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Productis dead.

Long live product.

AI was supposed to make product managers obsolete. Instead it automated everything except the hard part. Essays for the ones still standing, and a free hub of AI skills to make it unfair.

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The productisdead mascot: a fat cat in sunglasses, lounging, very much not dead.

not dead. just resting.

  • Product is dead
  • Agile is dead
  • The PRD is dead
  • Roadmaps are dead
  • Discovery is dead
  • Jira is, unfortunately, alive
  • The PM is dead
  • Strategy decks are dead
  • Stand-ups should be dead

The debate

Reports of its death are exaggerated.

Every week someone on LinkedIn buries product management. Here's what they get right, and why they're wrong anyway.

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  1. 01
    Hot take

    AI writes the PRD now.

    Rebuttal

    It writes a PRD. Writing was never the hard part — knowing which problem deserves one was.

  2. 02
    Hot take

    Agents ship features without us.

    Rebuttal

    Great. Now you can ship the wrong thing ten times faster. Someone still has to say no.

  3. 03
    Hot take

    Everyone is a builder now.

    Rebuttal

    When everyone can build, the scarce skill becomes taste. That’s the job. It always was.

Writing

Latest essays

RebuttalFeatured · October 31, 2026 · 4 min read

PID #1: Is Product Dead or Evolving?

Can AI replace the human touch in creating impactful products?

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Skills hub

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Drop-in SKILL.md files for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Each one encodes a piece of product judgment, so the robots do the busywork and you keep the opinions.

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