Founder of IdeaLift. Writing about why product decisions fall apart and what to do about it.
methodology
+3
Jun 30, 2026
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1 min read
What they keep, what they dropped, and the one filter that tells them apart
Jun 17, 2026
Why extractability and proof beat authority, and where earned coverage still wins.
Jun 16, 2026
What gets a pitch through, what gets it deleted in three seconds, and why the polish is now the tell.
multi-brand
+2
Jun 15, 2026
research
Jun 11, 2026
Jun 4, 2026
2 min read
The deeper cut: nine operators on the architecture that holds at scale.
b2b
Jun 3, 2026
What 31 B2B operators said actually landed press coverage
May 27, 2026
Same newsletter, new job — PRAPI's research voice.
prioritization
May 19, 2026
A backlog item is a hypothesis, not a commitment. Treat it like one and you'll stop building things nobody needs.
metrics
May 12, 2026
The dashboard says retention is 85%. That number is from a cohort that no longer resembles your current users.
May 5, 2026
The VP who demanded that integration left two months ago. The ticket is still marked urgent.
decisions
Apr 28, 2026
That competitive analysis from Q1? Three of those features have shipped. Two pivoted. One company got acquired.
workflow
Apr 21, 2026
Product writes a spec. Engineering reads a different spec. Nobody notices until the PR is open.
Apr 14, 2026
You track bugs and velocity. You don't track how fast your team makes decisions. That's the metric that matters.
Apr 7, 2026
If nobody touched it in 90 days, it's dead. You're just too polite to say so.
Mar 24, 2026
Roadmaps are snapshots pretending to be plans. By the time you present one, half of it is already wrong.
feedback
Mar 23, 2026
3 min read
Your customers are telling you what they need. You're just not listening fast enough.
You shipped it. Nobody noticed.
Your calendar is full. Your decisions aren't.
Decision decay is costing your team more than you think