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How I Stopped Building a Website and Started Building an MCP Protocol
My paid subscribers can now search my entire prompt library from inside Claude. Here is the architecture, the prompts, and the security mistake I almost…
Apr 7 • Elena | AI Product Leader
Build A RAG Agent For Your Career Portfolio
Session Two. How to use RAG to ground your personal brand in reality and stop AI hallucinations.
Mar 10 • Elena | AI Product Leader
AI Took My Job. I’m Glad It Did
Last Friday I was a Senior Product Manager at a corporate consultancy. Today, I’m unemployed and more powerful than ever. Here’s why that matters for…
Feb 5 • Elena | AI Product Leader
I Won a Vibecoding Challenge With Two Apps I Built in 45 Minutes With These Exact Prompts
Speed is the new resume. While everyone else was making prettier slides, I shipped two fully functional apps and won the grand prize. Here’s how you can…
Feb 3 • Elena | AI Product Leader
The Complete Product Playbook: How I Shipped AI Advent Challenge Without a Dev Team
Premium guide for paid subscribers
Jan 13 • Elena | AI Product Leader
Stop Sending Static Resumes. Vibe Code Your Portfolio Instead.
Watch me vibe code my new PM portfolio in 30 minutes using Lovable and Gemini. Stop sending PDFs and show recruiters you can build with AI.
Mar 3 • Elena | AI Product Leader
Lovable Just Launched Payments. Here Is Every Way I Broke It First.
I beta tested Paddle inside Lovable before it went public. The checkout worked. The database wrote nothing. Here is what actually happened behind the…
Apr 14 • Elena | AI Product Leader
The Complete Guide to Building Your First AI App with Lovable
Everything you need to go from idea to working app in under an hour, including the exact prompts, troubleshooting tips, and optimization strategies I…
Aug 18, 2025 • Elena | AI Product Leader
Stop Prompting Blind: The Spec That Fixed My AI Rework Problem
Why 66% of developers waste hours on “almost right” AI code, and the 5-part template that prevents it.
May 5 • Elena | AI Product Leader
How to Tell Whether Your Retention Drop Is a Product Problem or a Timing Problem
Most PMs fix the wrong thing when retention drops. Here is the two-step process I use to separate what I built wrong from what was never mine to…
May 19 • Elena | AI Product Leader
How I Built a Self-Correcting Data Engine for my AI Vault
From the Butcher to the Critic: I built a three-pass audit system to clean 180 legacy blueprints. Here is the exact logic I used.
Mar 31 • Elena | AI Product Leader
Your AI Code Is Lying to You: 43% Fails in Production and Your PM Is the Last to Know
The verification gap is the biggest threat to AI products in 2026. Here's how I catch it before it ships, the exact checks I run, and why your product…
Apr 28 • Elena | AI Product Leader
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