A researcher runs some interviews. They produce a report. They tell everyone what they learned.Then the product team goes back to building.The researcher Emily Goligoski doesn’t work that way.This…
Did the camera kill art? Of course not, says our guest David Somerville, it pushed art to new places. Cubism. Impressionism.“What didn’t happen is art ceased to exist,” he says. “It became about,…
Big news! Sous Chef, our AI-powered app for creative cooking, is officially in open beta 🎉Now, we’re not saying we’re the next coming of Bobby Flay and Alton Brown, but we both know our way around…
Last week, we threw down the gauntlet: We’re joining the SaaSpocalypse and picking one of our software subscriptions to replace with a vibecoded substitute.The people spoke: It’s QuickBooks.We suspect…
Earlier this week, the NASDAQ’s most powerful software stocks took a massive nosedive because an AI provider published a plugin.It sounds kind of silly, like the (probably apocryphal) thing where…
Folks, we did the dang thing. After six years of friendship, three years of consulting together, and 10 beautiful months of Friday podcasting — The Andrews are officially joining forces to create The…
Happy almost New Year! This is a year-in-review episode, but we’ll save you the usual LinkedIn end-of-year pablum. Some things about 2025 were hard. Andrew Phelps shares how he dealt with unexpected…
Phelps has been building something for the past month. It’s inspired him — maybe more than any side project in recent memory. And it just suffered a setback that has him wondering if he should keep…
Our last PF conversation left us hungry for more. Sure, it’s great to hear how two chaotic coders — er, talented thought leaders — are using AI to build products. But what about genuinely top-tier…
A note from The Andrews: Hey! It would help us a lot if you would review Product Fridays on Apple Podcasts (even if you don’t like us). It’s basically like giving us money. If you do, we’ll…
