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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Product Engineering for PMs, Part 3: Build a SaaS App Without Coding DevFeed: [Product Engineering for PMs, Part 3: Build a SaaS App Without Coding]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-09-14T19:12:58Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Software as a service](), [web applications](), [stripe](), [Firewall](), [Security](), [agentic-engineering]() Tags: [agentic](), [application](), [coding](), [firewall](), [payments](), [saas](), [saas-app](), [security]() ### AI overview A tutorial for product managers on building a multi-tenant SaaS web application without coding, including real Stripe payments, a web application firewall, and agentic reviews focused on logic, security, and performance. ### Source excerpt Enable real Stripe payments, add a web application firewall (Cloudflare or Netlify), and run agentic reviews of a real multi-tenant SaaS app: logic, security, performance. No coding. ## Product Engineering for PMs, Part 2: Build a SaaS App Without Coding DevFeed: [Product Engineering for PMs, Part 2: Build a SaaS App Without Coding]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-09-07T12:33:05Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Software as a service](), [GitHub](), [Supabase](), [Netlify](), [AI Development](), [Authentication]() Tags: [ai](), [authentication](), [development](), [github](), [netlify](), [saas]() ### AI overview This tutorial continues a product-engineering series for PMs by describing how to take the AskOne multi-tenant SaaS application to production. It covers production projects and deployment with GitHub, Supabase, and Netlify, along with a custom DNS domain, Clerk, analytics, and Google authentication, within a lightweight AI-assisted software lifecycle. ### Source excerpt Add a moderator role, then take a real multi-tenant SaaS app to production: GitHub, Supabase, Netlify, custom domain, Clerk, analytics, Google auth. No coding. ## Product Engineering for PMs, Part 1: Build a SaaS App Without Coding DevFeed: [Product Engineering for PMs, Part 1: Build a SaaS App Without Coding]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-08-31T15:35:45Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Software as a service](), [Claude Code](), [Supabase](), [Browser Automation](), [Automation](), [test](), [coding](), [Artificial Intelligence]() Tags: [automation](), [browser](), [build](), [claude](), [claude-code](), [coding](), [deploy](), [how-to](), [monetization](), [saas]() ### AI overview A step-by-step series for PMs and non-coders to design, build, secure, deploy, launch, monetize, analyze, and monitor a commercial SaaS app using Claude Code, Clerk, and Supabase. The case study is AskOne, a live Q&A product, and the article includes prompts, templates, browser automation, and testing workflows. ### Source excerpt Design, build, secure, and deploy a real multi-tenant SaaS app in 3-4 hours: Claude Code, Clerk, Supabase. No coding. All prompts included. ## AI Prototyping in 2026: The PM Field Guide DevFeed: [AI Prototyping in 2026: The PM Field Guide]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-08-19T12:19:16Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [prompt](), [Tool](), [Security](), [pixel]() Tags: [2026](), [ai](), [context](), [field](), [guide](), [pixel](), [prompt](), [security](), [tool]() ### AI overview A field guide to AI prototyping that compares tools for different jobs, presents a context prompt, recommends a security check before sharing a link, and addresses pixel-perfect handoff. ### Source excerpt I built the same CRM four times in just over an hour, live. The field guide: which tool for which job, the context prompt that beats a spec, the security check before you share a link, and the pixel-perfect handoff ## Claude Opus 5: Eight Instruction Blocks for Improving Its Use DevFeed: [Claude Opus 5: Eight Instruction Blocks for Improving Its Use]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-08-10T17:52:32Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Claude](), [anthropic]() Tags: [anthropic](), [claude](), [model]() ### AI overview An opinion article argues that Claude Opus 5 performs better with more instructions, presenting eight instruction blocks based on the author's experience. ### Source excerpt Anthropic was proud of removing 80% of instructions. This model needs more of them. The eight blocks that made Opus 5 the best Opus I have used. ## GPT-5.6 Luna and Fable 5 Compared in a Bug-Fixing Cost Benchmark DevFeed: [GPT-5.6 Luna and Fable 5 Compared in a Bug-Fixing Cost Benchmark]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-08-02T12:24:55Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Benchmark](), [anthropic](), [Claude](), [OpenAI](), [ChatGPT](), [API](), [Claude Code](), [context window](), [coding]() Tags: [ai](), [api](), [benchmark](), [chatgpt](), [claude](), [claude-code](), [efficiency](), [performance](), [token]() ### AI overview The article describes experiments comparing AI model performance and cost for bug fixing. In the author's benchmark, GPT-5.6 Luna at maximum reasoning effort fixed 33 of 105 hidden bugs at an API cost of $1.80, while Fable 5 fixed 29 at a cost of $104. ### Source excerpt Measured, not estimated: 105 hidden bugs, 10 frontier models, 14 runs. The $1.80 run beat the $104 one. My routing, and the setup. ## Product