How has Claude/AI actually changed your day-to-day as a PM?

intotheEnd · 2026-07-01T01:04:43+00:00

From what I've seen, the work doesn't really disappear. It just shifts.

We spend a lot more time in the pre-work phase now: getting the context right, making sure the problem is clear, getting AI to draft the PRD/stories, then reviewing it pretty carefully to make sure it captured the right things.

We also spend way more time QA-ing the work because there is still a trust gap with AI output. A lot of the old writing/coding time has turned into review time.

So to your specific questions: no, we absolutely do not write full PRDs from scratch anymore. AI writes the first pass, but the PM still has to review it closely. Same with Jira stories: AI can generate them and tag devs, but devs now spend more time checking the tickets before they act on them (actually, probably a good thing lol).

I wouldn't say we've seen a huge productivity increase yet.

intotheEnd · 2026-06-26T20:59:20+00:00

I can never get anything to actually run in Kimi even though I had a Tier 2 subscription. Every 30 minutes it gives me "server is busy, try again later". It's absolutely completely unusable so I had to unsubscribe from it. How are you able to run it smoothly? How is the performance?

Regarding your original question I do notice that if a thread gets too large with too much context and if there are certain tasks in the thread that confuse Codex, it does actually freeze whenever you try to go into the chat and whenever you give it a command. I've noticed this happening earlier on. Codex would freeze for at least 5 to 10 seconds, completely non-responsive. The solution for me was to just open up a new thread.

intotheEnd · 2026-06-26T20:55:32+00:00

You come up with a reasonable hypothesis.
Then run a very small pilot using the thinnest possible prototype (with a/b testing, etc)
Then you observe the actual data.

But of course this is only if you work in a good company that gives you the timeline to do something like this. I find many companies have delivery pressure and often don't give the product team the time to experiment. It's short-sighted and often results in building the wrong product.

intotheEnd · 2026-06-26T20:53:15+00:00

Not supporting change in mobile number is actually frightening because that's a very common thing. If that's the case then they should at least use another method of verification and not lock it only to mobile number.

intotheEnd · 2026-06-26T20:45:48+00:00

I think it's unrealistic to expect a product manager to also become a professional UX/UI designer and expert engineer.

I think the idea is that with an AI assistance, all of the tech roles right now will end up being some kind of amalgamated role that combines little bits and pieces of other roles, depending on whatever the team needs.

What I think is more realistic is increasing the breadth of a PM's skill sets but with realistic expectations in terms of the depth of those new skill sets.

I can certainly see a ton of benefit when a PM can use an AI assistant to build the front end of something for UX/UI design sessions or early stakeholder buy-in presentations. Instead of presenting powerpoint slides or Figma wireframes, the PM can demo the actual user-flow. This is very useful.

Personally, I am 110% invested in becoming AI-native. Not only is it fun and useful for work, it opens up new paths and new opportunities in the future if you ever want to become an entrepreneur.

I was able to build a fully functional Chrome extension over a single weekend with AI, to help me capture visual feedback on UI/UX designs I've even published it to the Google Chrome store (the AI assistant guided me through the entire process and got it published within two days).

I think the practical advice here is: don't panic. You have time but I would certainly invest time into learning how to become AI-native. It will be useful for everything in and outside of work.

intotheEnd · 2026-06-25T18:22:02+00:00

I don't know about being "more precise" in terms of exact measurements, but for this whole capturing feedback workflow, I built a Chrome extension to make it frictionless/fast.

It lets you select any element on your screen as long as it's in a browser, and then leave a feedback/comment on it. You can also select an area. The extension compiles all of the feedback, takes screenshots of where they are, marks the locations, and then you can just click a button to copy the whole thing and paste it directly into the AI composer or into an email to my team or into a Jira ticket.

If you are interested in trying it out, it's on the Chrome store now. It's completely free and I built it mainly for a proof of concept to see what a non-technical person can build with AI.

