Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The links in between cover the same phenomenon from multiple angles: why people who seem to thrive with Claude Code & pals tend to be the people who built their careers on writing code that solved problems created by the code they wrote in the first place. A "value" cycle not rooted in real needs. 3315
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026At the conclusion of the "build-measure-learn" era of tech, we find that it has not accomplished very much at all: startups fail no less frequently than they did before the rise and fall of the "agility" circlejerk. The helpless flailing of "synthetic users" is only accelerating the collapse.colossus.comStartup Punditry’s 25 Years of FailureStartup pundits sold us a failed science of entrepreneurship. The Red Queen offers something better. 1419
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The issue might be late because of aforementioned negative six hours of sleep, but subscribe here if you want to read it as soon as it drops, and in the meantime you have the 3 links above to get you startedproductpicnic.beehiiv.comSubscribe | The Product PicnicWriting on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot. 2180