</a></p><div><hr></div><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. 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href=\"https://stitch.withgoogle.com/\">https://stitch.withgoogle.com/</a></p><p>&#8226; Pomelli (Google brand tool): <a href=\"https://labs.google.com/pomelli/about/\">https://labs.google.com/pomelli/about/</a></p><p></p><h3>Other references:</h3><p>&#8226; Google I/O 2026 announcements: <a href=\"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/\">https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Claire Vo:</h3><p>ChatPRD: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/\">https://www.chatprd.ai/</a></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://clairevo.com/\">https://clairevo.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/clairevo\">https://x.com/clairevo</a></p><p></p><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. 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For more: <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/podcast\">Lenny&#8217;s Podcast</a> | <a href=\"https://www.lennybot.com/\">Lennybot</a> | <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@howiaipodcast\">How I AI</a> | My favorite <a href=\"https://maven.com/lenny\">AI/PM courses</a>, <a href=\"https://ultraspeaking.com/lennyslist?via=lenny\">public speaking course</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.benerez.com/copilot/lenny\">interview prep copilot</a></em></p><p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe?\"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" 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It was one of the most meaningful days of my life. Full of in-depth talks, intimate roundtables, and a lot of human connection. At the end of the day, an attendee handed me this note before quickly walking away:</p><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6EhQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21e7f7b0-dc61-422a-a66e-f9d1d564b691_4032x2622.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6EhQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21e7f7b0-dc61-422a-a66e-f9d1d564b691_4032x2622.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6EhQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21e7f7b0-dc61-422a-a66e-f9d1d564b691_4032x2622.jpeg 848w, 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fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"></polyline><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"></polyline><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"></line><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>There&#8217;s such power in IRL events, especially these days and especially for product leaders, who often lack peers they can be real with. Ever since the first summit, I&#8217;ve been getting messages about how much y&#8217;all want another event like this.</p><p><strong>Today, I&#8217;m excited to share that the <a href=\"https://www.lennyssummit.com/\">Lenny and Friends Summit</a> returns on Thursday, September 10, in San Francisco! <a href=\"https://www.lennyssummit.com/\">Apply now</a>.</strong></p><p>My vision is to make this the best product event in the world. We&#8217;re keeping it intentionally small&#8212;every attendee will be handpicked&#8212;and along with in-depth talks from the world&#8217;s top operators, we&#8217;ll have interactive workshops, tons of opportunities to get to know other attendees, and a few fun surprises.</p><p><strong>My three main goals for this summit are to help you:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Deeply understand where the product role is heading</p></li><li><p>Learn tangible skills to thrive in that future</p></li><li><p>Build lasting connections with other world-class leaders</p></li></ol><p>Here&#8217;s the initial lineup of speakers, each of whom has a unique lens into the future of building (with more to be announced soon):</p><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_BRP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62d4b89a-fbdf-4b9c-a5a6-7b534ec229ea_4800x2700.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_BRP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62d4b89a-fbdf-4b9c-a5a6-7b534ec229ea_4800x2700.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_BRP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62d4b89a-fbdf-4b9c-a5a6-7b534ec229ea_4800x2700.png 848w, 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Paid newsletter subscribers will get priority consideration. This summit is for senior product and AI leaders; typical titles include Chief, VP, Director, Senior, Group, Lead, or Principal. </p><p>If you&#8217;re just starting your career in product or growth, the content won&#8217;t be as relevant for you. I may host a future event geared toward early-career folks. </p><p>To give you a sense of what the last summit felt like, a few messages I got from attendees last year:</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;The highest-ROI networking event I have been to.&#8221;</strong> &#8212;Senior PM</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Every aspect of the event was absolutely remarkable.&#8221;</strong> &#8212;CPO</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;So many insightful discussions, learnings, and connections, and many tactical takeaways I plan to immediately put in practice.&#8221;</strong> &#8212;Product Lead</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;The hit rate of good talks was higher than at any other conference I&#8217;ve been to.&#8221;</strong> &#8212;Sr. Director of Product</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;A powerful reminder of why I fell in love with building products.&#8221;</strong> &#8212;Founder</p></blockquote><p>Finally, some of my favorite moments from the day:</p><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mf0M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa0c9eb4-5f63-43b6-9756-fc6a6f84b2f1_2200x1467.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mf0M!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa0c9eb4-5f63-43b6-9756-fc6a6f84b2f1_2200x1467.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mf0M!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa0c9eb4-5f63-43b6-9756-fc6a6f84b2f1_2200x1467.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mf0M!