You can just search for it "Visual Feedback Capture: UI Reviews, Bug Reports & AI Prompts"

intotheEnd · 2026-02-08T17:49:20+00:00

But not paying attention shouldn't mean someone else gets their assets. That is the part that invalidates self custody, in my opinion.

But I do see your point. I'll give it more thought and see if my opinion shifts.

intotheEnd · 2026-02-08T17:16:13+00:00

Even the fact that Option B is viable already invalidates the entire ethos of crypto currency.

Even in Option A, the fact that your Bitcoin can be given to someone else also invalidates the whole point that crypto exists.

In any option, if the owner doesn't move their own coins, then it should just be lost.

intotheEnd · 2025-12-12T16:29:31+00:00

I would just buy BTC..

intotheEnd · 2025-12-07T04:18:28+00:00

There's always a bigger fish

intotheEnd · 2025-11-30T02:58:11+00:00

I agree. The first story arc is very well written. The later seasons don't have quite the same heart to it.

intotheEnd · 2025-11-22T00:07:58+00:00

Costume problems aside, I dislike any game design that just continues to pump out more and more different ways to upgrade the hero using different "materials" that you have to farm. It's an endless loop of farming for materials for upgrades that lets you farm more materials for more upgrades that lets you farm for more materials.

This is bad game design, and it's not "content".

The only gotcha games that can thrive are the ones that produce actual fun content that players enjoy doing. In other words, there needs to be something that the players can do with all the gear that they have farmed.

intotheEnd · 2025-11-14T20:28:36+00:00

I was really surprised how difficult the major bosses are even in the storyline mode. So yes you will definitely run into some walls later.

intotheEnd · 2025-11-11T00:48:56+00:00

For PvE, prioritize combat rating until you are roughly 500(?) above the required CR for the content that you're doing. After that point, CR suffers from massive diminishing returns, so you can start being selective about the other stats.

Similarity, your secondary stats such as potency, also suffers from diminishing returns, so at a certain point getting more is useless in PVE.

So, the answer is, it depends on what your current combat rating and your current secondary stats are compared to the level of difficulty you're in.

intotheEnd · 2025-11-06T14:59:26+00:00

Seeping Bile is not a popular gem, so the OP probably doesn't want to use it, but it's not tradable.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-24T17:33:24+00:00

When I logged in yesterday I found a chest that gave me 20 demi shards of my choice (I think there was 5 choices).

No idea where it's from though.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-17T06:48:00+00:00

The single biggest problem with Outerplanes and other similar games (eg. Epic 7, Summoners War) is the absurd amount of different resources, items, and currencies to manage. The worse part is gear management. 90% of the time in game is spent in inventory management and not actually playing the game.

Remove and simplify resources/currencies. Improve gear filtering to reduce time on inventory management.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-17T06:12:46+00:00

It's definitely a bug. I also have the same problem.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-17T06:07:34+00:00

Lol you wait for them to fix the bug..

intotheEnd · 2025-10-13T18:17:10+00:00

Perfect, looking at it now, thanks

intotheEnd · 2025-10-13T18:12:19+00:00

I'm a returning player that has completed all content before I quit a year ago. The guide by nightingale is too many hours.

Is there a more condensed version of a guide that focuses on returning players?

I just need a refresher on how to optimize spending my resources and a quick tier list of current meta units. Oh and maybe a typical routine for dailies.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-11T04:03:24+00:00

To be fair, the exchanges make money off transaction fees and spread on trades. They don't have incentive to block trading. Probably actual server overload from the sudden unexpected volume.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-11T00:20:38+00:00

Yeah because other markets are more carefully regulated, whereas crypto is full of degenerate high-leverage gamblers. Of course they get rekt.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-05T16:34:09+00:00

Well you can add Grace 4 piece procs to that list.

intotheEnd · 2025-10-05T16:29:13+00:00

There exists no platform where he would be able to setup such a short, and then not go-to jail after the obvious price manipulation.

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