Product Talk · Teresa TorresApr 7, 2026
Apr 7, 2026
“Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In the AI era, new tools seem to appear every week. It’s exciting—but it can also feel overwhelming. How do you keep up without burning out? In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres talk about how they deal with”
Product Talk · Teresa TorresApr 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026 · 20 min
Teresa Torres walks through her experience vibe coding production software over six months, from early failures to a reliable workflow. She explains what vibe coding is, compares popular apps and agents, and identifies…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 328
Jun 30, 2026 · 13 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky, introducing a guest post by Colin on AI leverage for product managers, argues that PM work is shifting from coordination toward hands-on building with AI. The post lays out three ladders of leverage…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresAug 13, 2025
Aug 13, 2025 · 40 min
Teresa Torres surveys eleven real-world teams using Lovable and similar AI prototyping tools to speed up product discovery. Across stories from design sprints, navigation tests, side projects, job applications and…
SVPG · Marty CaganNov 6, 2025
Nov 6, 2025 · 4 min
Marty Cagan argues that a new wave of generative AI prototyping tools has been a good development for product discovery, but it has created confusion among product managers who fail to distinguish a prototype from a…
Lenny’s Podcast76 min
Scott Belsky · May 18, 2023
Key learnings- Build product sense by developing genuine empathy for the customer's problem before getting attached to a particular solution…
- Optimize the first mile of the experience: users arrive lazy, selfish, and impatient, so onboarding, orientation, and defaults…
- Re-examine onboarding for each new customer cohort, since later pragmatist users are less forgiving and need a reimagined…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresNov 5, 2025
Nov 5, 2025 · 8 min
Teresa Torres explains how she stopped re-explaining her business to AI tools by giving Claude Code a persistent, file-based memory. Instead of uploading context into chats or web Projects, she stores knowledge in local…
Medium · Hiten ShahOct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025 · 3 min
Crazy Egg's team tested 19 AI website builders by generating 51 pages (product, course, and local service pages) and scoring them against 60 criteria covering usability, conversion design, and SEO. The author finds AI…
Lenny’s Podcast111 min
Andrew Wilkinson · Jul 3, 2025
Key learnings- Choose a business in an area you're genuinely interested in, but look for the unglamorous niche where competition is low…
- Pick a first business that delivers a quick, simple win, since early success builds the confidence and narrative needed to keep…
- Look for a unique edge (skills, background, or access to audiences) and pivot toward the most profitable customer segment for…
@ttorres · Teresa Torres on X♥ 4
How do you build trustworthy AI diagnostic tools in one of medicine's most historically under-researched areas? In this episode of Just Now Possible, Teresa Torres talks with Tulsi Patel (Director of Product and Technology), Lorna Brightmore (Head of Data and AI), and Jack Pickard (Head of…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresJun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
Teresa Torres and Petra Wille examine whether the wave of AI prototyping tools (Replit, V0, Bolt, Lovable, WindSurf) genuinely helps product discovery work. They argue these tools can rapidly produce interactive…
The Looking Glass · Julie Zhuo♥ 53
Sep 17, 2026
Subscriber post — summary onlyJulie Zhuo's paid essay looks at playful, seemingly pointless things people build with AI when no one is tracking the hours or demanding a business case, such as an unusual bird display, a talking phone, and a game…
Lenny’s Podcast53 min
Shweta Shriva · Apr 9, 2023
Key learnings- Build autonomous driving to feel natural and predictable, using human driving data while discarding bad driving behavior, so…
- Expect the MVP bar to be far higher when safety is at stake, but still ship early and iterate on real-world deployment.
- Track both commercial/operational metrics (trips, active users, cost) and system behavior metrics (safety versus human…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresJan 14, 2026
Jan 14, 2026 · 16 min
Teresa Torres reflects on 2025 and lays out her 2026 roadmap, framed around the idea of 'just now possible' enabled by generative AI. She describes building AI coaches and tools, sunsetting her cohort-based Deep Dive…
The Looking Glass · Julie Zhuo♥ 53
Oct 7, 2026
Subscriber post — summary onlyThe essay opens with an anecdote about a journalist's first impressions of a notable figure, using it as a jumping-off point to ask what humans should use their minds for as AI takes on more cognitive work. It frames…
Lenny’s Podcast78 min
Ian Silber · Aug 16, 2026
Key learnings- Designers are still early in adapting to AI; nobody has a settled design process, so starting to experiment today already gives…
- Design work has not sped up as much as engineering because the process still requires messy iteration, trying and discarding…
- Use AI tools across the whole design process, including dropping early ideas into a coding or agent tool to prototype and think…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresApr 15, 2026
Apr 15, 2026 · 7 min
Teresa Torres describes the problem of sharing AI context files and Claude Code skills across multiple personal devices and with a colleague. She walks through why Dropbox, iCloud and git each fell short, mainly because…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresNov 12, 2025
Nov 12, 2025 · 21 min
Teresa Torres argues that Claude Code can become a powerful personal operating system for non-technical people, but only if users understand the risks of giving a language model access to their computer. She walks…
SVPG · Marty CaganFeb 4, 2026
Feb 4, 2026 · 9 min
Marty Cagan argues that the scarcest resource for product people is effective coaching, since most managers lack the time or skill to provide it, and that foundation AI models configured with good instructions and…
Lenny’s Podcast117 min
Alexander Embiricos · Jan 12, 2026
Key learnings- Ship a product to a small group first, then learn empirically from usage rather than over-planning, especially in fast-moving AI…
- Onboard users into agentic tools by first working alongside them in the local IDE or terminal, then gradually configure…
- Give AI coding tools your hardest real tasks rather than trivial ones, and build trust by having the agent first understand the…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresFeb 25, 2025
Feb 25, 2025
Teresa Torres and Petra Wille discuss a trend on LinkedIn of generating Opportunity Solution Trees with AI, including tools that promise instant user insights from synthetic personas. They argue that product teams…
Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 739
Feb 24, 2026 · 22 min
Subscriber post — summary onlyLenny Rachitsky and researcher Noam Segal interviewed over 30 tech professionals about using AI in job hunts and found the strongest candidates built personal feedback loops with AI. The post packages those techniques…
Lenny’s Podcast117 min
Elena Verna 4.0 · Dec 18, 2025
Key learnings- Expect most of your classic growth playbook to transfer poorly in fast-moving AI categories; Elena estimates only 30-40% of her…
- Build in public: pair regular product shipping with founder-led and employee social posts so the market sees constant change and…
- Give the product away generously, including credits for hackathons and events, since removing the barrier to trying an AI product…
Lenny’s Podcast131 min
Scott Wu · Sep 8, 2025
Key learnings- Treat an AI agent like a junior engineer: scope it with well-defined tasks rather than open-ended problems, and start with small…
- Run several agents asynchronously in parallel and only step in for the portions needing human judgment, such as scoping…
- Invest up front in setup for the agent: connect repositories, teach it how to run lint and CI, and give it a virtual machine so…