#Product-Design
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How not to be boring
PostHog argues that brand and website shape how people judge a startup, and that being specific, transparent, and intentionally opinionated can attract the right users while turning away the wrong ones.
A Stoic’s Guide to Navigating AI Hype Cycles
The text uses Stoicism to argue that durable AI products should focus on what is under control, accept the hype cycle, and prioritize utility, trust, and permanence.
Design for AI - the Invisible Features
The text argues that the best experience with AI happens when it operates discreetly, understands context, predicts needs, and fails without breaking trust, almost without requiring an interface.
10 years of Apple text editor solo dev
A decade building Paper, a native Mac/iOS text editor, alone: why native beat Electron, why cosmetic-only paid features, why one release a month.
How to be great at systems thinking
Practical systems thinking for product designers: build with reusable primitives instead of one-off local solutions, zoom out to preserve simplicity, and sell ideas in the language of the business.
Simplicity Isn’t Simple
The article argues that simplicity is a product of deliberate tradeoffs, not a surface layer. It defines simplicity as reducing a product to its core purpose and gives four strategies for doing that.