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The Product Picnic

Writing on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot.

Problem Design

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Thoughtless features never add up to a thoughtful product

Jul 19, 2026

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5 min read

Thoughtless features never add up to a thoughtful product

Your first idea for how to solve a problem is most likely to be a low-impact hack. Delightful user experiences require a higher level of thinking.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Systems Thinking

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Empathy and delight mean nothing when the software is disrespectful

Jul 12, 2026

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6 min read

Empathy and delight mean nothing when the software is disrespectful

Software is now something we do TO users, instead of something that we make FOR them.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Systems Thinking

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Trust is not built on craft alone

Jul 6, 2026

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5 min read

Trust is not built on craft alone

No amount of tooling will let product teams move faster than being trusted to own their process. That trust is earned through rigor rather than mere velocity.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Systems Thinking

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Even with a silver bullet, you still have to aim

Jun 28, 2026

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4 min read

Even with a silver bullet, you still have to aim

Productivity gains among frontline employees can't counteract the abdication of responsibility at the executive level.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Metrics and Data

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The glassholes are back, thanks to AI

Jun 21, 2026

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3 min read

The glassholes are back, thanks to AI

Recording people without consent — once seen as a brazen privacy violation — has become thoughtlessly routine, both in meetings and on the street.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov

Feedback Loops

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Feedback loops require real feedback. AI drives it underground.

Jun 13, 2026

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5 min read

Feedback loops require real feedback. AI drives it underground.

The methods we take for granted have load-bearing requirements that have already gone extinct in many organizations.

Pavel Samsonov
Pavel Samsonov
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