Philipp Cannons

What worked in my early attempts to code 100x faster with AI, what kept failing, and the workflow I ended up using.

What would you choose to do if survival were taken care of? Two thought experiments about human motivation and life after AGI.

Books and articles I've found useful for thinking about products, building teams, and understanding people.

Every extra click, confusing screen, and unnecessary step costs people time and energy. How do we find that friction and get rid of it?

Technology keeps reducing the work it takes to survive. That frees us up to tackle new problems and find new things to enjoy.

It's easy to talk yourself into a product idea. I try to stay honest by working through the risks that could make it fail.

A/B testing can change how a team works. These are the objections I've had to work through to get people on board.

An A/B test is a tool. What matters is how you use it to learn from each change and make better product decisions.

At Microsoft, I learned that how a company makes money shapes what it values. That matters when you're choosing where to work.

What shareholders, boards, and CEOs care about, and why it matters when you're deciding which company and team to join.

Start with the people who bought and used your product. What did they struggle with, and what finally convinced them?

Getting a few people to love your product is a start. Finding a market and making the business work are separate problems.

Teams make better decisions when everyone understands the customer, the problem, and why they're building something.