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa0c9eb4-5f63-43b6-9756-fc6a6f84b2f1_2200x1467.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mf0M!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa0c9eb4-5f63-43b6-9756-fc6a6f84b2f1_2200x1467.jpeg 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mf0M!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa0c9eb4-5f63-43b6-9756-fc6a6f84b2f1_2200x1467.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"971\" 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srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljW_!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd2618c1-53db-449c-b319-688a03303300_2200x1467.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljW_!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd2618c1-53db-449c-b319-688a03303300_2200x1467.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljW_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd2618c1-53db-449c-b319-688a03303300_2200x1467.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljW_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd2618c1-53db-449c-b319-688a03303300_2200x1467.jpeg 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"></picture><div 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In this episode (recorded live at Anthropic&#8217;s Code with Claude event), Thariq shows how he uses HTML artifacts to plan projects, create interactive specs, build throwaway micro-apps, and maintain living design systems that help humans stay in the loop as agents do more of the work. He also explains why engineers are becoming &#8220;compute allocators,&#8221; why most AI-generated tokens won&#8217;t end up in production, and how richer interfaces can lead to better products.</p><h4>Biggest takeaways:</h4><ol><li><p><strong>HTML has become the superior format for communicating with AI agents, replacing Markdown for planning and specs. </strong>While Markdown was popular because it&#8217;s both human- and machine-readable, HTML offers far richer expression&#8212;interactive elements, visual mockups, scrollable sections, and better information density. As Claude&#8217;s context windows have expanded and plans have grown to thousands of lines, HTML makes it actually possible to engage with the content rather than just skimming or ignoring it entirely.</p></li><li><p><strong>Engineers are becoming &#8220;compute allocators&#8221; rather than code writers. </strong>When Claude can run for eight hours on a single task, you&#8217;re really deciding how to spend $500 of compute. The critical skill is no longer writing code; it&#8217;s deciding what&#8217;s worth building, defining the boundaries of what you need to know, and staying in sync with the agent throughout the process. This happens primarily in the spec and planning phase, making that work more important than ever.</p></li><li><p><strong>You can build custom, throwaway UIs for editing specific parts of your plans. </strong>Thariq demonstrates this by taking a data visualization rules table from his implementation plan and asking Claude to create an ideal interface for editing just that section. The result is a beautiful, gamified UI that makes engaging with the content actually enjoyable. This &#8220;micro software on top of micro software&#8221; approach means you can have the perfect tool for every specific problem, then discard it when you&#8217;re done.</p></li><li><p><strong>The future of agent output isn&#8217;t more text. It&#8217;s more readable interfaces.</strong> Thariq says he stopped reading thousand-line Markdown plans and started asking Claude to edit them instead, which made him less involved in the work. HTML changed that: by turning plans into visual, scrollable, interactive artifacts, Claude makes the output easier to engage with, critique, and improve. The lesson isn&#8217;t to read less. It&#8217;s to make the work legible enough that you actually want to read it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Living design systems in HTML are more effective than traditional design tools.</strong> Instead of pointing Claude at a Figma file or GitHub repo, Thariq maintains an HTML file that represents his entire design system: colors, typography, spacing, components. This compressed understanding can be passed around to any project, and Claude can extract design systems from existing codebases and encode them in HTML. It&#8217;s both human-readable and machine-readable, with no tradeoff between the two.</p></li><li><p><strong>The best prompts give Claude enough direction but leave room for creativity. </strong>Thariq&#8217;s prompts are remarkably simple: &#8220;Create an HTML file with a plan. Help me visualize. Include excerpts, mockups, code, whatever is needed to give me maximum context.&#8221; The key is the ending&#8212;&#8220;whatever is needed&#8221;&#8212;which signals trust and gives Claude permission to make decisions. Over-constraining with elaborate system prompts often produces worse results than simple, trusting instructions.</p></li><li><p><strong>Only about 1% of the tokens Thariq generates go into production code.</strong> The vast majority go into dashboards, custom interfaces, weekly status updates, and tools for understanding what he wants to build. This is what abundance looks like&#8212;when tokens are cheap, you can afford to make everything you interact with beautiful and tailored to your specific needs. The hope is that this richness in the process translates into better final products.</p></li><li><p><strong>Test verification is not the same as testing. </strong>This is a nuanced point that Thariq says deserves its own podcast episode, but the core idea is that traditional unit tests are being replaced by verification rubrics, managed agents checking outcomes, and Claude recording videos of what it did. The testing landscape is evolving rapidly, and teams need to think beyond conventional approaches.</p></li><li><p><strong>Just-in-time documentation in whatever format works is better than centralized, templated systems.</strong> When creating content is nearly free and AI can find anything, the old anxieties about &#8220;source of truth&#8221; and standardized templates matter less. What matters is the quality of the ideas and whether the documentation helps you build better products. Thariq sends his manager weekly HTML status updates because they&#8217;re more likely to actually get read than Markdown or plain text.