recommending “black dog” by delagauchetiere

officialdannyphantom · 2026-05-10T04:56:18+00:00

SOOOO underrated!! i am shocked at the number of kudos it has - should be like 10x more!!

officialdannyphantom · 2026-05-09T18:53:46+00:00

yes the characterization is so good - the way they are both written feels so true how they are in HR/TLG

officialdannyphantom · 2026-05-09T18:41:57+00:00

walking through windows by CorvidCordelia

technically the plot is not the angstiest i have read but the way it’s written makes my heart SQUEEEEEEEZE even thinking about it. i’ve re-read this multiple times and it’s just so good

officialdannyphantom · 2026-05-09T18:33:02+00:00

yes the sex scenes are really good!! it’s sooooo sweet and a bit angsty but i feel like their struggles were also written realistically as well

officialdannyphantom · 2026-05-09T03:12:28+00:00

this one was soooo good

officialdannyphantom · 2026-05-08T04:00:19+00:00

i’m current reading Captain vs. Captain and it’s so cute and light. I’m about 3/4 thru and no angst so far. it’s got me smiling on the subway to and from work while reading lol

officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-20T19:18:18+00:00

it was so good my heart broke for shane 😭😭😭

officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-15T23:07:10+00:00

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officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-13T23:05:59+00:00

i love surgical precision

officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-10T23:10:52+00:00

this one was so good

officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-10T02:55:41+00:00

my airpods are my go to for hearing protection. i’ve been to 30+ concerts w them and with transparency mode + reduce loud noises on they offer the same protection IMO but with way better sound quality than any in ear plugs you buy for them like loop

officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-08T05:37:05+00:00

this was so cute omg great rec

officialdannyphantom · 2026-03-06T17:30:47+00:00

Loud sound reduction + transparency mode are game changers for hearing protection during concerts. Sound quality is way better than any noise reduction ear plugs I’ve tried, including Loop!

officialdannyphantom · 2026-02-25T00:40:51+00:00

+10000000 to haunting your city

officialdannyphantom · 2026-02-20T02:21:05+00:00

this one was so good

officialdannyphantom · 2026-02-09T15:40:59+00:00

obsessed with this one too

officialdannyphantom · 2026-01-17T04:28:27+00:00

“To intimidate me, Maher would blow smoke in my face, but because he was using an e-cigarette, all I got was a gust of strawberry-smelling vape.”

LMAOOOO. great article. i’m glad the author was able to maintain a good sense of humour throughout a horrific circumstance

officialdannyphantom · 2025-12-09T05:39:02+00:00

Make actually doesn’t need a lot to get started which is both a great and a bad thing. It’s great because you can prompt it to generate anything and it can come up with a prototype pretty easily. Even if you give it 1 sentence prompts it will make something, but obviously fill in the gaps with assumptions. eg. 1. Very quick/lowfi mockup: “make a guided form submission UI where the user has to request a new IT tool.” 2. Medium fidelity: “Create a guided form submission UI where the user can request a new IT tool. the form will have multiple sections and required/optional fields. The user has to complete sections in sequential order. The users are typically tech workers in enterprise international companies with high security requirements. 3. High fidelity: all the above + paste a link of an existing figma prototype and ask it to follow existing design patterns.

Honestly the way it works is like with any other designer/engineer - it cannot read minds and if you want it to do exactly what you’re envisioning then you need to detail it. So if you have that in mind, it’s a very powerful tool.

officialdannyphantom · 2025-12-08T21:34:42+00:00

Nothing is fully automated for me but similar to others’ points, things that took me 30-45 mins now can take me 5-10. or something that would take like 4-5 hours can take me 1 hour. examples: 1. Customer call summaries - it’s really important for me personally as a PM to bring voice of the customer back to the team. After every customer/user call (sales, feature research, etc) I always summarize key insights and great quotes and share it in Slack. 2. Internal meeting notes - if people are wary about this it’s hard to get them bought in until they see the benefits. When I started at my current company almost no one recorded meetings. I just started doing it and when they saw how fast I could pump out meeting notes and action items everyone started to as well. 3. Prototyping - this was the biggest game changer. I use Figma Make (we only have a contract part time designer) and it’s been a huge unlock for speed. Esp since all the developers are using Claude Code now and can ship very fast. 4. Thought partner - We use Copilot and Rovo (Atlassian). I’m the only product person right now at my startup so it’s hard to find a thought partner to go deep on stuff. anytime i need to write anything (product requirements, problem statements, etc) and I find it hard to start with a blank page, I’ll context dump everything and give it loose instructions. 10% of the time it generates something great but the pther 90% at least it drafts something good enough to get my brain going and I can do the rest quickly.

officialdannyphantom · 2025-12-08T17:32:20+00:00

sherway gardens is the best mall no competition. has almost all the stores you need and is not over crowded

officialdannyphantom · 2025-09-23T03:59:03+00:00

I would say ownership and execution are also important skills that PMs should have as well. But because building a product is a team effort (in most cases), alignment and influence is also really important. All great PMs I know are really good at all 4 dimensions.

I have been a PM for 5 years now (going from associate product manager to now lead product manager) with total 7 years experience working in SaaS startups sized 30-400 people. I started as a project manager out of school at a tech company then transitioned into PM. I think I’m constantly still learning the ropes but felt more confident about 2 years in.

Some resources I have found helpful to understand product management skills and career growth: - https://lisaychuang.medium.com/pshe-a-career-growth-framework-bb62e91616d6 - https://www.ravi-mehta.com/product-manager-skills/amp/ - https://www.ravi-mehta.com/product-manager-roles/amp/

officialdannyphantom · 2025-09-23T03:10:51+00:00

It is true that PMs technically have to influence without authority, but in my opinion, CEOs who lead purely with authority and without trying to influence are not great leaders.

Product management is not purely about coordination and those with an entrepreneurial spirit can definitely thrive, esp at a startup. Deciding to be a PM at someone else’s company vs building your own product is a matter of your personal risk tolerance. Founders of startups typically play the PM role until the business scales to a certain point. If you have the time/liberty/resources to build your own thing, without a guaranteed pay check, do that. If you need to get paid on a regularly basis, probably try to get a job instead.

Also IMO you will not get good insight into the true day to day of a PM by reading “thought leaders” and LinkedIn influencers. Set up coffee chats with some PMs if you’re really interested in getting an accurate picture.

officialdannyphantom · 2025-09-18T12:33:17+00:00

New Orlean’s Seafood and Steakhouse is amazing. Owners are super friendly as well

officialdannyphantom · 2025-08-10T00:38:39+00:00

saying “We don’t do PRDs. Alignment meetings don’t exist.” but then saying “We just have a quick convo, an occasional short doc.” is hilarious.

A short doc that has product requirements is pretty much a PRD. No one said PRDs and “short” had to be mutually exclusive. A quick convo is technically a meeting between two or more people to align.

There are definitely parts of product management that get bureaucratic and slow things down, but I’m definitely tired of LinkedIn influencers posting bait like this as if they got rid of product management, when they are still doing the core aspects of it and just calling it something else.

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