Philosophy
Clear direction matters more when building gets easier
AI makes execution faster and cheaper. It also makes it easier to build more than a product needs. I help teams stay clear about what is worth building and why.
How I approach the workWhen building gets easier
As building gets easier,
complexity adds up
AI lowers the effort of adding something. Every addition still creates rules, dependencies, and decisions people have to live with.
One more feature
Easy to build. Easy to justify on its own.
More connections
New states, rules, and exceptions across the product.
More to navigate
The effort shifts to the people using and maintaining the product.
Where the cost shows up
As the product grows,
focus can slip
More output can hide a lack of progress. As execution gets cheaper, I expect this gap to grow.
A longer roadmap.
Less agreement on what matters.
More capabilities.
More effort for the same job.
More releases.
No stronger reason to choose the product.
My starting point, whatever the tools
Set a clear direction,
then build
Agree on who the product is for and what needs to become better. Use that direction to decide what to build, what to simplify, and what to leave out. AI makes that discipline more valuable.
Whose problem
are we solving?
What deserves
our attention now?
What gets better
for the person using it?
I help teams make these decisions and carry them through design, testing, and delivery.
Let’s talk
Find a direction worth pursuing
Tell me what you’re building and where the focus has slipped.
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