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Thoughts on AI workflows for PMs — starting with requirement management.

AI Is Speeding Up Iteration — And Making PM Judgment More Critical Than Ever
Apr 21, 2026kate@follwup.us

AI Is Speeding Up Iteration — And Making PM Judgment More Critical Than Ever

When shipping gets cheap, iteration stops looking like versioned releases and more like a live experiment loop. The scarce work moves upstream: choosing what to validate, telling directional signal from noise, and reframing MVP as a minimum learning unit.

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Don't Turn Product Managers into Feature Administrators
Feb 6, 2026kate@follwup.us

Don't Turn Product Managers into Feature Administrators

Inspired and Escaping the Build Trap keep saying the same thing: don't turn product managers into feature-driven PMs. The real problem isn't what feature to build—it's that product thinking gets pushed out when 'pushing features forward' becomes the only goal. We're building to move PM time from feature management back to problem discovery.

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Why We're Building Something Different from Aha! and Productboard
Jan 20, 2026kate@follwup.us

Why We're Building Something Different from Aha! and Productboard

If you've worked as a product manager, you've almost certainly come across Aha! or Productboard. They're solid tools. Many great teams use them, and they've shaped how modern product teams think about roadmaps and prioritization. So why build something new?

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Where Do We Collect Competitor Information From?
Jan 16, 2026kate@follwup.us

Where Do We Collect Competitor Information From?

There are plenty of competitor analysis tools on the market. But tools that are truly built for Product Managers are still very rare. Most competitive intelligence tools are designed with Marketing in mind.

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AI for Requirement Management: from documents to decisions
Jan 15, 2026kate@follwup.us

AI for Requirement Management: from documents to decisions

We started with AI writing PRDs and release notes — but quickly learned the real value is continuous signal tracking, insight discovery, and helping PMs decide what to do next.

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