Product In Progress
DarshanaProduct in Progress looks at the details we usually scroll past. Why products change. Why some choices feel invisible but powerful. I use real-world examples to explain product concepts, UX behavior, and strategy.
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PDM Manages the File. PLM Manages the Argument
Vertical - Manufacturing
A bracket changes from Rev C to Rev D.
On paper, that sounds small.
An engineer updates the CAD file. The new version is checked in. The drawing is revised. The assembly still works.
Problem solved.
Except now...
The Most Important Software Engineers Never Brag About
Vertical - Manufacturing
When I first started looking into Product Data Management, I assumed it would be one of those software categories that made perfect sense on paper and almost nobody enjoyed using.
Files go in. Files come out.
The...
How a Product Becomes Real
Vertical - Manufacturing
Most product managers are used to products that exist primarily on screens.
We think about user problems, journeys, interfaces, APIs, releases, experiments, and metrics. A product changes through software updates,...
The Taxi Problem That Wasn't
Paris, December 2008. Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp are standing outside LeWeb, a tech conference, unable to flag down a cab.
The obvious problem: not enough taxis.
If you stop there, you build a better dispatch system. You optimize ca...
The Milkshake That Changed How PMs Think About Products
McDonald's had a problem.
Their milkshakes weren’t selling as well as they wanted. The obvious answer: improve the product. They ran focus groups, adjusted sweetness, added flavors. Nothing worked.
Then a researcher named Clayton Christen...
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Apple developer curious about product strategy, UX quirks, and how AI actually behaves in real life. I love exploring questions like: “How did someone think of this product?”
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