</p></li><li><p><strong>Being nice to Claude probably produces better outputs, and it definitely creates a better world.</strong> While no one has run a rigorous A/B test, Thariq prefers to build the world where being kind to AI produces better results. When you&#8217;re stern with models, their reasoning gets sad (&#8220;the user is right to be disappointed in me&#8221;), and that&#8217;s not the interaction pattern anyone wants to normalize. Treat Claude like a colleague you respect, not a tool you command.</p></li></ol><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h4>Blog:</h4><p>How I AI: Thariq Shihipar on Replacing Markdown with HTML for AI-Powered Development: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/claude-code-anthropic-thariq-shihipar-on-replacing-markdown-with-html\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/claude-code-anthropic-thariq-shihipar-on-replacing-markdown-with-html</a></p><h4>Detailed workflow walkthroughs<strong>:</strong></h4><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>Generate a Living HTML Design System with AI for UI Consistency: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/generate-a-living-html-design-system-with-ai-for-ui-consistency\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/generate-a-living-html-design-system-with-ai-for-ui-consistency</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>Build Disposable Micro-Apps with AI to Edit Complex Plans: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/build-disposable-micro-apps-with-ai-to-edit-complex-plans\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/build-disposable-micro-apps-with-ai-to-edit-complex-plans</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>Create Interactive HTML Project Plans with AI for Better Visualization: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/create-interactive-html-project-plans-with-ai-for-better-visualization\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/create-interactive-html-project-plans-with-ai-for-better-visualization</a></p></div><div><hr></div><p>If you&#8217;re enjoying these episodes, reply and let me know what you&#8217;d love to learn more about: AI workflows, hiring, growth, product strategy&#8212;anything.</p><p>Catch you next week,<br>Lenny</p><p><em>P.S. 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            "title": "HTML is the new Markdown: How Anthropic engineers are building with Claude Code | Thariq Shihipar",
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            "content:encoded": "<div id=\"youtube2-Qrpm7E80wQ0\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Qrpm7E80wQ0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Qrpm7E80wQ0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"></iframe></div></div><p><strong>Thariq Shihipar </strong>is an engineer at Anthropic working on the Claude Code team. He&#8217;s spent the past several months experimenting with HTML as a replacement for Markdown in planning and implementation workflows, discovering that richer visual formats lead to better human engagement&#8212;and, ultimately, better products. In this episode, filmed at Anthropic&#8217;s Code with Claude event in San Francisco, Thariq demonstrates how to use HTML artifacts to create interactive plans, build throwaway UIs for specific problems, and maintain living design systems that travel with your codebase.</p><div class=\"pullquote\"><p><strong>Listen or watch on <a href=\"https://youtu.be/Qrpm7E80wQ0\">YouTube</a>, <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Wtk2CxwbHUwYGAe9HWgYT\">Spotify</a>, or <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/html-is-the-new-markdown-how-anthropic-engineers-are/id1809663079?i=1000768383813\">Apple Podcasts</a></strong></p></div><h3>What you&#8217;ll learn:</h3><ol><li><p>Why HTML has replaced Markdown as the ideal format for AI agent communication and planning</p></li><li><p>How to brainstorm in HTML to get visual mockups and interactive demos instead of text lists</p></li><li><p>The technique for building throwaway micro-UIs to edit specific parts of your plan</p></li><li><p>How to create a living design system in HTML that lives in your repo and travels with every project</p></li><li><p>Why &#8220;complexity has to earn its keep&#8221; and how HTML helps you stay in the loop without over-constraining Claude</p></li><li><p>The prompting technique that gives Claude flexibility while ensuring that you get what you need</p></li><li><p>Why 99% of your AI-generated tokens should go to planning, interfaces, and communication&#8212;not production code</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3>Brought to you by:</h3><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b-GZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88a944ad-f753-45b3-ac66-b4d040ebf0c3_1600x114.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" 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href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=564s\">09:24</a>) From brainstorm to full implementation plan</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=680s\">11:20</a>) Prompting philosophy: Trust Claude but give it constraints</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=830s\">13:50</a>) The future of PRDs and tech specs</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1096s\">18:16</a>) Making HTML specs editable</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1223s\">20:23</a>) The abundance mindset</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1457s\">24:17</a>) Just-in-time documentation and throwaway software</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1539s\">25:39</a>) Using plans as artifacts for implementation</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1599s\">26:39</a>) Demo: Living design systems in HTML</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1816s\">30:16</a>) Adding comments and annotations to HTML plans</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1902s\">31:42</a>) Recap: The HTML workflow</p><p>(<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrpm7E80wQ0&amp;t=1941s\">32:21</a>) Lightning