Product for Engineers

Great companies are built in hackathons

You should run more hackathons. Here’s how to do them well.

Apr 21 • Ian Vanagas

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The golden rules of agent-first product engineering

Five principles to develop your product intuition for agents

Apr 8 • Jina Yoon

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March 2026

What we wish we knew about building AI agents

Lessons learned from two years of building AI agents at PostHog

Mar 24 • Ian Vanagas

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WTF does a product manager do? (and why engineers should care)

Skills for developers from the product manager playbook

Mar 11 • Jina Yoon

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February 2026

The engineeringification of everything

Why every role seems like an engineering role now (and what it means for you)

Feb 23 • Ian Vanagas

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The hidden danger of shipping fast

What to do when product velocity breaks the speed of adoption

Feb 9 • Cleo

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January 2026

10x job posts for 10x engineers

The most underrated part of building your startup

Jan 26 • Jina Yoon

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How I actually get good advice

Ironic coming from the "collaboration sucks" guy

Jan 12 • Charles Cook

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December 2025

The best of Product for Engineers in 2025

Popular, underrated, and favorite posts (and hedgehogs) from 2025

Dec 22, 2025 • Ian Vanagas

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Your product ideas probably suck (that's ok)

A simple guide to validating product ideas

Dec 9, 2025 • Ian Vanagas

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November 2025

How startups lose their edge

A first hand account of how "playing not to lose" can accidentally kill your startup

Nov 25, 2025 • PostHog

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Collaboration sucks

If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go alone too. (mostly)

Nov 11, 2025 • Charles Cook

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