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Peter Yang

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00:51:32

Full Course: The AI Stack We Actually Use for...

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2026/01/11

Tal and Aman are experienced AI PMs so I made us all share our favorite AI product workflows — from writing strategy docs to prototyping with Google AI Studio to building a personal task system with Claude Code. Watch this episode if you want to see 5 real no-BS AI product workflows in 50 minutes.We talked about:(00:00) Our best AI workflows for product work(01:13) Demo 1: Writing strategy docs with Claude Projects(10:21) Demo 2: Prototyping a new feature with Google AI Studio(17:10) Demo 3:

00:49:36

Full Tutorial: Build Your Personal Operating System...

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2025/12/21

Teresa is a well-known product coach and author who runs her entire life and business using two Claude Code terminals and a note taking app. It was genuinely mind blowing to watch her use Claude Code to manage her to do list, delegate her research, and write content.Teresa and I talked about:(00:00) Why Teresa uses Claude Code to run her life(03:00) Live demo: The "today" command that builds Teresa's daily to do list(07:00) Working with Claude Code to brainstorm tasks and ideas(14:00)

00:41:53

A Founder's Playbook for Shipping 10x Faster with AI...

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2025/12/14

Yana is Head of AI at Amplitude and a good friend. We had some real talk about how to stay scrappy inside a big company, including how to avoid decision by committee and endless internal debates. Yana also demoed her favorite AI workflows to triage her emails and aggregate customer feedback. I think you’ll love our banter 😅Yana and I talked about:(00:00) "By the time you've debated 2 ideas, I've already shipped 10"(03:21) Think "how would I run this company?" not

00:29:39

An Inside Look at What Alexa Can Now Do with AI...

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2025/12/07

As VP of Alexa, Daniel builds product for 600M Alexa devices. He had a great answer to my tough question: “Why has it taken so long to add AI to Alexa?” and then gave a live demo of what an AI-powered Alexa looks like. We also had a great chat about how to apply Amazon’s working backwards process to build useful AI products.Daniel and I talked about:(00:00) The real reason Amazon delayed adding AI to Alexa(03:21) Live demo: Alexa uses AI to book Warriors tickets under $100(09:21) Which AI model(s)

00:38:14

A Proven 5-Step System to Prototype Apps with AI |...

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2025/11/30

Xinran is a top AI instructor who has taught 100s of product teams how to design and prototype with AI. He shared 5 practical techniques to avoid generating AI slop — from side-by-side exploration to reverse prompting to component libraries — that you can start trying today. If you want to level up on AI prototyping, this is a must watch.Xinran and I talked about:(00:00) The 5 gaps in vibe coding that lead to generic designs(04:28) [Step 1] Custom GPT generates perfect specs before prompting(12:04)

00:38:43

Full Tutorial: How to Use Voice AI to Work and Code...

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2025/11/23

Tanay is the CEO and co-founder of Wispr Flow, my favorite app to dictate to AI 10x faster than typing. I asked him to do a live tutorial on how to get the most out of AI voice dictation, how his brain-to-text device reads your thoughts without speaking, and how he built an AI product that has 70% annual retention (unheard of!) by NOT focusing on ARR.Tanay and I talked about:(00:00) Why typing 5 hours a day is killing your productivity(06:29) Live tutorial: Using voice to draft emails, write code,

00:45:47

Full Tutorial: Design to Code in 45 Min with Cursor's...

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2025/11/16

As the head of design at Cursor, Ryo is at the cutting edge of designers who ship code instead of mocks. He showed me how he built a retro OS with AI and did a live demo of adding a new feature using Cursor’s new agent mode. We also covered how to avoid AI design slop and how the Cursor team reached $29B valuation without full-time PMs.Ryo and I talked about:(00:00) Why designers should go directly to code(02:06) Building a retro calculator app in one shot with plan mode(08:04) How Ryo manages

00:50:44

7 Counterintuitive Product Lessons from WhatsApp's...

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2025/11/09

Ami is the one of my favorite product leaders, period. In my new episode, she breaks down why shipping fast beats the best strategy, how to build simple products that win, how to ask AI for brutally honest feedback, and more. Ami led product at Faire and WhatsApp, but above all she just has great, practical advice for all builders.Ami and I talked about:(00:00) Why perfect strategy + poor execution = a waste of time(05:21) The ChatGPT prompt to get brutally honest feedback (11:19) Do the simple

00:39:16

Full Tutorial: From Prototype to a Real SaaS App in...

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2025/11/02

Colin has taught 1000s of students how to build SaaS apps with AI. In this episode, he showed me exactly why my vibe coded prototype was insecure and how to convert it into a real SaaS app with auth, payments, and more. If you want to learn to build SaaS apps in 40 minutes with Cursor and Claude Code, then this episode is for you.Colin and I talked about:(00:00) The 7 components that every real SaaS app needs(01:44) Client, server, database: What most prototypes miss(08:57) Live demo: Adding Stripe,

00:37:01

AI Agents, Clearly Explained in 40 Minutes | Wade...

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2025/10/26

Wade is the co-founder and CEO of Zapier. We’re both sick of everyone calling everything an “AI agent” so we had some real talk about what actually works instead. Wade gave me a practical demo of his AI workflow that triages 100+ emails to 10 and shared exactly how to find automation opportunities on your calendar.Wade and I talked about:(00:00) Why most people asking for agents actually want workflows(01:25) The AI automation spectrum explained with real examples(05:16) Live demo: Wade's email

00:53:32

Notion's New AI Agents for Work Blew Me Away (Full...

