My biggest takeaways from @evanspiegel
: 1. Distribution is the biggest bottleneck in consumer, not product. The only two consumer social apps to break through since Snapchat—TikTok and Threads—both solved distribution. TikTok spent billions on paid ads. Threads piggybacked on
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Distribution bottleneck in consumer social apps strategy
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Software as a moat: Why AI changes competitive advantage
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.@EvanSpiegel: "15 years ago, we learned that software is not a moat. This is something that everyone is discovering today with AI." https://t.co/koxH5vJWOZ pic.twitter.com/lX75tHKSKI
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 26 avril 2026.
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WorkOS and Vanta sponsor podcast episode
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Design Function Evolution: Valuing Multidisciplinary Expertise in Tech
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Haha yes, but I don’t think this means design goes away as a function. It’s just not growing. On the combo piece, yes people who are great at multiple things will be super valued, but there are so few people who are good at something else and also great at design.
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Designer Value and Future Workforce Function Growth
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It’s hard for me to believe that considering how valuable designers have been on my teams. Which functions do you expect will grow?
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Design as Software Differentiator in Growing Market
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I rarely disagree with you, but I do on this. I expect design to become a differentiator as the quantity of software increases. And anyone that’s worked with a design system has seen how much you still need to “design” the product and experience. Great design is hard.
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Who Gets Ahead: Execution Skills in AI Era
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Basically anyone who can help get shit done will thrive
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Product Manager Evolution Amid AI Transition and Adaptation
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If you listen to these three, the thread is not actually that PM is going away, but that it's going through a major transition, and that the PMs who adapt will have the time of their lives. The Nikhyl episode describes this best.
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Anthropic Accelerates Product Development Timelines with Latest Models
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My biggest takeaways from Claude Code's Head of Product @_catwu
: 1. Anthropic’s product development timelines have gone from six months to one month, sometimes one week, sometimes one day. Part of this acceleration is access to the latest models (i.e. Mythos). Another is -
AI Product Management: Rapid Iteration and Weekly Feature Launches
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Claude Code's Head of Product: "The PM role is changing a lot. And it's changing really quickly.
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 23 avril 2026
The most important thing for building AI-native products is iterating quickly and finding a way to launch features every single week.
Putting less emphasis on making sure that you… https://t.co/IebAy2xB2k pic.twitter.com/H9vO1zZKkKClaude Code's Head of Product: "The PM role is changing a lot. And it's changing really quickly. The most important thing for building AI-native products is iterating quickly and finding a way to launch features every single week. Putting less emphasis on making sure that you