Notes from April 2026

24 notes

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Apr 30, 2026

1 min read

The Compensation Statement

By Cristiano Pierry

Access to frontier AI tools is starting to look less like a software perk and more like workplace infrastructure.

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Apr 29, 2026

1 min read

Documented Proof That I Sleep

By Cristiano Pierry

A week of Codex logs turns heavy AI usage into a visible rhythm, including the rare hours without prompts.

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Apr 28, 2026

1 min read

Lightbulb Moment

By Cristiano Pierry

AI fluency starts with noticing manual work that no longer needs to consume attention, time, or judgment.

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Apr 27, 2026

1 min read

Proud, Sad, Or Something Else

By Cristiano Pierry

Running down weekly Codex credits is both a constraint and a signal that AI has become part of the work itself.

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Apr 26, 2026

1 min read

Project Level Analytics Summary

By Cristiano Pierry

AI-assisted projects need collaboration analytics that reveal prompts, course corrections, iteration loops, and where the work actually changed.

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Apr 25, 2026

1 min read

I Have Quietly Converted

By Cristiano Pierry

Voice input is starting to feel less like dictation and more like product direction for AI-assisted building.

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Apr 24, 2026

1 min read

An Apology Letter From Bob

By Cristiano Pierry

An AI assistant’s apology makes the permission boundary clear: sending email still requires explicit human consent.

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Apr 23, 2026

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Frontier AI Apps Need Human Language

By Cristiano Pierry

Frontier AI products need to translate system complexity into human language before they can become broadly accessible.

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Apr 22, 2026

1 min read

Giving Claude A Real Chance

By Cristiano Pierry

Interrupted safety filters make even impressive models hard to trust when ordinary research workflows cannot stay in motion.

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Apr 21, 2026

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A Week Of AI Product Events

By Cristiano Pierry

AI is moving from side conversation to strategic center across product, media, marketing, storytelling, and executive leadership.

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Apr 20, 2026

1 min read

Accepted Student Days

By Cristiano Pierry

Hands-on building remains the real learning loop for AI-native product and technology leadership.

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Apr 19, 2026

1 min read

A Tip I Picked Up Somewhere

By Cristiano Pierry

Bug fixes get sharper when agents start by reproducing the failure, then prove the fix with a passing test.

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Apr 18, 2026

1 min read

Working With Multiple Agents

By Cristiano Pierry

Parallel AI agents work best when projects are split into clear workstreams with ownership, validation, and controlled integration.

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Apr 17, 2026

1 min read

Tell Your AI Coder To Take A Breather

By Cristiano Pierry

Sometimes you need to tell your AI coder to take a breather, step back, and re-evaluate the problem with fresh eyes.

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Apr 16, 2026

1 min read

Claude Max Token Limits

By Cristiano Pierry

Model quality matters less when quota limits interrupt the ordinary work of exploring, refining, and building with AI.

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Apr 15, 2026

1 min read

Codex Design Sense Still Feels Behind

By Cristiano Pierry

OpenAI Codex’s design sense still feels behind. I gave the exact same prompt to Codex and Claude Code.

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Apr 14, 2026

1 min read

Is It Coding?

By Cristiano Pierry

Someone asked whether this new way of building still counts as coding.

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Apr 13, 2026

1 min read

Claude Code And Worktree Safety

By Cristiano Pierry

Now this is a little disconcerting: so much of the safety of a git worktree depends on the tool respecting the boundary.

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Apr 11, 2026

1 min read

I got a lazy AI developer

By Cristiano Pierry

There wasn’t a blocker. The AI paused at a clean stopping point instead of continuing the work.

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Apr 10, 2026

1 min read

Codex Has Our Relationship Backwards

By Cristiano Pierry

Agentic coding tools create leverage only when they stop handing routine implementation chores back to the human.

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Apr 9, 2026

1 min read

From PRD To Prototype

By Cristiano Pierry

In the spirit of encouraging more product managers to go from PRD to prototype, I decided to do it myself.

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Apr 8, 2026

1 min read

Estimated Effort: 4-6 Engineering Days

By Cristiano Pierry

A five-minute accessibility update shows how AI is collapsing the old relationship between estimates, implementation, and product iteration.

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Apr 7, 2026

1 min read

How Did I Become A Better PM This Week?

By Cristiano Pierry

Following up on last week’s article, I spent the week thinking about how I became a better PM this week.

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Apr 6, 2026

2 min read

Jumped On The Vibe Coding Bandwagon

By Cristiano Pierry

Building tic-tac-toe across AI coding tools exposed where fast prompting still needs testing, debugging, and product judgment.