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Product manager at Meta who ships products with AI coding tools without writing code.
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Shoe DogBook Phil Knight
business books, I'm a big fan of Shoe Dog, uh, the Nike story. One of my favorite
Lenny's Podcast, "How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-01-18·youtube.com ↗
The PitOther
I just finished watching The Pit, which was amazing.
Lenny's Podcast, "How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-01-18·youtube.com ↗
MindsetBook Carol Dweck
mindset by Carol Dick, who uh coined the term growth mindset. It's just such an amazing book. It kind of sounds like a self-help book, but then you you understand that it's completely psychological and and is based on research. Um and that book completely changed my life. uh really I was always with a fixed mindset and then after reading that I kind of understood uh that it was something holding me back and since then I've been really really trying to cultivate a growth mindset. So I really recommend everyone reading that
Lenny's Podcast, "How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). Captions spell the author "Carol Dick".
2026-01-18·youtube.com ↗
SeveranceOther
if you haven't seen Severance, run to see Severance, one of my favorite shows.
Lenny's Podcast, "How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-01-18·youtube.com ↗
CapSoftware Cap
there's an open source alternative called CAP, which is just really wellcrafted. Um, you can see that the person was like really sweating the details and, uh, it's just a really, really great alternative. So, I've been using that recently.
Lenny's Podcast, "How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code", lightning round, favourite recently discovered product; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). An open-source alternative to Loom, which the guest says disappointed them.
2026-01-18·youtube.com ↗
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