round and final thoughts</p><p></p><h3>Tools referenced:</h3><p>&#8226; Claude Code: <a href=\"https://claude.ai/code\">https://claude.ai/code</a></p><p>&#8226; Claude Design: <a href=\"https://claude.ai/design\">https://claude.ai/design</a></p><p>&#8226; AWS: <a href=\"https://aws.amazon.com/\">https://aws.amazon.com/</a></p><p>&#8226; Figma: <a href=\"https://www.figma.com/\">https://www.figma.com/</a></p><p>&#8226; GitHub: <a href=\"https://github.com/\">https://github.com/</a></p><p></p><h3>Other references:</h3><p>&#8226; Anthropic Code with Claude event: <a href=\"https://claude.com/code-with-claude\">https://claude.com/code-with-claude</a></p><p>&#8226; SpaceX partnership announcement: <a href=\"https://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex\">https://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex</a></p><p>&#8226; Jevons paradox: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Thariq Shihipar:</h3><p>Website: <a href=\"https://www.thariq.io/\">https://www.thariq.io/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/thariqshihipar/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/thariqshihipar/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/trq212?lang=en\">https://x.com/trq212</a></p><p>GitHub: <a href=\"https://github.com/ThariqS\">https://github.com/ThariqS</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Claire Vo:</h3><p>ChatPRD: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/\">https://www.chatprd.ai/</a></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://clairevo.com/\">https://clairevo.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/clairevo\">https://x.com/clairevo</a></p><p></p><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co.</p>"
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Prior to that, she was head of AR glasses and VR hardware at Meta, where she led the teams building every generation of the Quest, Rift, and Orion, and was Meta&#8217;s first consumer electronics hire. Before this, she was  technical lead on MacBook Air and Mac Pro at Apple, and helped engineer the original unibody MacBook Pro. She&#8217;s designed and engineered some of the hardest and most beloved consumer hardware products in history and is now focused on the next frontier: robotics.</p><div class=\"pullquote\"><p><strong>Listen on <a href=\"https://youtu.be/G5WTgB87rYQ\">YouTube</a>, <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/03yl4biTZrUTFFfaYQzJ6i?si=d4klTnYnR5-5OgnSxTinDw\">Spotify</a>, and <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-were-at-the-beginning-of-the-ai-hardware/id1627920305?i=1000768249602\">Apple Podcasts</a></strong></p></div><h3>In our in-depth conversation, we discuss:</h3><ol><li><p>VR&#8212;what happened?</p></li><li><p>The coming memory price shock and why she&#8217;s telling startups to pre-buy now</p></li><li><p>How the technologies built for VR became the foundation of modern warfare</p></li><li><p>Why humanoid robots are still just prototypes, and what&#8217;s actually gating mass deployment</p></li><li><p>Lessons from Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman</p></li><li><p>Why she left OpenAI</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h3>Brought to you by:</h3><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"183\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:183,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:52024,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/194566669?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5HV4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa427b9f9-7c95-4bd6-912f-16040e3676e8_1974x248.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong><a href=\"https://workos.com/lenny\">WorkOS</a></strong>&#8212;Make your app enterprise-ready, with SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://vanta.com/lenny\">Vanta</a></strong>&#8212;Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI</p></div><p></p><h3>Where to find Caitlin Kalinowski:</h3><p>&#8226; X: <a href=\"https://x.com/kalinowski007\">https://x.com/kalinowski007</a></p><p>&#8226; LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckalinowski\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckalinowski</a></p><p>&#8226; Website: <a href=\"https://www.caitlinkalinowski.com\">https://www.caitlinkalinowski.com</a></p><p></p><h3>Referenced:</h3><p>&#8226; MacBook: <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac\">https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac</a></p><p>&#8226; Brett Degner on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-degner-a723594\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-degner-a723594</a></p><p>&#8226; Apple Vision Pro: <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro\">https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro</a></p><p>&#8226; Orion glasses: <a href=\"https://www.meta.com/emerging-tech/orion\">https://www.meta.com/emerging-tech/orion</a></p><p>&#8226; Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn&#8217;t even started yet: <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom</a></p><p>&#8226; Palmer Luckey on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/PalmerLuckey\">https://x.com/PalmerLuckey</a></p><p>&#8226; Anduril: <a href=\"https://www.anduril.com\">https://www.anduril.com</a></p><p>&#8226; OpenClaw: <a href=\"https://openclaw.ai\">https://openclaw.ai</a></p><p>&#8226; Moltbook: <a href=\"https://www.moltbook.com\">https://www.moltbook.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Nat Friedman on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/natfriedman\">https://x.com/natfriedman</a></p><p>&#8226; Shelly Goldberg on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelly-goldberg-9b3b621\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelly-goldberg-9b3b621</a></p><p>&#8226; Kate Bergeron on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/katebergeron\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/katebergeron</a></p><p>&#8226; Matic: <a href=\"https://maticrobots.com\">https://maticrobots.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Mehul Nariyawala on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/mehul\">https://x.com/mehul</a></p><p>&#8226; Tesla: <a href=\"https://www.tesla.com\">https://www.tesla.