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I heard PRDs are dead. So I decided to give them away:

The PMs are ready to code. Your codebase is…not. Join Zach Davis and me as we give a lightning lesson about getting your codebase agent (and human) ready, so the tokens may begin to flow. Today at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET

I quit my executive job to live the AI-native startup life. And I've spent years studying what it takes to shift an existing team to a new way of working. In my experience, it takes 3 things: - a new operating model - technical readiness (prepare the repos!) - cultural change I'm SO psyched to be kicking of this very limited Maven weekend course (April 18-19) for EPD executives and super senior ICs with my friend Zach Davis at LaunchDarkly, a Principal Engineer that went from AI-skeptic to the AI-champion in our team. This is NOT for - ICs looking to learn things like claude code - people wanting high level consulting fluff - small teams who are already yoloing the tokens This IS for - VP+ executives in product, engineering, and design - staff + engineers - 100+ person teams who need to move AI mountains Gagan Biyani has been asking me to put something together for several years, and I said I would only do it if it was something I really thought I could uniquely speak to, was technical, and focused at my peers. This is that. I'm also excited we'll have Chintan Turakhia and Nan Yu as guest speakers to talk about what they're seeing and doing as EPD leaders. We just opened enrollment, and recommend you register as an exec-sr. IC pair to get the most out of the content: https://lnkd.in/dFNeSUrH

"I avoid prompting at all costs." That's Jamey Gannon, a brand designer and AI creative director who has spent thousands of hours in Midjourney building a system that lets her create consistent, beautiful brand imagery with AI -- without complex prompting and srefs. In this ep you'll see: - how Pinterest mood boards communicate your aesthetic to Midjourney better than text - how to build a personalization code so Midjourney learns YOUR taste specifically - her FLORA flow for fixing and delivering final assets to clients This is by far the prettiest episode of How I AI, and has already changed how we make thumbnails for the podcast. Thanks to our awesome sponsors 🫏 Vanta - Automate compliance and simplify security 💜 Lovable - Build apps by simply chatting with AI Watch now: https://lnkd.in/gK5tQWsh

Lenny Rachitsky shared in his recent job report that design jobs growth is down relative to PM + eng. I'll tell you my theory why: Design culture is broken in lots of companies. Often design teams & designers are the most resistant to change org in the EPD triad, with highly vocal AI opponents, and little skill or interest in the art of campaigning for influence or resources. Won’t hold a number like a PM, not yelled at about timelines like engineering. While I have brought design topics to the board convo, not a single board has pressed me our design talent, strategy, or velocity. Most teams treat design like a tax they don’t want to pay, and those that *do* take a deep interest and want to invest in design get back big “get out of my figma” energy. And if you’re too precious about craft to dirty your hands with the dark art of corporate politics, good luck getting more headcount. If a PM or engineer can get 85% there with tailwind and a dream, you better come to the table with more than “I represent the user.” Great designers are worth more than almost anyone on the team, and I’ve worked with lots of gems, but this is 0% surprising to me.

I quit my executive job to live the AI-native startup life. And I've spent years studying what it takes to shift an existing team to a new way of working. In my experience, it takes 3 things: - a new operating model - technical readiness (prepare the repos!) - cultural change I'm SO psyched to be kicking of this very limited Maven weekend course (April 18-19) for EPD executives and super senior ICs with my friend Zach Davis at LaunchDarkly, a Principal Engineer that went from AI-skeptic to the AI-champion in our team. This is NOT for - ICs looking to learn things like claude code - people wanting high level consulting fluff - small teams who are already yoloing the tokens This IS for - VP+ executives in product, engineering, and design - staff + engineers - 100+ person teams who need to move AI mountains Gagan Biyani has been asking me to put something together for several years, and I said I would only do it if it was something I really thought I could uniquely speak to, was technical, and focused at my peers. This is that. I'm also excited we'll have Chintan Turakhia and Nan Yu as guest speakers to talk about what they're seeing and doing as EPD leaders. We just opened enrollment, and recommend you register as an exec-sr. IC pair to get the most out of the content: https://lnkd.in/dFNeSUrH

New ep ↓ How Figma killed the design <> eng handoff ✌️ Gui Seiz (Designer) and Alexander Kern (Engineer) from demo their full workflow live: from claude code to figma to codex and back again. Everyone should be working this way: https://lnkd.in/gpFkPwQK

Logged in to youtube and got this amazing surprise: https://lnkd.in/gjcUrjZK is now at 75k subscribers 🤯 So 🙏 to Lenny Rachitsky, the team, our awesome guests, and the community for making the first year a 🔥 one!

