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Product Teardown

A systematic analysis to understand a product's inner workings, features, and design.

Product teardown is a systematic analysis of a product to understand its inner workings, features, and overall design. It involves breaking down a product into its components, examining its feature...

The PM Circus: Why Solving the 'Root Cause' Can Actually Kill Your Product

Moving beyond 'Order Taking' without falling into the trap of 'Visionary Bloat'.

Every PM I know lives in a constant state of tension. On one side, you have the “Order Taker” trap. This is where you ship exactly what the customer asks for, button-by-button, until your UI looks ...

Dieter Rams: 10 Timeless Commandments for Good Design

Examining the principles of good design in the 'less is more' age.

Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer who was responsible for the design of Braun’s consumer products for many years. About 50 years ago, in his quest to answer the question “Is my design a g...

UX Laws with Practical Examples

A guide to key design principles with real world application, inspired by the work of Carlos Beneyto.

A few weeks ago, I saw that quite a stir was made about “Laws of UX”, a very simple web page that talks about the main laws of the UX (User Experience). It is a fantastic site that I 100% recommend...

The Hidden Cost of Information: Google Search vs ChatGPT

A data-driven comparison of energy consumption, carbon emissions, and infrastructure costs behind our daily queries

Every day, billions of people ask questions online. Whether you type “What is the capital of France?” into Google or pose the same question to ChatGPT, you’re triggering a complex chain of computat...