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Starlink: <a href=\"https://starlink.com\">https://starlink.com</a></p><p>&#8226; The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots, and why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li: <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-godmother-of-ai\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-godmother-of-ai</a></p><p>&#8226; Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/experts-writing-ai-evals-brendan-foody\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/experts-writing-ai-evals-brendan-foody</a></p><p>&#8226; The 100-person AI lab that became Anthropic and Google&#8217;s secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge AI): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/surge-ai-edwin-chen\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/surge-ai-edwin-chen</a></p><p>&#8226; Inside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord (Handshake CEO): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-handshake-garrett-lord\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-handshake-garrett-lord</a></p><p>&#8226; Yelena Rachitsky on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/yelenart\">https://x.com/yelenart</a></p><p>&#8226; Leila Takayama on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/leilatakayama\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/leilatakayama</a></p><p>&#8226; Pixar: <a href=\"https://www.pixar.com\">https://www.pixar.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Disney: <a href=\"https://www.disney.com\">https://www.disney.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Caitlin&#8217;s post on leaving OpenAI: <a href=\"https://x.com/kalinowski007/status/2030320074121478618\">https://x.com/kalinowski007/status/2030320074121478618</a></p><p>&#8226; Sam Altman on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/sama\">https://x.com/sama</a></p><p>&#8226; Jony Ive: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_Ive\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_Ive</a></p><p>&#8226; Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/zuck\">https://www.facebook.com/zuck</a></p><p>&#8226; Making Meta | Andrew &#8216;Boz&#8217; Bosworth (CTO): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/making-meta-andrew-boz-bosworth-cto\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/making-meta-andrew-boz-bosworth-cto</a></p><p>&#8226; Quest 2: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_2\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_2</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>Euphoria </em>on HBO Max: <a href=\"https://www.hbomax.com/shows/euphoria/4ffd33c9-e0d6-4cd6-bd13-34c266c79be0\">https://www.hbomax.com/shows/euphoria/4ffd33c9-e0d6-4cd6-bd13-34c266c79be0</a></p><p>&#8226; Vollebak: <a href=\"https://vollebak.com\">https://vollebak.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Tim Urban&#8217;s post on X: <a href=\"https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1367871165319049221\">https://x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1367871165319049221</a></p><p>&#8226; Old Testament: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament</a></p><p></p><h3>Recommended books:</h3><p>&#8226; <em>Shadow &amp; Claw (The Book of the New Sun, 1)</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Claw-First-Half-Book/dp/1250781256\">https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Claw-First-Half-Book/dp/1250781256</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Dalloway-VIRGINIA-WOOLF/dp/8175994215\">https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Dalloway-VIRGINIA-WOOLF/dp/8175994215</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Histories</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Histories-Herodotus/dp/0140449086\">https://www.amazon.com/Histories-Herodotus/dp/0140449086</a></p><p>&#8226; <em>The Epic of Gilgamesh</em>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh/dp/014044100X\">https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgamesh/dp/014044100X</a></p><div><hr></div><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email <a href=\"mailto:podcast@lennyrachitsky.com\">podcast@lennyrachitsky.com</a>.</p><p><em>Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>My biggest takeaways from this conversation:</h2>\n      <p>\n          <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/why-were-at-the-beginning-of-the\">\n              Read more\n          </a>\n      </p>\n   "
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In this episode, John shares how his marketing team built a live swag store with Stripe integration without engineering support, why he tracks every token spent across the org, how he identifies &#8220;AI Gods&#8221; inside the company, and why the future of work belongs to people with curiosity, agency, and energy, not just years of experience.</p><h4>Biggest takeaways:</h4><ol><li><p><strong>The most successful AI transformations treat internal tooling as a product, not a program.</strong> John built the &#8220;Automators&#8221; platform&#8212;a gamified internal marketplace where anyone can create a &#8220;quest&#8221; (a request for automation or tooling), and engineers or AI agents can pick it up and build it. Each quest shows the risk level, weeks saved, and who benefits. People earn experience points for completing quests, which they can exchange for gift cards, tea with executives, or the chance to present their work to the entire company at Wednesday standups. This isn&#8217;t a top-down mandate but a product that makes AI adoption fun, measurable, and rewarding.</p></li><li><p><strong>When you give creative teams builder capabilities, they&#8217;ll create things that would never make it onto a traditional product roadmap.</strong> John&#8217;s marketing team built a fully functional e-commerce swag store with Stripe integration, custom designs, and even a Konami Code Easter egg that unlocks secret conference details. In the old world, this would have required two sprints of engineering time and probably would have been deprioritized. Now it shipped in days, delights customers, and generates actual revenue.</p></li><li><p><strong>The biggest unlock for non-technical builders is creating secure, compliant templates they can build on top of.