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Unpacking AI & Product

Deep insights into the craft of building great AI products. Strategy, design decisions, and hands-on PM know-how

By Shambhavi Pandey

The Complete Guide to Evals and Observability for Product Managers

How AI products fail silently, what production traces reveal, when to use code-based evals, LLM-as-judge, and human evaluation, and how to build…

Jun 18•Shambhavi Pandey

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AI Product Fluency

The Complete Guide to Evals and Observability for Product Managers

Agent Harnesses for PMs: What Turns AI Systems into Reliable Workers

A complete guide to agent harness including the 8 core components, how Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Manus, OpenClaw, and Hermes implement them…

May 19•Shambhavi Pandey

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AI Agent Products, Dissected: Cursor and Replit

How two of the best agent products answered the hardest questions every AI product builder faces (how much autonomy, what guardrails, and how to build…

Mar 6•Shambhavi Pandey

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11 AI Product Predictions for 2026 Across Infrastructure, Moats, and Autonomous Workflows

From 2025's failures to 2026's strategic predictions on infrastructure, defensible moats, and autonomous workflows. What determines AI product success…

Feb 14•Shambhavi Pandey

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What I'd Ship?

The AI PM's Practical Guide to Product Thinking

Applying AI Product Sense to improve ChatGPT for professional users

Mar 24, 2025•Shambhavi Pandey

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How would you improve Personalization for eBay?

an example product management take home writing assignment.

May 1, 2024•Shambhavi Pandey

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How to Drive Personalization for Your Product

IDEA framework for PMs

Apr 24, 2024•Shambhavi Pandey

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