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I Built an MVP in Hours. The Hard Part Started After It Worked

I Built an MVP in Hours. The Hard Part Started After It Workedby: Todd EtchiesonPublished on: 04/05/2026

AI didn't just make building faster. It made it easier to skip the thinking that building used to force. Here's what I ran into when I built my own tool in a few hours, and what it reminded me about judgment in a world where the cost of action keeps dropping.

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I Built an MVP in Hours. The Hard Part Started After It Worked

When Shipping Product Feels Like Magic

When Shipping Product Feels Like Magicby: Todd EtchiesonPublished on: 03/29/2026

I remember the feeling the first time my ELEN 348 lab project worked. I got that feeling again on Saturday over my morning coffee.

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When Shipping Product Feels Like Magic

AI on the Roadmap Doesn't Make You an AI Product

AI on the Roadmap Doesn't Make You an AI Productby: Todd EtchiesonPublished on: 03/22/2026

Adding AI to a product is getting easier. Turning it into a durable advantage is not. This piece looks at why so many companies can point to AI activity without ending up with a meaningfully stronger product position, and the question that helps separate scattered experimentation from something that actually compounds.ost Description

Operating DisciplineStrategic Clarity That Scales
AI on the Roadmap Doesn't Make You an AI Product

When Hiring Makes the Organization Slower

When Hiring Makes the Organization Slowerby: Todd EtchiesonPublished on: 03/16/2026

There is a point for growing software companies where adding people stops feeling like acceleration and starts feeling like braking.

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When Hiring Makes the Organization Slower

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