</strong> John&#8217;s team created app templates where authentication, environment setup, databases, and security are pre-configured and vetted by InfoSec. Marketers, salespeople, and CSMs just extract the template and build their idea on top. This removes the biggest barrier to non-engineers shipping to production: the fear of doing something wrong or insecure.</p></li><li><p><strong>Measure token usage without shame, and create tiers that make it aspirational.</strong> John created five tiers: Beginner (under 1M tokens/day), Intermediate, Expert, Architect, Catalyst, and AI God (over 100M tokens/day). Every manager can see where their team members are and tailor enablement accordingly. This isn&#8217;t about performance reviews; it&#8217;s about bringing people along the journey and making AI fluency visible and celebrated.</p></li><li><p><strong>The goal isn&#8217;t just to use AI during work hours but, rather, to smooth the curve so AI works around the clock.</strong> John monitors token usage over time and looks for smoothness in the curve. Dips mean people are on weekends or vacation and AI isn&#8217;t working. When the curve smooths out, it means AI partners are working 24/7. This is a fundamentally different vision: not just augmenting human work, but having AI fill the gaps when humans aren&#8217;t available.</p></li><li><p><strong>Build a cross-functional AI task force that meets weekly to unblock challenges.</strong> John created a role called AI Engineer for Internal Operations that reports directly to him and the chief of staff. This person works cross-functionally with the CTO, engineering, and InfoSec to vet tools, set up compliant tech stacks, and remove barriers. They meet weekly as a task force to discuss what&#8217;s blocking people and how to enable faster iteration.</p></li><li><p><strong>The most important hiring criteria for AI-first companies are curiosity, agency, and energy&#8212;not tenure or experience. </strong>John rewrote job descriptions to optimize for people who are curious, willing to go deep, and figure things out on their own. He lowered the bar on years of experience and raised the bar on learning ability. In a world where you can build a custom learning center for any topic in 20 minutes, the constraint isn&#8217;t access to knowledge; it&#8217;s the drive to learn.</p></li><li><p><strong>Start with your champions, not your skeptics.</strong> John&#8217;s advice to CEOs struggling with AI adoption: find the people in your organization who are already curious and have agency. Make them the champions. Give them the spotlight. Let them share their work at all-hands meetings. Build energy around their stories. Innovation doesn&#8217;t start from theoretical structures&#8212;it starts with people who have energy and a story to tell. Once others see what&#8217;s possible, adoption spreads organically.</p></li><li><p><strong>Leadership has to model the behavior, not just mandate it.</strong> The top token consumers at Delight.ai are the executives. When leaders show up with new capabilities and ship things faster, it signals to the team that this is real and important. John also does one-on-ones with people who aren&#8217;t using tokens: &#8220;We noticed you haven&#8217;t been spending any tokens. Can we help you? What&#8217;s stopping you?&#8221; This combination of top-down modeling and bottom-up support is what drives transformation.</p></li></ol><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h4>Blog &amp; detailed workflow walkthroughs from this episode:</h4><p>How I AI: John Kim&#8217;s Playbook for AI Transformation with Quests, Skills, and &#8216;AI Gods&#8217;: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/john-kims-playbook-for-ai-transformation\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/john-kims-playbook-for-ai-transformation</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>How to Create an Internal AI Marketplace to Crowdsource Automations: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-create-an-internal-ai-marketplace-to-crowdsource-automations\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-create-an-internal-ai-marketplace-to-crowdsource-automations</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>How to Build a Personal AI-Generated Learning Center on Any Topic: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-build-a-personal-ai-generated-learning-center-on-any-topic\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-build-a-personal-ai-generated-learning-center-on-any-topic</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>How to Automate Personal Knowledge Management with an AI &#8216;Gardener&#8217;: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-automate-personal-knowledge-management-with-an-ai-gardener\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-automate-personal-knowledge-management-with-an-ai-gardener</a></p></div><h3>Spec-driven development: The AI engineering workflow at Notion | Ryan Nystrom</h3><div id=\"youtube2-pUHA_jNwuYE\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;pUHA_jNwuYE&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pUHA_jNwuYE?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"></iframe></div></div><div class=\"pullquote\"><p>Listen now on <strong><a href=\"https://youtu.be/pUHA_jNwuYE\">YouTube</a> &#8226; 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He joined Notion after the company acquired Campsite, the team communication platform he co-founded. In this episode, Ryan shares how his team automates standup prep, ships PRs from a single Notion comment, uses specs as the new source of truth, and why fast CI is becoming essential for AI coding agents. He explains why engineering managers should still write code, how AI is changing meetings, and why great developer experience matters more than ever.</p><h4>Biggest takeaways:</h4><ol><li><p><strong>Never prep for standups again by auto-generating meeting notes from all your workstreams.</strong> Ryan&#8217;s Notion AI agent pulls from Slack conversations, closed tasks, merged PRs, telemetry metrics, and yesterday&#8217;s meeting transcript to create a comprehensive pre-read every morning at 9 a.m. This transforms standups from rote status updates into high-bandwidth problem-solving sessions where the team spends 100% of their time on decisions, blockers, and next steps instead of &#8220;I did this thing yesterday.