Kent C. Dodds 🌌

Switching from one agent ecosystem to another stinks. If only there were a way for you to switch between Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and others without having to leave all your stuff behind in their walled gardens! Today you can. Today, I launch Kody 🐨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA0x...

My name is Kent, and it's been 8 hours since my last session with agents went way past my bed time... www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXs9...

Faster shipping is not better product sense. @benv.ca on agents and human judgment. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/get-five-people-talking-about-your-product-iterative-feedback-with-ben-vinegar~zfzkk

Status quo is not the only alternative. @producttalk.bsky.social on confirmation bias in discovery. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

Clear intent beats clever prompts. Sam Julien on working with AI agents as a product engineer. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/triage-your-backlog-with-lno-product-minded-engineering-with-sam-julien~f1l2r

One place for what users said. @benv.ca on aggregating feedback for better product decisions. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/get-five-people-talking-about-your-product-iterative-feedback-with-ben-vinegar~zfzkk

Map opportunities before you fall in love with a solution. @producttalk.bsky.social on opportunity solution trees. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

Talk through the problem before you implement. Sam Julien on collaborative product dialogue. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/triage-your-backlog-with-lno-product-minded-engineering-with-sam-julien~f1l2r

SaaS is in serious trouble. Billions of people are about to have agents write software for them without even realizing it. I call it invisible software. Is your product ready for the next billion users? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00lzZaxv8U&list=PLV5CVI1eNcJhP4nrJt85L7PxHjebFpDfY

Informed opinion beats personal preference. @producttalk.bsky.social on why engineers should speak up carefully. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

I am curious, can you tell me more? @producttalk.bsky.social on curiosity over solution advocacy. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

Just now possible is an engineering advantage. @producttalk.bsky.social on marrying tech with customer need. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

Let me show you how I regularly ship 60+ valuable PRs a day solo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDRj...

One user focus. Many perspectives. @marktechson.com on the concert that makes software feel cared for. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/lead-with-empathy-and-listen-without-defense-product-sense-with-mark-techson~5z61q

Continuous discovery is a habit, not a project. @producttalk.bsky.social on staying close to customers. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

The only wrong move is ignoring it all. Everything else is a front row seat. @marktechson.com to developers who feel behind. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/lead-with-empathy-and-listen-without-defense-product-sense-with-mark-techson~5z61q

Just now possible got faster with AI. @producttalk.bsky.social on marrying that with real customer need. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/start-with-curiosity-and-talk-to-a-customer-continuous-discovery-with-teresa-torres~hhogx

I built an app with billions of tokens and turned it into a product people are paying me for. And now I'm just giving it to you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuR3...

You still have to pick what is worth building and worth telling people about. @marktechson.com on finite attention. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/lead-with-empathy-and-listen-without-defense-product-sense-with-mark-techson~5z61q

Execution got cheaper. Judgment became the job. Joyce Er watched Copilot change VS Code. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/keep-a-friction-log-and-read-a-sales-book-product-ownership-with-joyce-er~mu60m

If I had to use this, how would I feel? @marktechson.com on empathy as the career differentiator. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/lead-with-empathy-and-listen-without-defense-product-sense-with-mark-techson~5z61q

If customers and teammates trust you, the work is working. Joyce Er on the metric that survived the job change. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/keep-a-friction-log-and-read-a-sales-book-product-ownership-with-joyce-er~mu60m

I'm going to be joining @drblack.bsky.social on the main stage at @github.com Universe in a few weeks to talk about what's worth building when AI can build anything. Just met with Sue for the first time today and I'm so excited about what we have planned. You won't want to miss this.

Neighboring primitives change what you can build. @ritakozlov.com on understanding the whole product. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/use-the-product-yourself-empathy-architecture-and-pm-partnership-with-rita-kozlov~k6qle

Stop saying they are using it wrong. Listen without defense. @marktechson.com on the two feedback paths you can actually act on. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/lead-with-empathy-and-listen-without-defense-product-sense-with-mark-techson~5z61q

Defend the feature in public, including the button padding. Joyce Er on VS Code stand-up. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/keep-a-friction-log-and-read-a-sales-book-product-ownership-with-joyce-er~mu60m

Prototypes let PMs reach further. They also create the temptation to skip the real product. @ritakozlov.com on the trap. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/use-the-product-yourself-empathy-architecture-and-pm-partnership-with-rita-kozlov~k6qle

Read The Qualified Sales Leader. Someone has to know how value closes. Joyce Er's homework. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/keep-a-friction-log-and-read-a-sales-book-product-ownership-with-joyce-er~mu60m

PMs should understand the architecture. Product engineers should translate the trade-off. @ritakozlov.com's bar. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/use-the-product-yourself-empathy-architecture-and-pm-partnership-with-rita-kozlov~k6qle

A daily friction log. Any software, not just yours. Taste is a practice. Joyce Er's homework. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/keep-a-friction-log-and-read-a-sales-book-product-ownership-with-joyce-er~mu60m

This is fantastic. My Tesla is now connected to EVERYTHING. Home automation, coding agents, content analytics and publishing pipeline, all of this available instantly thanks to Tesla + Grok bot + kody.codes Let's GO!

You will represent users you have never been. Empathy is the job, not your own preference, says @ritakozlov.com. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/use-the-product-yourself-empathy-architecture-and-pm-partnership-with-rita-kozlov~k6qle

If your agents are making slop, don't give up or fight the agent with cleanup. Work on the primitives the agents have to work with instead. Let me show you what I mean. luma.com/gvnlrplc?tk=...

If you can only repeat the feature request, you do not understand the problem yet. @ritakozlov.com on the PM job. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/use-the-product-yourself-empathy-architecture-and-pm-partnership-with-rita-kozlov~k6qle

Treat the email editor and the API as different products. That changes the first question, says @erinfox.bsky.social. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ask-why-in-every-pr-product-engineering-with-erin-fox~lu7s6

You would be surprised how many people never click through the feature they just shipped. @ritakozlov.com's basic homework. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/use-the-product-yourself-empathy-architecture-and-pm-partnership-with-rita-kozlov~k6qle

The hard product conversation lands on a foundation of trust. @erinfox.bsky.social on knowing people, not just roles. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ask-why-in-every-pr-product-engineering-with-erin-fox~lu7s6

The PM is the compass. The product engineer takes one outcome and owns it end to end. Peppe Silletti on the split. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ai-is-a-tool-not-a-silver-bullet-product-discovery-with-peppe-silletti~ngjei

Ask why until the problem is actually clear. @erinfox.bsky.social's favorite advice is toddler-y on purpose. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ask-why-in-every-pr-product-engineering-with-erin-fox~lu7s6

Shadow your PM on customer calls, then watch session replays as a team. Peppe Silletti's homework. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ai-is-a-tool-not-a-silver-bullet-product-discovery-with-peppe-silletti~ngjei

How'd I do at explaining what makes kody.codes special in 66 seconds? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGMk...

Pretty AI diffs still need a why. @erinfox.bsky.social: put it in the PR, especially your own. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ask-why-in-every-pr-product-engineering-with-erin-fox~lu7s6

This is the sort of thing kody.codes enables

You will not interview your way to latent needs. Peppe Silletti: watch people use the software. Full episode and notes: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/ai-is-a-tool-not-a-silver-bullet-product-discovery-with-peppe-silletti~ngjei