Discovery for Product Managers in 2026 DevFeed: [Product Discovery for Product Managers in 2026]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-07-22T20:01:35Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Product Management](), [Usability](), [Users]() Tags: [2026](), [discovery](), [guide](), [product-management](), [risk]() ### AI overview This guide explains why product discovery remains important for product managers in 2026, even as shipping becomes faster and cheaper. It focuses on validating ideas, managing product risks, and deciding what to build before committing resources. ### Source excerpt You can ship an idea the same day you have it. That's why discovery matters more, not less. What changed, what didn't, and what to learn. ## C31. AI-Native Practitioner PM DevFeed: [C31. AI-Native Practitioner PM]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-07-15T20:22:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Claude](), [Claude Code](), [codex](), [agentic-engineering](), [Large Language Model]() Tags: [agentic](), [agentic-engineering](), [agents](), [ai](), [claude](), [claude-code](), [codex](), [guides]() ### AI overview This article introduces the C31 AI-Native Practitioner PM module and explains how it follows the C30 Claude and Codex Certified PM program. It outlines the certification path, including a knowledge test for C30 and planned exercises covering knowledge bases, agent memory, product discovery, prototyping, AI evaluations, and agentic engineering for C31. ### Source excerpt A complete path: live sessions, guides, , support, and your digital AI PM credentials. ## 19 Hands-On Video Guides for PMs DevFeed: [19 Hands-On Video Guides for PMs]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-07-14T14:51:34Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Learning](), [Claude Code](), [codex](), [agentic-engineering](), [vs-code](), [Extension](), [Command-line interface](), [n8n](), [Multi Agent Systems]() Tags: [agentic-engineering](), [claude-code](), [cli](), [codex](), [cursor](), [engineering](), [extension](), [guides](), [learning](), [multi-agent-systems](), [n8n](), [video]() ### AI overview The article announces an Events Archive containing 19 recordings of AI product-management sessions, including demonstrations, question-and-answer segments, timestamps, free templates, and linked resources. It highlights three free sessions on Claude Cowork, Codex App, and Claude Code, and describes upcoming sessions and an AI PM Learning Program. It also reports the author's Grok Build for VS Code extension reaching more than 20,000 installs and about 1,400 daily active users. ### Source excerpt The Events Archive is live: Claude Code, Cowork, Codex, n8n, Lovable, and more. Start with the 3 free ones. ## AI Product Manager Learning Roadmap for 2026 DevFeed: [AI Product Manager Learning Roadmap for 2026]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-07-05T18:37:53Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Product Management](), [AI Bots](), [Claude Code](), [n8n](), [Large Language Model](), [codex]() Tags: [2026](), [agents](), [ai](), [guide](), [product]() ### AI overview A 2026 learning roadmap for AI product managers covering foundational concepts, workspace and product agents, production reliability, and AI product strategy. It distinguishes agents used in a person's workspace from agents embedded in products or business processes. ### Source excerpt Every skill, tool, and guide to become an AI Product Manager in 2026, built around one question: does the agent run on your work, or inside your product? ## The AI-Native PM Roadmap: A Live Session Every Week, First 3 Free DevFeed: [The AI-Native PM Roadmap: A Live Session Every Week, First 3 Free]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-07-01T23:08:13Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Product Management](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Claude Code](), [vs-code](), [Claude](), [codex]() Tags: [ai](), [claude](), [claude-code](), [codex](), [product-management](), [sessions](), [vs-code]() ### AI overview The article announces a weekly live, hands-on roadmap for product managers learning to use AI agents. The first three sessions are free and cover Claude Cowork, Codex, and Claude Code in VS Code, with live demonstrations, materials, homework, recordings, and later premium sessions. ### Source excerpt One live, hands-on session every week. The first three are free, from Claude Cowork to Claude Code in VS Code. ## Agent Loops for Product Managers: Definitions, Stop Conditions, and Examples DevFeed: [Agent Loops for Product Managers: Definitions, Stop Conditions, and Examples]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-06-22T15:15:49Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [AI Agent](), [Claude Code](), [codex](), [Agile]() Tags: [agile](), [ai-agent](), [claude-code](), [codex]() ### AI overview This tutorial explains agent loops for product managers, distinguishing routines, workflows, and goal-driven loops. It emphasizes defining acceptance criteria, success metrics, and sign-off conditions so an agent knows when to stop, and discusses Claude Code, Codex, /loop, and /goal. ### Source excerpt PMs already define done: acceptance criteria, metrics, signoff. That's what makes loops useful. Includes PRD hardening, feedback clustering, competitor watch, and ship checks. ## Fable 5 Launch Claims Tested Through