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><strong>Fast CI is the mathematical limit on your AI coding velocity. </strong>If your CI takes an hour to run, your agents sit idle for an hour waiting for test results. If it takes three minutes, you can run 20x more iterations in the same time frame. Ryan&#8217;s team is aggressively cutting Notion&#8217;s CI to 25% of current time specifically to unlock agent productivity&#8212;because agents don&#8217;t get tired, don&#8217;t sleep, and can work in parallel across VMs if your infrastructure supports it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Background agents that ship PRs from Slack mentions eliminate context switching. </strong>Ryan&#8217;s &#8220;Boxy&#8221; system lets him @mention Codex from a Notion task, and 20 minutes later he gets back a PR with implementation, screenshots of UI verification, and a preview URL. This morning a friend texted him a feature request; Ryan wrote four sentences and dropped a screenshot in a Notion task, mentioned Codex, and had a shipped PR before lunch. No IDE, no local environment, no context switch.</p></li><li><p><strong>Specs as source of truth beats code as source of truth for AI-powered development. </strong>Notion engineers now maintain Markdown spec files in their repo that describe features in plain English with code pointers and verification steps. When they need to update a feature, they update the spec and point Codex at it&#8212;the agent implements everything, runs verification, and ships. The spec&#8217;s version history becomes the changelog, and non-technical stakeholders can actually read it.</p></li><li><p><strong>&#8220;Yap your spec&#8221; is a legitimate development workflow now.</strong> Ryan opens Whisper, talks through how a feature should work, gives that transcript to Codex with examples of other specs, and gets back a comprehensive technical document. This is faster than writing and more thorough than typing because you naturally explain edge cases and context when speaking that you&#8217;d skip when writing bullet points.</p></li><li><p><strong>Make AI defend its technical decisions.</strong> When Codex suggests a change Ryan doesn&#8217;t understand, he doesn&#8217;t ask, &#8220;Are you sure?&#8221; He says, &#8220;You&#8217;re wrong; defend your argument with evidence.&#8221; This forces the model to provide cited reasoning instead of just agreeing with whatever the human says. This is especially critical when working on infrastructure you don&#8217;t fully understand&#8212;you need the AI to teach you, not just comply.</p></li><li><p><strong>The era of the hard skill means engineering leaders should write code again. </strong>Ryan manages six people and writes code daily. He works until the minute standup starts without prep because AI handles meeting notes. He ships features from his phone on the subway. The AI tools have eliminated so much meeting prep and information synthesis work that managers can be hands-on again&#8212;and in Ryan&#8217;s opinion, line managers should be writing code, fixing bugs, and staying close to the work.</p></li><li><p><strong>Changing your tools constantly is energizing, not exhausting, when you&#8217;re learning. </strong>Ryan changed IDEs, terminals, and workflows more than 10 times in the past year. Instead of feeling chaotic, it feels fresh and joyful. He&#8217;s working faster and harder than ever, but in a good way&#8212;because he&#8217;s experimenting, learning, and building instead of maintaining the same workflow he&#8217;s used for over 12 years. The pace of change is the point.</p></li><li><p><strong>Good developer experience for humans creates good developer experience for agents. </strong>Ryan&#8217;s team built comprehensive CLI tools, clear documentation, and fast CI long before AI agents. Now those same investments make agents more successful&#8212;they can verify their own work, follow blessed paths, and iterate quickly. This creates a virtuous cycle: DX investments help agents, and agent infrastructure (like cloud dev environments) helps humans too.</p></li></ol><div class=\"callout-block\" data-callout=\"true\"><h4>Blog &amp; detailed workflow walkthroughs from this episode:</h4><p>How I AI: Ryan Nystrom&#8217;s 3 Notion Workflows for Engineering Velocity: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/ryan-nystrom-notion-workflows-for-engineering-velocity\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/ryan-nystrom-notion-workflows-for-engineering-velocity</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>Implement Features Using Spec-First Development and an AI Coding Agent: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/implement-features-using-spec-first-development-and-an-ai-coding-agent\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/implement-features-using-spec-first-development-and-an-ai-coding-agent</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>From Notion Task to GitHub Pull Request in 20 Minutes with a Coding Agent: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/from-notion-task-to-github-pull-request-in-20-minutes-with-a-coding-agent\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/from-notion-task-to-github-pull-request-in-20-minutes-with-a-coding-agent</a></p><p><strong>&#8627; </strong>Automate Daily Standup Preparation with a Custom Notion AI Agent: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/automate-daily-standup-preparation-with-a-custom-notion-ai-agent\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/automate-daily-standup-preparation-with-a-custom-notion-ai-agent</a></p></div><h3>Claude Code just got WAY more powerful</h3><div id=\"youtube2-efVfydaUIrM\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;efVfydaUIrM&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><iframe src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/efVfydaUIrM?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"></iframe></div></div><p>Claire breaks down the biggest announcements from Anthropic&#8217;s &#8220;Code with Claude&#8221; event and what they actually mean for builders shipping AI products today. </p><div class=\"pullquote\"><p>Listen now on <strong><a href=\"https://youtu.be/efVfydaUIrM\">YouTube</a> &#8226; <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/70hPfNijwQjGURA9QfqlrX?si=EEBue4ZIRZWQcvC2n1x-UA&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=50f7a105b28d4a67\">Spotify</a> &#8226; <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-with-claude-the-5-biggest-updates-explained/id1809663079?i=1000766540177\">Apple Podcasts</a></strong></p></div><p>If you&#8217;re enjoying these episodes, reply and let me know what you&#8217;d love to learn more about: AI workflows, hiring, growth, product strategy&#8212;anything.</p><p>Catch you next week,<br>Lenny</p><p><em>P.S. 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            "title": "Spec-driven development: The AI engineering workflow at Notion | Ryan Nystrom",
