Archive - Maarten’s Newsletter

Blood, Sweat and Roadmaps

The 7 Laws of Roadmapping

Jun 29 •

Maarten Dalmijn

"What's It Like To Be a Product Manager?"

The Short Answer: It's Like Rolling Unwanted Rocks Up-Hill

Jun 26 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Maarten's Guide to Shipping With Impossible Deadlines V0.8

How to Beat Crazy Timelines When the Clock's Ticking

Jun 24 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Late Vs. Early Disappointment

Focus On Early Disappointment

Jun 18 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Pinky And the Brain Teams: Part Deux

Sometimes 'Brain' Is Your 'Pinky'

Jun 11 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Product Management — Saying ‘No’ to Frankenstein Octopus Products

Great Product Managers Don’t Hide in the Rubble Left By Too Many Yesses

Jun 4 •

Maarten Dalmijn

Atlassian is #@!%-ing the Customer

Please Forward This Article to Your Jira Admins

Jun 2 •

Maarten Dalmijn

May 2025

How 'Mimetic Signal' Is Destroying Online Platforms Like LinkedIn

AI Has Demoted Humans to Urban Raccoons, Forced to Rummage Through Trash.

May 29 •

Maarten Dalmijn

We ♥️ Making Shit Up to Pretend We're Not Making Shit Up

Chasing False Certainty 🐐 Sabotages Value Delivery

May 27

Convincing People is Hard

Sometimes You Should Not Waste Time Trying to Convince People

May 24 •

Maarten Dalmijn

'Pinky and the Brain' Teams Are Screwing Up Your Business

You Don't Need Better People, You Need Better Teams

May 22

Use Constraint Hacking to Stop Being a Victim of Your Situation

Are You Caged or Fueled by Constraints?

May 20 •

Maarten Dalmijn

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