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Notes from a product design vibe coding hackathon

In May 2025, the product design team at Intercom...

Steve Blank Blind to Disruption – The CEOs Who Missed the Future

How did you go bankrupt?”Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”Ernest...

Is AI Just Software? – Feld Thoughts

I decided to ask Claude (Opus 4), Gemini (2.5...

An AI-first approach: How RB2B created a lean, scalable support system

As RB2B scaled, its support team needed a way to handle growing demand without adding headcount. Head of Technical Operations Robb Clarke turned to AI as the solution. In this...

Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook

Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive . An arbitrator with the social media company,...

MrBeast Makes More Money From His Side Hustle Than YouTube

MrBeast is YouTube's most-followed creator with 372 million subscribers at the time of writing — but he actually makes more money from a...

An NFT That Saves Lives

May 2021Noora Health, a nonprofit I've supported for years, just launched a new NFT. It has a dramatic name, Save Thousands of Lives, because that's what the proceeds will do.Noora has...

Look for the ideas that come at you sideways, with Diane Greene

REID HOFFMAN: We talk a lot about being a master of scale on this podcast. But for a few minutes, let’s talk about being a master of—crabbing? DIANE GREENE:...

Intercom on Product: Designing for Clarity

As Intercom’s product scaled, we struggled to keep the navigation clear and user-friendly. So how do you redesign information architecture without disrupting users? Senior Product Designer Pranava Tandra breaks down...

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Is fabric softener a good hair conditioner? Episode 140

Does blotting oily sunscreen reduce SPF? Emma asks in Gmail…I don’t like the oily skin I get from using sunscreen so I blot off the...

Clockwise #612: Somebody Else’s Problem Field

Support this show Enjoy Clockwise Unwound: Ad-free episodes and an extra Overtime topic every week. #612: Somebody Else's Problem Field July 2nd, 2025 · 29 minutes Whether we’ve secured our...

Why Price Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper, Is Sitting Vacant

Baudelaire Ceus: John Waters is a trained architect. He loves buildings and...

What Exactly is the “Peasant Railgun” in D&D 5e?

You may have been scrolling through the r/dnd or r/dndmemes subreddits when you scrolled past a comment containing the phrase “Peasant Railgun”, and if...