Test-n-Tell - tiny apps, Big ideas

My blog's stats are clear: people are interested in practical experiences. Especially when it comes to AI and vibe coding tools. Luckily, that's what I've been doing these past few months - heavily using AI to create a digital product end-to-end. This series will get into all the fancy and stinky details of my process, challenges I've encountered along the way and, of course, the final result accompanied by the cost breakdown.

  Like it or not, lots of people are trying vibe coding. App Store and Google Play are flooded with new apps and games. Product Hunt launches, and domain sales are rising. But is any of it good? And does it matter?

  Nir Eyal’s Hooked made a huge impression on me. It shaped a large part of how I think about product creation. Not because I wanted to “hook” users at any cost, but because the book made one thing very clear: if you understand how to influence behaviour, you also become responsible for how you use that power.

  An AI agent is like a super obedient engineer. It does whatever you ask. It rarely challenges you. It rarely pushes back. It rarely says: “This is a bad idea.” And if it goes off script, well, that’s probably because your instructions were too vague. Finally, executives got what they always dreamed about: a builder who simply builds.

The job of a product manager is already changing. We use AI more and more in our daily work, and there is no sign of this slowing down. Writing, research, analysis, prototyping, summarising calls, checking requirements, preparing strategy docs, testing product ideas - all of it can already be supported by AI.

  A mistake many companies make when hiring Product Managers is that they overvalue industry knowledge.