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Notes from Anukul Saini on product strategy, AI features, growth, and shipping — no fluff, just lessons from building in production.
Notes on product strategy, AI features, and shipping. No fluff — just what I've learned building products people keep.
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What Building Query Noir Taught Me About How PMs Learn SQL
I did not write another SQL cheat sheet. I built a detective game with 40 skills — and designing the wrong answers taught me more about PM learning than another SELECT tutorial.
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Why I’m Killing My Highest-Traffic Listicles (And How I’m Building Moats with Non-Commodity Content)
Why i am stopping standard listicle production to focus entirely on proprietary software, tools, and lived experience.
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12 Best AI App Builders for Non-Coders, Ranked
I ranked the 12 best AI app builders for non-coders —Lovable, Bolt, Bubble, Glide, Replit, and more—based on ease of use, real app capability, pricing, and long-term maintainability.
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15 Best VS Code Extensions to Boost Developer Productivity
Discover the best VS Code extensions for faster coding, debugging, Git, AI development, API testing, formatting, and frontend productivity.
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15 Best Open Source CRM, Ranked
This listicle is my honest, no-BS take on the best open source CRMs you can actually use without burning cash or sanity.
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8 Best Free Resume Builders and ATS Checkers, Ranked
we have a practical, no-BS ranking of truly free resume builders and ATS checkers, based on what you can actually download and use without hitting a paywall.
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How to Vibe Code : Only Vibe Coding Guide You’ll Ever Need
From chaotic AI output to production‑ready code: this guide covers my full vibecoding workflow—skills, .md context files, and a simple explanation of transformers and attention—so your AI actually follows your specs and design rules.
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Product Management
How to Turn Customer Feedback Into Product Decisions
A practical framework for collecting customer feedback, spotting patterns, and turning raw input into better product decisions.
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Product Management
How to Write a Product Requirements Document That Works
Learn how to write a clear product requirements document with a simple structure, examples, and the details teams actually need.
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Product Management
Technical Product Manager: Skills, Scope, and Daily Work
Understand what a technical product manager does, the skills they need, and how the role differs from a standard PM role.
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Product Management
How to Become a Product Manager Without a Traditional Path?
A realistic guide for breaking into product management without a classic background, degree, or direct PM experience.
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Product Management
Product Owner vs Product Manager: Real Differences Explained
Learn the real difference between a product owner and a product manager, with clear responsibilities, overlaps, and where each role fits.
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Product Management
What Does a Product Manager Do Day to Day?
A practical breakdown of what product managers actually do each day, from planning and prioritization to working with teams and shipping features.
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Product Management
Feature Roadmap: How to Prioritize and Plan Features (With Template)
Learn how to build a feature roadmap that your team actually ships — with a free template, real examples, and a prioritization framework from a working PM.
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Product Management
Systems Thinking for Product Managers: A Practical Playbook
Learn systems thinking as a product manager with real examples, loops, and checklists you can plug into your PRDs, roadmaps, and experiments.
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Guide
SQL for Product Managers: The Only Guide You'll Actually Use
Learn SQL as a product manager with real queries, practical examples, and a cheat sheet you can bookmark. No fluff — just what you need to make faster, smarter product decisions.
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Personal Brand
Why Most PM Portfolios Are Forgettable — And How I Fixed Mine by Turning My Blog Into One
89% of hiring managers never read PM portfolios. Here's what actually works — and how I rewrapped my blog as my PM portfolio instead.
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Product Management
Why AI Makes You Feel Smarter (But Actually Makes You Worse at Your Job)
AI doesn't make you smarter it makes you feel smarter, Here's the science behind AI sycophancy why power users are the most delusional & 5 real fixes you can implement today.
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Guide
How to Use Less AI Tokens and Get More Output
Learn how you can reduce AI token usage, cut API costs, and get better outputs with smarter prompting strategies and workflows.
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Automation
How I Automated My Blog to Post Daily as a Solopreneur (Without Burning Out)
A solopreneur's honest guide to automating a blog — what tools, what cost, how much human work it still needs, and how to stay within Google's content rules while building real traffic.
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Guide
How to Choose the Right Stack for a Micro‑Tool (No‑BS Guide)
Not sure which tech stack to pick for your micro-tool? This no-nonsense guide walks you through a simple decision framework, design tips, and real personal experience from building tools from scratch.
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Product Management
What I Learned Building 8 Web Tools From Scratch (With Almost Zero Coding Experience)
I went from building a simple JPG to PNG converter to a full invoice generator with tax calculations and PDF downloads. Here's everything I learned, broke, and fixed along the way.
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Product Management
System Design Basics Every Product Leader Needs
Learn system design basics for product managers: what it is, vs DSA, why PMs need it, step-by-step guide + examples (Instagram, Uber). Boost your tech skills, ace interviews, ship scalable products.
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Product Management
How to Build a Product Roadmap From Scratch (Step-by-Step Guide)
Learn how to build a product roadmap from scratch — step by step. A practical guide by a PM with 6+ years of experience covering vision, prioritization, stakeholders, and common mistakes to avoid.
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Product Management
AI Tools for Product Managers: The Ones I Use Daily
A product manager's honest take on the best AI tools — not a generic list, but the actual tools I use daily to ship faster, write better PRDs, and stop drowning in meetings.
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Guide
How to Write a Personal Brand Statement with Examples (Guide)
A personal brand statement is your professional elevator pitch condensed into 1-
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WordPress
How I Debugged and Fixed WordPress Internal Site Search Spam
Have you ever noticed strange, spam‑like URLs piling up in your
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SEO
Why Over-Optimizing Your Website is a Bad Idea?
Over‑optimizing your website can tank rankings, hurt UX, and kill conversions. I break down what went wrong and how I fixed it with a product‑first SEO approach.
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