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2025/10/19

Everyone calls their AI product an “agent” but Notion’s actually live up to the hype. It took Akshay (Notion’s co-founder) and Ryan (AI lead) 2 years of failure to build agents that can create databases, respond to Slack, and more. We had a great chat about their most surprising lessons from building the best AI agents for work.We talked about:(00:00) What it really took to build agents that actually work (01:38) Live demo: Watch a database build itself in real-time (04:56) How Akshay writes docs by

00:43:57

Inside Gemini and NotebookLM: How Google is Shipping...

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2025/10/12

Josh is the the VP of Gemini, Google Labs (NotebookLM), and AI Studio and widely considered one of Google’s most beloved leaders. In our interview, he demoed how to get the most out of Gemini and NotebookLM, the startup culture inside Google, and where he thinks Gemini is headed next.We talked about:(00:00) How Josh brings startup hustle to Google(01:19) Live demo of Nano Banana's top image use cases(07:12) Using NotebookLM to turn 70 sources into talking slides(12:36) How Google Labs shipped

00:51:54

Full Tutorial: A Proven 3-File System to Vibe Code...

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2025/10/05

Today, I want to share a new episode with Ryan Carson.Ryan is a serial founder who has developed an amazing 3-file system to vibe code without frustration that has 5,000+ stars on Github. In our interview, he demoed adding a new feature to his production app by using AI to create a spec, generate atomic tasks, and build automated tests for each task.Ryan and I talked about:(00:00) Why his 3-file AI coding workflow works so well(03:22) Explaining each file: PRD, atomic tasks, test-driven

00:52:29

AI Evaluations Crash Course in 50 Minutes (2025) |...

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2025/09/28

Today, I want to share a new episode with Hamel Husain.Hamel has trained 2,000+ PMs and engineers from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google on how to run AI evals. In my new episode, he shares a free master class on how to build evals for a real AI agent in just 50 minutes using a simple spreadsheet. I learned a lot from Hamel and I think you will too.Hamel and I talked about:(00:00) What the most valuable part of evals is(01:25) Live walkthrough: Analyzing 100 real production traces(09:50)

00:39:29

Full Tutorial: From Design to Code with Claude Code...

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2025/09/21

Today, I want to share a new episode with Meaghan Choi.As the design lead for Claude Code, Meaghan not only designs new features but also ships code on a regular basis. She showed me her exact design to code workflow along with her top 3 use cases for Claude Code. This interview is a must-watch if you’re a designer or PM who dreams of shipping to production. Meaghan and I talked about:(00:00) Why shipping to prod as a designer feels "terrifying and magical"(02:36) Top 3 design workflows

00:40:36

Inside Claude Code: How an AI Native Team Actually...

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2025/09/14

Today, I want to share a new episode with Cat Wu.Cat is the product lead for Claude Code and I got her to share how one of the most AI-native teams in tech actually works. Highlights include getting user feedback every 10 minutes, going straight to prototypes instead of docs, and designers checking in code directly. Cat also shared her 3 best Claude Code tips and what’s next for the product.Cat and I talked about:(00:00) The process behind the best Claude Code features(05:00) How engineers can own

00:25:49

Full Tutorial: Build an AI Co-Pilot for Your Life...

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2025/09/07

Today, I want to share a new episode with Alex Finn.Alex is a founder who has built a complete “Claude Life” operating system to automate research, curate AI news, analyze brain dumps, and more. I asked him to walk through exactly how to set up this system using Claude Code slash commands and sub-agents in just 25 minutes.Alex and I talked about:(00:00) How Alex uses Claude Code to automate his life (04:18) Inside "Claude Life" — Alex’s life operating system(05:29) The newsletter research agent that

00:58:43

Ranking 15 PM Skills: What Survives vs. Gets...

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2025/08/31

Today, I want to share a new episode with Nan Yu (Linear’s Head of Product).Despite only having 2 PMs, Linear has scaled to over 15,000 companies including OpenAI and Ramp. In our chat, Nan and I did a fun exercise to rank what PM skills still matter in the AI era and he also demoed Linear’s new AI agents that can write code, triage tickets, and analyze customer feedback.Nan and I talked about:(00:00) Why Linear is a billion dollar company with just 2 PMs (03:22) Ranking PM skills: What survives vs

00:51:47

Complete Beginner's Course on AI Evaluations: Step by...

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2025/08/24

Today, I want to share a new episode with Aman Khan.The best way to learn about AI evaluations is to watch 2 PMs build them live from scratch. In our new episode, Aman and I walk through creating evals for an AI customer support agent — from labeling a golden dataset to aligning LLM judges. This is the complete beginners AI eval course you've been waiting for.Aman and I talked about:(00:00) What are AI evals and how to get good at them (02:52) The 4 types of AI evaluations everyone should

00:50:21

Cursor Tutorial for Beginners from Cursor's Head of...

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2025/08/17

Today, I want to share a new episode with Lee Robinson.Lee is the VP of Developer Experience at Cursor and a legend in his field. While most people are still vibe coding, Lee showed me how to build apps properly using planning, test-driven development, AI agent workflows, and more. This is a must-watch tutorial for beginners who want to learn how to build with AI the right way.Lee and I talked about:(00:00) How the way we build software is fundamentally changing(03:49) Live demo: Building a music

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