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He manages a team of six to seven engineers while still writing code himself, currently running Project Afterburner, a push to cut Notion&#8217;s CI time to a quarter of its current duration.</p><h3>What you&#8217;ll learn:</h3><ol><li><p>How to build a Notion AI custom agent that auto-generates your daily standup pre-read by pulling from Slack, GitHub, Honeycomb metrics, and yesterday&#8217;s meeting transcript</p></li><li><p>How to configure subagents and MCP integrations within Notion AI</p></li><li><p>How Notion&#8217;s internal &#8220;Boxy&#8221; system lets engineers @mention Codex from within Notion comments and get a full pull request with screenshots in 20 minutes</p></li><li><p>The spec-first development workflow: dictate an idea into Whisper, have Codex format it as a proper spec, commit it to the repo, and let the agent implement and verify it autonomously</p></li><li><p>Why fast CI is absolutely critical in the age of AI coding agents</p></li><li><p>How to prompt AI coding 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href=\"https://www.notion.com/blog/introducing-custom-agents\">https://www.notion.com/blog/introducing-custom-agents</a></p><p>&#8226; Codex (OpenAI): <a href=\"https://openai.com/codex\">https://openai.com/codex</a></p><p>&#8226; Claude Code (Anthropic): <a href=\"https://claude.ai/code\">https://claude.ai/code</a></p><p>&#8226; Honeycomb (observability + MCP): <a href=\"https://www.honeycomb.io\">https://www.honeycomb.io</a></p><p>&#8226; Whisper (OpenAI voice transcription): <a href=\"https://openai.com/research/whisper\">https://openai.com/research/whisper</a></p><p>&#8226; Slack: <a href=\"https://slack.com\">https://slack.com</a></p><p>&#8226; GitHub: <a href=\"https://github.com\">https://github.com</a></p><p></p><h3>Other references:</h3><p>&#8226; How Stripe built &#8220;minions&#8221;&#8212;AI coding agents that ship 1,300 PRs weekly from Slack reactions | Steve Kaliski (Stripe): <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/stripes-ai-minions-ship-1300-prs-weekly-from-a-slack-emoji\">https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/stripes-ai-minions-ship-1300-prs-weekly-from-a-slack-emoji</a></p><p>&#8226; Notion 3.3 Custom Agents launch (February 24, 2026): <a href=\"https://www.notion.com/releases/2026-02-24\">https://www.notion.com/releases/2026-02-24</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Ryan Nystrom:</h3><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/ryannystrom\">https://x.com/ryannystrom</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryannystrom/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryannystrom/</a></p><p>GitHub: <a href=\"https://github.com/rnystrom\">https://github.com/rnystrom</a></p><p></p><h3>Where to find Claire Vo:</h3><p>ChatPRD: <a href=\"https://www.chatprd.ai/\">https://www.chatprd.ai/</a></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://clairevo.com/\">https://clairevo.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/clairevo\">https://x.com/clairevo</a></p><p></p><p>Production and marketing by <a href=\"https://penname.co/\">https://penname.co/</a>. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co.</p>"
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href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/reflections-on-a-movement-eric-ries\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/reflections-on-a-movement-eric-ries</a></p><p>&#8226; How Anthropic&#8217;s product team moves faster than anyone else | Cat Wu (Head of Product, Claude Code): <a href=\"https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-anthropics-product-team-moves\">https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-anthropics-product-team-moves</a></p><p>&#8226; Quibi: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quibi\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quibi</a></p><p>&#8226; Vital Farms: <a href=\"https://vitalfarms.com\">https://vitalfarms.com</a></p><p>&#8226; BlackRock: <a href=\"https://www.blackrock.com\">https://www.blackrock.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Costco: <a href=\"https://www.costco.com\">https://www.costco.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Cloudflare: <a href=\"https://www.cloudflare.com\">https://www.cloudflare.com</a></p><p>&#8226; &#8220;The best time to plant a tree&#8221; quote: <a href=\"https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/12/29/plant-tree\">https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/12/29/plant-tree</a></p><p>&#8226; Whole Foods: <a href=\"http://wholefoodsmarket.com\">http://wholefoodsmarket.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Marie Krogh: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Krogh\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Krogh</a></p><p>&#8226; August Krogh: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Krogh\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Krogh</a></p><p>&#8226; Martin Shkreli: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli</a></p><p>&#8226; Novo Nordisk: <a href=\"https://www.novonordisk.com\">https://www.novonordisk.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Zeiss: <a href=\"https://www.zeiss.com\">https://www.zeiss.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Philip Morris: <a href=\"https://www.philipmorrisusa.com\">https://www.philipmorrisusa.com</a></p><p>&#8226; Vectura: <a 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