I think @Lovable is the @Airbnb of the AI era for the tech community, it's setting the bar/standards in UX, user adoption, and retention with continuously shipping great features, listening to the users, and creating communities.
It's great to live through this.
My pet peeve is that I enjoy when some Gpt/Claude whatever proposes a solution that is debunked by me or my team as the right one.
Human expertise 10 - AI 0😅
And so far, I feel like I can't be replaced, I am steering it, and without my context & expertise, it goes crazy.
Skip the books when transitioning to product.
Instead:
- Shadow 20 customer calls
- Map 100 support tickets
- Have coffee with 5 eng leads
- Study team dynamics
Then the books will actually make sense.
Here's exactly how (and why) to do each part:
One of the first things I did after joining my current was to sit with the POs of the products we have and discuss what I saw in the dashboards and get their POV before even thinking of solutions. That was a key moment to build a successful track and we’re a great team moving on.