Product Party

From research to App Store in 48 hours.

What rapid validation actually looks like when building is cheap.

Mar 3 • Mike Watson

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February 2026

Building is free. Customers still cost everything.

Vibe coding solved the easy problem. The hard one hasn't changed.

Feb 24 • Mike Watson

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Prompting isn’t the skill gap. Judgment is.

While everyone’s learning to prompt better, the market is moving past prompting entirely.

Feb 17 • Mike Watson

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I trained an AI on my career so hiring managers don't have to guess.

How I built an AI that represents me better than my resume ever could.

Feb 10 • Mike Watson

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Companies cutting product people are about to learn an expensive lesson about AI.

The bridge between technical capability and business value isn't code. It's the empathy and translation skills you're laying off.

Feb 3 • Mike Watson

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January 2026

AI building is the new doom scrolling.

Same dopamine. Same avoidance. Better disguise.

Jan 27 • Mike Watson

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You built for the person who approved the budget, not the person doing the work.

Why products fail when you optimize for the executive meeting instead of the daily user.

Jan 20 • Mike Watson

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What 150 downloads and zero feedback taught me about product prioritization.

Building when nobody’s talking and you’re just guessing at what matters.

Jan 13 • Mike Watson

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Your 2026 goals will fail if you’re optimizing for the wrong metric.

Why most product people plan for skill development when they should be planning for market positioning.

Jan 6 • Mike Watson

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December 2025

Product Party: Year Three in Review.

What happens when the floor drops out and you build something anyway.

Dec 30, 2025 • Mike Watson

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November 2025

The Planning Paradox: Why your plans are useless, but planning isn't.

How the act of planning drives teams to launch while the plan itself becomes obsolete.

Nov 25, 2025 • Mike Watson

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Part 3: What building a mobile app taught me about being a better product person.

Both apps went live within a week. The bookshelf scanner I cut in Part 1 is back. And I finally understand why developers say, "it's not that simple."

Nov 18, 2025 • Mike Watson

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