Mike Builds Things & Thinks

Writing

Thinking out loud, carefully

AI, product management, enterprise software, data, analytics and systems thinking — occasionally economics, urbanism, or whatever else I'm genuinely curious about.

What building with Claude agents taught me about writing requirements

Agents fail differently than software does — and that difference is a useful mirror for how vague our specs usually are.

AIProduct managementSpecs

Why most product dashboards fail to change behavior

High dashboard usage is not the same as high dashboard value. A look at the gap, and what closes it.

Product analyticsDashboardsSystems thinking