Ravi on Product

Taste is a skill, not a gift

Everyone’s saying taste is essential in the age of AI. What exactly is it, and how can you develop yours?

Aug 27 • Ravi Mehta

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A team of "Full Stack Builders" is like a band of only drummers

AI lets anyone on a product team build almost anything. That doesn't make the team obsolete. It makes the team more important.

Aug 18 • Ravi Mehta and Matthew Mamet

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July 2026

Software architecture for non-technical builders

You don't need to be a mechanic to drive a car — but when the AI stalls, it helps to know what's under the hood.

Jul 7 • Ravi Mehta

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June 2026

AI doesn't make your job easier.

Building software has never been cheaper. Doing product management well has never been harder. AI didn’t take the PM job — it exposed the one we should…

Jun 9 • Ravi Mehta

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How to stop tokenmaxxing and cut AI spend 10x

Three fixes to reduce token burn and improve ROI.

Jun 4 • Ravi Mehta

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From 10x people to 10x teams

The first wave of AI was single-player. The next wave is multiplayer.

Jun 2 • Ravi Mehta

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May 2026

The best prototypes get thrown away

Two failure modes are quietly killing the promise of AI prototyping. Both come from the same misunderstanding.

May 21 • Ravi Mehta

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OpenAI has the smarter model. Anthropic is winning anyway.

Anthropic figured out something OpenAI didn't — and it has nothing to do with the model.

May 19 • Ravi Mehta

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Turn product guessing into product validation

AI-powered prototyping turns the product development process into a thinking tool, not just a delivery pipeline.

May 14 • Ravi Mehta

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April 2026

The product lifecycle is broken

Writing software now costs less than writing about it — and that changes everything.

Apr 10 • Ravi Mehta

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March 2026

Competitive differentiation is poison

Why the most common strategic advice is pulling your focus to the wrong thing.

Mar 19 • Ravi Mehta

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January 2026

Building AI products: Lessons from Productboard Spark

A detailed look at how one team navigated the hard calls: figuring out where AI actually fits, shipping ahead of customers, and building quality through…

Jan 29 • Ravi Mehta and Jordan Nolff

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