Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 17/12/2025Context switching is the evil brother of prioritization. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 05/11/2025I‘m totally fine with AI supported writing. But looking at the currently published content: It gets longer, and that’s annoying, because I want to still read full articles, but it gets impossible. And no, I don’t think AI summaries a solution. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 31/10/2025Sitting in a train. Working with Claude Code on next weeks plan with my phone (via happy). Works surprisingly well. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 29/10/2025It’s fascinating how even the big and product centric companies regularly fall into the ‚we build it and they will come‘ trap. Of course people don’t just buy games at Steam, they enter a ecosystem to fulfill underlying needs. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 28/10/2025I'm still totally flabbergasted by how bad the whole implementation of AusweisApp (German eID) is. It's technically ultra complicated, and the user experience is a maze mixed with randomness. I still think the only way to fix this is to use this as the standard login for everyone in public service. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 28/10/2025I will do another for Product Walk Berlin on Nov 6 🚶♂️ Join me and skip the small talk. We'll walk and discuss real product challenges - stakeholder management, AI tools, whatever's top of mind. 1.5 hours. Deeper conversations. Better than standing around with drinks. luma.com/zx3lq620luma.comProduct Walk 👟 Berlin - November Edition · LumaAfter a great kick-off this September, we will continue to walk and talk. Especially when it's getting dark and cold, fresh air is important (said my mom).… 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 27/10/2025Just installed ito (is open source). But dictly looks also interesting. And yes OS will catch up. Question is if there will be a „pro“ play. Like Raycast vs. Spotlight. 120
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 27/10/2025It seems like every day there is a new speech2text Mac app. I’m wondering if there will be a winner and what their moat and differentiator will be. Or if this will go directly to OS integration (they already have the last gen tech integrated). 100
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 24/10/2025Is using Obsidian and Claude Code together Vibe Noting? 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 07/10/2025This is hilarious: Ask your LLM if there is a seahorse emoji. More details vgel.me/posts/seahor... 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 07/10/2025'Chat-Control' is such a silly idea, opening the road to every autocrat's wet dream. Can we please not destroy the secure infrastructure? weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...weact.campact.deChatkontrolle stoppen!Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle... 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 05/10/2025Sounds to me not so unusual. The article says it’s an early prototype. Working out what functionality people need and what works in real circumstances, before introducing fine grained user management, event logging, etc. sounds smarter than creating ‘a perfect system’ that doesn’t do the job. 020
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 03/10/2025Ah, good idea. Can perplexity create csv or xls? 100
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 03/10/2025I’m trying to do some heavier research with ChatGPT. Basically getting infos about the Berlin startup scene. And it seems ChatGPT wants to save tokens. It’s again and again providing less things as I asked and also is arguing if I really need this info. Computers 🤷♂️ 100
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 16/09/2025With all these ATS and AI conversions in the job application management systems. Is there a data format standard for CVs that ATS are using under the hood? It feels like people are faxing CVs back and forth and are surprised a lot of stuff is going wrong. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 10/09/2025Stuff that seems to be a thing in Germany, but not in the US: WhatsApp and Signal Communities. I'm pretty surprised that it seems German professional networks actually run on WhatsApp. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 06/09/2025Anmeldung beim Einwohnermeldeamt, nicht beim Beitragsservice. Die verweisen darauf, dass sie die Daten vom Einwohnermeldeamt bekommen. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 06/09/2025Kann bitte jeder, der bei staatlichen Projekten über Beschränkungen durch Datenschutz, digtiale Prozesse, etc. jammert den Beitragsservice fragen? Kurz nach Anmeldung bekommt man einen Brief mit QR Code, man gibt das Aktenzeichen ein, und alle Daten sind vorausgefüllt. Alle anderen dürfen das nicht? 100
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 26/08/2025I just gave ChatGPT a pixelated whiteboard of mine to test if it could still read it. It said yes, and made up all of it's context with content from former conversations. Super interesting how the memory sometimes seems to work as a 'I think you want to hear' function. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 25/08/2025The most problematic aspect about that, is that politics / public debate runs on opinion polling. I'm pretty sure that we would have different politics, if we would ask people about actual behaviors instead of asking about opinions. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 19/08/20251. It's well known (low risk for buying decision) 2. All data is already in Atlassian systems (no switching cost) 3. Everybody knows it (no training cost for new people) 4. Can be configured (we are special™) Most enterprise software is not about the user, but the buyer (see rise of Azure Devops) 140
