The Product Picnic

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

Teamwork and Leadership

Aug 23, 2026

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3 min read

The "optimization" you achieve by automating interfaces between colleagues is always going to be self-defeating.

Pavel Samsonov

Systems Thinking

Aug 16, 2026

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5 min read

AKA "LLMs can't fix your shitty internal culture"

Pavel Samsonov

LLMs

Aug 7, 2026

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5 min read

What if the cure for getting a grip on this moment wasn't a pound of artificial intelligence, but an ounce of the natural variety?

Pavel Samsonov

LLMs

Jul 26, 2026

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3 min read

Despite execs' best hopes for automating their own jobs, technology will always remain downstream of decision-making.

Pavel Samsonov

Problem Design

Jul 19, 2026

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5 min read

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

Systems Thinking

Jul 12, 2026

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6 min read

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

Pavel Samsonov