Seven Experiments and 1,000+ Timed Runs DevFeed: [Fable 5 Launch Claims Tested Through Seven Experiments and 1,000+ Timed Runs]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-06-11T04:28:43Z Content type: comparison Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [experiments](), [prompt](), [Claude]() Tags: [claude](), [days](), [experiments](), [guide](), [launch](), [prompt](), [v3]() ### AI overview The article examines Fable 5 launch claims using seven experiments and more than 1,000 timed runs, covering claims that changed, the cost of producing a real finding, and an initial prompt to run. ### Source excerpt Fable 5 is four days old. 7 experiments and 1,000+ timed runs later: the launch claims that flipped, what a real finding costs, and the first prompt you should run. ## PM Skills 2.0: Red-Team Your Roadmap, Then Check the Code Before You Ship DevFeed: [PM Skills 2.0: Red-Team Your Roadmap, Then Check the Code Before You Ship]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-06-05T17:55:04Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Claude](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [GitHub](), [test](), [execution]() Tags: [ai](), [claude](), [command](), [env-file-security](), [github](), [plugins](), [release](), [review]() ### AI overview PM Skills 2.0 is a free, MIT-licensed Claude marketplace release with 68 skills, 42 commands, and 9 plugins. It adds the /red-team-prd command and an AI Shipping Kit for documenting, auditing, and shipping AI-built applications with human sign-off. ### Source excerpt 68 free Claude skills, 42 commands, 9 plugins. This release adds a new /red-team-prd command and the AI Shipping Kit: a way to document, audit, and ship AI-built apps with human sign-off. ## What Product Managers Review in Agentic Engineering DevFeed: [What Product Managers Review in Agentic Engineering]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-05-31T22:50:22Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [agentic-engineering](), [prompt](), [Job]() Tags: [agentic](), [agentic-engineering](), [engineering](), [prompt]() ### AI overview The article argues that product managers working with agentic engineering do not need to code, but should review the resulting artifacts. It also presents this as an evolving product-management responsibility and mentions a prompt pack. ### Source excerpt You don't have to code. What you review instead, why it's the PM job now, and the prompt pack for agentic engineering. ## PM Brain OS: The Second Brain for Product Managers, Made of Markdown DevFeed: [PM Brain OS: The Second Brain for Product Managers, Made of Markdown]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-05-20T13:09:25Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Claude Code](), [MDX](), [Open Source]() Tags: [audit-trail](), [claude](), [claude-code](), [dogfooding](), [markdown](), [open-source](), [provenance](), [rag](), [repo]() ### AI overview The article presents PM Brain, an open-source second-brain system for product managers built from Markdown files in a Git repository. Claude reads and updates the files according to a CLAUDE.md operating manual, while weekly sweeps promote recurring, decision-relevant, or strategy-relevant information into a durable layer. The system intentionally avoids vector databases, embeddings, cloud storage, and automatic tagging, and includes installation guidance, commands, architecture details, provenance, and evaluation results. ### Source excerpt A folder of files on your laptop. Claude reads them before answering, writes to them after, sweeps them every Friday. Open source. 17 synthetic PM scenarios, 404 of 406 checks pass (~=99.5%). ## Claude Code for PMs: The Beginner's Guide DevFeed: [Claude Code for PMs: The Beginner's Guide]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-05-12T21:39:56Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Claude Code](), [Model Context Protocol](), [Visual Studio Code](), [Large Language Model](), [Vibe coding]() Tags: [beginner](), [claude-code](), [codex](), [how-to](), [install](), [llm](), [mcp](), [openai](), [skills](), [template]() ### AI overview A beginner-focused guide for product managers explains how to install Claude Code with its Visual Studio Code extension, configure MCP servers, use and create skills, and work with free frontier models. It also includes a ready-to-use template with plugins, skills, permissions, and configuration. ### Source excerpt No Cowork experience needed. Install Claude Code, configure MCP servers, build skills, and run free frontier models. Ready-to-use template included. ## From Weeks to Hours: How Claude Design Compresses Product Discovery DevFeed: [From Weeks to Hours: How Claude Design Compresses Product Discovery]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Paweł Huryn Published: 2026-05-04T20:15:15Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [The Product Compass]() Topics: [Claude](), [Code]() Tags: [claude](), [design](), [discovery](), [product](), [production](), [prototype]() ### AI overview The article presents Claude Design as a way to compress product discovery from weeks to hours, move from design to shipped code in days, and address five remaining gaps. The claims are described as tested on real production code rather than a demo. ### Source excerpt Idea to prototype in hours. Design to shipped code in days. Five gaps still bite. Tested on real production code, not a demo.