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Notes on product ownership for teams running coding agents.

8 October 20266 min read

Spec-driven development describes one change in depth. It does not say what comes next, what blocks it, or whether the last spec was ever met.

Tech lead as product owner: when it works and when it fails

8 October 20266 min read

Tech lead as product owner works for a few weeks. Then one person writes the criteria and reviews the work, and nobody checks the criteria.

Engineering metrics that still work once agents build

7 October 20268 min read

Engineering metrics still work once agents build, but the time inside them moves to waiting for decisions and review. What to split, add and demote.

The product roadmap when building is no longer the constraint

7 October 20268 min read

A product roadmap used to be rationed by engineering capacity. With coding agents almost anything fits, so the roadmap has to say what not to build.

Does a definition of ready help coding agents?

6 October 20266 min read

A definition of ready was called a stage-gate when people could ask questions mid-sprint. A coding agent never asks, so the gate is where they get asked.

Engineering team structure when agents write the code

6 October 20268 min read

Engineering team structure changes less than the headlines say. The roles stay; the hours move to specifying work and judging what comes back.