"I'm not a software engineer. I'm just a really picky customer." That's Daniel Roth, editor of LinkedIn (yeah, this one!), who builds iOS apps to the App Store on weekends using a dueling Claude Code setup: 👷 Bob builds 🕵 Ray reviews 🙅‍♂️ Dan breaks ties In this ep you'll see: - how to run two Claude Code agents in parallel, with different background colors (!) to keep things organized - his standing Claude chat that ranks every feature idea by build time and impact, so he always knows what to build next - the "what did I drop the ball on?" Microsoft Copilot prompt he runs every evening to wrap up his day job You'll also see how he solves the "sprint to make the train" problem with his vibe coded iOS app. A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors: 💼 WorkOS - Make your app Enterprise Ready today 🫏 Vanta - Automate compliance and simplify security Full episode on YT: https://lnkd.in/gW4XmEFz

A meta reason to join the course that Zach Davis and my course on building an AI-native engineering team, is you'll get a peek behind the scenes how our OpenClaw 🦞 🍃 Sage the Course Bot has helped us build the course site, syllabus, and is project managing us towards the launch. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dFNeSUrH

Marco doesn't always know which Azure role someone needs. So he just asks Warp to figure it out and connects it to the Microsoft Docs MCP server so it can look it up. He also wrote one rule: "remind me to activate my owner access before you start." Now Warp asks him every time. It has never failed since. More "make my life easier" tips on the full ep: https://lnkd.in/gb-m3aA3

We're the #2 leadership course on Maven today, just behind the GOAT Shreyas Doshi Our students are top tier: - SVP Eng @ ecommerce - Head of AI product strategy - Chief of Staff at huge cloud/infra co - CPO at 2000+ employee company - GMs @ big tech - CPO at startup you all know DM me if you want to know more about the class 👉 https://lnkd.in/dFNeSUrH

Continuing our long (1 year) tradition of corporate emo events, ChatPRD is happy to sponsor this year's March Sadness, where the elder emos of tech decide which song reigns supreme in our broken hearts. 1 month 64 songs Infinite tears Built w v0 by Vercel and emo bestie Amanda Fuchs at Warp joinmarchsadness.com

Trust me: you want to be taking advice on how to adopt AI in your scaled org from people who have *actually* driven AI adoption in scaled orgs. That's why I'm HYPED about the lightning lesson Zach Davis and I put together, to teach teams of 100+ a few tactics to get use out of AI in big teams. Execs, principal engineers, and impatient product leaders: this one is for you. Thanks Lenny Rachitsky for including us in this killer lineup of Maven classes! March 11 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET Looking forward to seeing you! https://lnkd.in/gn-2kGZj

There's a phrase I never want to hear from a leader again: "I'm blocked." Blocked waiting on eng to scope it? Use Claude Code or Devin to prototype it yourself. Blocked on design? Spin up a Lovable prototype and bring options to the table. Blocked on a spec? Use ChatPRD to draft it in 20 minutes. None of those will be perfect. That's not the point. The point is: you're no longer allowed to sit and wait. AI doesn't just give individuals more leverage, it eliminates excuses. BUT--your org chart hasn't caught up yet. The leaders who get there first set the new standard. On April 18-19, Zach Davis and I are running a 2-day intensive for execs ready to actually change how their teams work. More building, less excuses. →

Sure, you can vibe code but have you ever shipped so much with AI you literally break GitHub? That’s what Chintan Turakhia and the team at Coinbase did as they pushed the edge of engineering with AI. This week, Chintan and I chat about how to get 1000s of engineers cooking with AI in real, production scale environments. You’ll see - how to use Cursor to build a mini app to drive more cursor adoption - his video/voice -> Linear -> Claude process for speed running user feedback - a new model for eng leadership where there’s more code than meetings Bonus: we get his hack on finding great wines based on scribbled tasting notes. Thanks to our awesome sponsors 💼 WorkOS - Make your app enterprise ready today 🐶 Atlassian Rovo - AI that knows your business Watch now: https://lnkd.in/gyFtZAa9

To figure out who are power users of Cursor at Coinbase Chintan Turakhia generates a CSV from their analytics API and then asks cursor to identify and segment users into cohorts. A handy trick whether you're analyzing internal cohorts or external users 👇 Don't miss the full ep: https://lnkd.in/gy43rMNF

Marco Casalaina is VP of Core AI at Microsoft and has figured out how to make the terminal his command center for absolutely everything. From assigning Azure IAM roles to reconfiguring his daughter's homework, Warp + the terminal has become his "ad hoc agent army." In this ep he show us how he: - Uses the Azure CLI to assign complex roles in seconds instead of an hour in the portal - Activates his scanner remotely--no button pressed - auto-schedules meetings the moment someone requests a time with Microsoft Copilot This one is jam packed with tips, hacks, and shortcuts to make work + life easier. As always--tysm to our amazing sponsors: 🐶 Atlassian Rovo - AI that knows your business: https://rovo.com/ 💜 Lovable - build apps by simply chatting with AI: https://lovable.dev/ Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gb-m3aA3

Claire Vo shares three challenges for builders navigating the Gen AI moment: create something, master a hard skill, and build in public. The opportunity is here—but it takes action to claim it. Want the full video? Join community.womenpm.org to see full videos from #25WIP!