Code was never the bottleneck. Product managers are.

Product managers were never the solution to slow product development: they became the bottleneck. Here's how AI is exposing this and what comes next.

Feb 22 • Peppe Silletti

Why Engineers Should Make the Final Call — Not PMs (PostHog Executive)

Watch now | Trust over process, speed over consensus, and why the best engineers talk directly to customers

Feb 16 • Peppe Silletti

57:20

What If Waterfall Was Right?

How the price of trying things shaped 60 years of software development

Feb 9 • Peppe Silletti

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Why Your Leadership Style Won't Survive Product Engineers (CTO Coach)

In this episode, we explore why the bottleneck was never engineering (it was always product management), how AI is killing waterfall for good, and why…

Feb 2 • Peppe Silletti

45:39

January 2026

You Can't Spec Your Way Out of Uncertainty (And What to Do Instead)

“Hey everyone, we’re all here today, reunited to define (I mean, refine) together what’s gonna go on the roadmap for the next quarter.

Jan 26 • Peppe Silletti

Product Engineers Existed Before AI Made It Trendy

Everyone’s talking about “product engineers” like we just invented them.

Jan 19 • Peppe Silletti

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December 2025

Why Your Product Trio Is Actually Waterfall in Disguise (Product Lead)

In this episode, we explore why natural convergers have always existed (but were told to "stick to their lane"), how AI-native startups are staying…

Dec 17, 2025 • Peppe Silletti

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49:23

Why Deleting Your Backlog Makes You Ship Faster (CEO Explains)

In this episode, we explore why they mapped their bottlenecks and found 40 days per week lost to handoffs, how daily sprints became their new normal…

Dec 1, 2025 • Peppe Silletti

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52:12

November 2025

Software engineers leading product: is this the end of specialisation?

Something weird is happening in product teams right now.

Nov 11, 2025 • Peppe Silletti

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October 2025

Software Engineers As Problem Shapers (Not Ticket Tackers)

Why "problem shapers" beat "ticket takers," how Zen Educate transformed from a world of PM-assigned tickets to engineers partnering directly with…

Oct 21, 2025 • Peppe Silletti

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56:34

September 2025

How AI Exposes Designers Who Can't Think (Product Designer)

How AI is affecting designers, developers, and product managers—not by replacing them, but by blurring the lines between their roles in ways that raise…

Sep 5, 2025 • Peppe Silletti

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58:41

May 2025

System Thinking For Product Engineers - with Michele Sollecito

In this episode, Michele and Luis Rodriguez (Product Engineer at New Store) unpack what it really means to think systemically in software development.

May 23, 2025 • Peppe Silletti

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