10-07 TIL

• Product Books

  • Recently Bought 6 Product books: Running Lean, Lean Analytics, Lean Product Playbook, Solving Product, Inspired, and Black Box Thinking
  • I wanted to give my PO, PM, UX Designers insights since they seem to stagnate at a certain level of expertise.
  • So after reading a half of them, I started lending those to people who I thought would be a good fit.
  • I also learned a lot. The most important bits I learned:
    • always solve the weakest assumption first - selling feasibility, building feasibility, etc.
    • Prototypes and Products should be differentiated. Prototypes usually take from 2 hours to a few days. MV-Products usually take from 2 days to 90 days.
    • MV-Product should include a full piece of the pie: functioanl, reliable, usable, emotional design (the full mvp pyramid)
  • It seems very obvious but was elusive when I was actually doing the job. It was probably because:
    • We, in nature, tend to close our eyes and run to build since we hate to face our ideas fall to ground.
    • It feels bothersome and stressful to create some mock product and to do interviews and surveys.
  • So basically, we should do PAINFUL THINGS to success. And looking back, I think my team could have done a lot better in many cases.

• After I thoroughly finish all the books, I should share my thoughts to my teammates...

• LLM & Agent Trend Ebook

  • I initiated a program for a couple of engineers (6 currently, including me) to write a book about LLM & Agent Tools Trends.
  • This is a side project to study + make profit out of.
  • Just built a landing page, and trying to see how people react to this.
  • Will try to sell even before starting the first chapter of the book.