# Bullshit Management Didn't Die. It Got Automated.

DevFeed: [Bullshit Management Didn't Die. It Got Automated.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bullshit-management-didn-t-die-it-got-automated-40034.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dpereira.substack.com/p/bullshit-management-didnt-die-it>)

Author: David Pereira

Published: 2026-09-03T12:27:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Untrapping Product Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/untrapping-product-teams.md>)

Topics: [Product Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-management.md>), [Requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/requirements.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [User Stories](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-stories.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [generate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generate.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [product-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-management.md>), [requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/requirements.md>), [user-stories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-stories.md>)

## AI overview

The author revisits the concept of "bullshit management" and argues that practices such as gathering requirements, maintaining extensive backlogs, and producing management reports have persisted while AI has automated or amplified parts of them. The supplied text presents this as an opinion-based critique, emphasizing that polished outputs may conceal limited customer understanding and learning.

## Source excerpt

Four years ago I named it. A million reads later, it's back with better tools.