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 19/08/2025I've actually seen companies that were able to prioritize and focus. But I also seen many that were far away from this. The main difference: Focus comes with strategic decision making, if everything is 'a good idea' nothing is. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 18/08/2025Business organizations tend to start over time to protect themselves from their customers and their staff. Look at any bank, insurance, telco, or similar. Customers are asked constantly to prove they are not fraudsters, and employees are operating in tight guardrails to ensure they are not stealing. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 18/08/2025It seems like Instagram tweaked something on their suggestion algorithm. My abandoned account gets a lot of new followers. Probably the PM hits the goal, but nothing will change for a user or the business. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 13/08/2025Many pre-Covid Meetups transformed to online formats and with that to marketing sessions for the organizers. This is not a critique. Everybody is free to join these or not. But it's interesting how the format change from in-person to online also changed from many2many to one2many. Medium is message. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 05/08/2025Almost a real office. I even would have a chair for a client. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 30/07/2025Waiting until AI tools answer with "Use this script instead to avoid burning tokens." I hear from many people who are new to automation or creating code-driven tools that they are getting stuck with LLM solutions, while there is an easy and cheap deterministic way to do it. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 24/07/2025Super interesting to connect my Obsidian (all my notes) to Claude with an MCP. Questioning my own notes is already interesting. Let’s see how I will build up my habits to use this more. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 23/07/2025"AI is driving mass job losses well before it has been widely deployed." – @paulkedrosky.com gives a good insight into how much the current spending on AI datacenters is and what effects we already see. paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-cap...paulkedrosky.comHoney, AI Capex is Eating the EconomyAI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics, boosting the economy, and beginning to approach the railroad boom 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 08/07/2025I know, I'm late to the party: Andor is the absolute highlight of 202X TV so far. It fits very well into the cycle while having a very distinct style and vibe. 020
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 20/06/2025Wow, the German Government Electronic ID (BundID) is still asking about pet names (and similar things) as a security question? Wondering how many politicians revealed all this information already in an interview. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 19/06/2025I think the most dangerous effect of any leader talking about 'AI will reduce headcount' is that everybody below them will start to protect their kingdom and make up whatever narrative is needed to support their importance. I'm not surprised that we see a rennaissance of silos and 'politics'. 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 18/06/2025They could easily save a lot of money and improve their NPS score (seems important they are asking everywhere) just by fixing this process. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 18/06/2025Stupid me thought I could switch mobile providers within one day. But it takes nearly two weeks, the eSIM will be sent via (snail-)mail, and to find out about these things, you have to chat with customer service. German Telekom still feels like it's stuck in "Neuland" (Uncharted territory) 100
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 11/06/2025That’s really an anti-pattern that looks like the new default. It also breaks the expectations around email. Same for text messages. 031
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 05/06/2025I just used the AusweisApp (German eID) after a long time, and it's incredible how complicated the procedure is and how shaky the technical solution is. I wish the people responsible for the solution would need to use it to log into their accounts every day. The solution would be great within weeks. 130
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 04/06/2025This looks indeed very interesting. Deep integration and interaction with the OS is currently a big headache in using most LLM stuff. 030
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 15/05/2025I completely forgot this post, but seems it even grew in importance with more and more people using ‚data systems‘ aka AI. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 12/05/2025It’s not just the Apple PM. Also many Apps are Geo limited, often for no good reason, sometimes just for comfort reasons, sometimes regulation issues. At the same time it’s obvious that Apple doesn’t really invest into great account management, it’s a mess for forever. 000
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 24/04/2025This is a great intro to Wardley Mapping. As a bonus, you get a helpful perspective on how to think about the influence of GenAI on software development. Thanks for the talk @swardley.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEjj...youtube.comSimon Wardley - From here to there and back againYouTube video by Agile meets Architecture 010
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 23/04/2025Is anybody in the Product world talking about FinOps? It seems the concept is around for a while now, and should be very relevant for Product peeps, especially when we talk about tighter budgets and higher spending (everything AI!). But in my circles I don't read anything about FinOps. 110
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 23/04/2025Richard Rumelt on long-term strategic thinking for the US with some hidden gems on strategy also relevant for product strategy. Especially ‘It is not a “bridge between ends and means” or a list of goals and desired outcomes. Rather, it is a form of problem-solving.’ open.substack.com/pub/stratege...open.substack.comThe U.S. Needs an Office of Competitive AssessmentDesigning the OCA 020
Christoph Steinlehner @csteinlehner.com · 17/04/2025Looks like we've found the killer feature for ChatGPT → Generating personalized memes in the form of toys. 000
