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AI: The Ultimate Product Killer
Adding New Features Was Never the Problem
Oct 2 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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September 2025

Lazy Requirements: Why Worse Is Better
Product Managers: Please Stop Sabotaging Your Requirements and Don't Go Over the Hill.
Sep 30 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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"What Do You Want To Be?"
The Single Most Evil Question You Can Ask a Kid
Sep 25 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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More Features, More Headaches
Shipping Vs. Sinking: Why Adding More Features Produces Throbbing Pain in Your Organization and Product
Sep 23 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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Always Lead With Context
Contextless Acceptance Criteria Quickly Become Noise
Sep 21 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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On Inversion, Rules and Purpose
Stop Being Ruled by Rules
Sep 15 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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Reducing WIP: It's All In Our Head
Do You Want Immediate False Misery or Delayed True Misery?
Sep 11 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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July 2025

Don’t Make Me Wonder
The Biggest Mistake Candidates Make On Their Job Application
Jul 24 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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If You're Using AI to Generate Requirements or User Stories: You're Completely Missing the Point
The Bottleneck Of Requirements is NEVER Writing Them Down
Jul 12 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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Plato's Cave of Requirements
Treat Requirements As Shadows of Reality
Jul 10 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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"What's the Ideal Percentage for Spending on Tech Debt?"
As humans, we struggle with uncertainty and complexity.
Jul 8
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Spit-Shining the AI Bubble
Play Close Attention to the AI Shoeshiners
Jul 5 • 
Maarten Dalmijn
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