← Back to issue8 / 31 · Week of Jun 22, 2026

Implementation Is Cheap; Taste Is the Bottleneck

AI-native product teams can generate many working artifacts quickly, so the scarce skill shifts from implementation to choosing, curating, and framing the right work. Why it matters: Polished AI prototypes can look production-ready before the problem, user need, or model reliability has been validated. Teams need stronger judgment gates, not just faster building.

Try this: For the next AI-generated prototype, label its stage explicitly: exploration, capability test, interaction prototype, beta, or release candidate.

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Lenny's Podcast — Andrew Ambrosino on Codex product work
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