📊 Against Automated Thinking
Why dashboards can quietly sabotage real analysis — and why friction is a feature, not a bug.
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Why dashboards can quietly sabotage real analysis — and why friction is a feature, not a bug.
A brief reflection on product thinking, analytics traps, and an open invitation to rethink feature validation together.
I couldn't resist the desire to use the reference to the greatest movie ever — but let's talk why product managers are junkies.
Emoji Every Day is my small product with a big philosophy. Read more about how I c
A reflection on why chasing negativity for reach is a bad trade-off — ethically, professionally, and strategically.
Why copying competitors feels safe, why it rarely works, and why true hits are born from uncertainty — not best practices.
A product manager’s argument for self-empathy as a core professional skill — and why data without a question is just noise.
A reflection on why good ideas are often the enemy of effective products — and why killing ideas is sometimes the most important part of the job.
Let's come back to the times where I strictly identified myself as a product manager and discuss some good UX example.
Do you think that Duolingo's gamification is more ethical than your banking app? I doubt so and here is why.
If you are not Amazon or Google, it is very likely that you can replace AI with protein-based neuron network.
The bloggers are fighting for your attribution by providing you unique cringy discounts — extra 1% on top of existing 20%. What's next?
The difference between knowledgs, skill and intuition — and why you need to develop the latest.
Oh, I used the click bait heading for a reason and I'm not gonna tell you in the description what it is about!
Evolution of vibe coding from my (non coder) perspective in the past 2 years
When making some KPIs worse actually improves the product: how ARPU/ARPPU/PU% interplay.
What hidden colored bricks in LEGO teach about UX readability and guiding attention.
How to read percentile charts in product analytics, with practical takeaways.
The same guide to reading percentile charts, in Russian.
Meta’s unskippable ad breaks in Reels: how incentives create bad UX and what it signals.
Fun with prime numbers: encoding feature sets so inclusion checks become simple divisions.
On how sincere compliments and positive loops drive retention better than punishment.