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Canary in the mine: AAA game developers are unionising
Early warning signs that there may be another storm brewing in tech for product managers to weather
Startup to Scale-up Club - Product and Tech - 176
Startup to Scale-up Club Q&A – 13th Jan 2026
» Recommendations for automated infrastructure monitoring
» Safe presentation of medical data in Femtech apps
» Trade-offs of cloud versus local AI deployment for agricultural technology
and more
Startup to Scale-up Club Q&A – 9th Dec 2025
» Why it’s important to check assumptions before embarking on a costly product build
» Keeping customer data segregated in the right way while avoiding over-engineering
» When on-premise servers are a more cost-effective bet than cloud services
Data codes through eyeglasses. Photo by Kevin Ku on Pexels.com
Are developers vibe coding themselves out of a job?
And is the increasing reliance by junior developers on AI coding assistants storing up a generational skills shortage for the future – ‘professional debt’, if you will?
Clouds and crepuscular rays (Photo by Sam Schooler on Unsplash)
Cloud computing for non-technical product managers
To understand how cloud computing works, we’re going to start with the basic building blocks and work our way up.
Navigating your product management career
Ross Webb and I have been chatting about product management career progression.
We cover topics including:
» Thinking of visibility as a strategic competency, not self-promotion
» Controlling your narrative through regular updates
and more!
Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe aka Salt Bae sprinking AI on stuff (Screengrab from https://www.instagram.com/p/BO9dI9ujWNI/ )
94: New technology alone is not the answer
New technology is not going to suddenly make all the challenges facing an organisation disappear overnight. Why? Because more often than not, those challenges are social not technological. Technology alone rarely solves ‘people problems’.
What freelance product management is really like with Jock Busuttil
Off the back of his recent article for Mind The Product, Liam Smith interviewed me about my experiences in freelance product management.
I started as a freelance product manager in 2012 when I founded Product People Limited, and had been blogging about product management for a couple of years before that. (You can read my first ever blog post if you like.)
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Is coding in the open right for your organisation?
Coding in the open benefits public sector organisations and can yield a strategic advantage to commercial organisations also. I explore how and why.
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How do you ensure success as a freelance product manager on a short engagement?
As a freelance product manager, think about two things: how you can deliver value as quickly as possible, and how to ensure you do at least the one main thing they brought you in to do.