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“You made this session super-fun. And it was only an hour. Thanks for the opportunity -this was wonderful!” Jayasri Guthula Intro We kicked off another Big Nerd Hackathon with a simple challenge: build a fully functional app in under an…
Speed without direction doesn’t help. In fact, it can make things worse. Right now, more people than ever can build products. AI tools are faster. Code is easier. Design is more accessible. So naturally, more people are building. But here’s…
Introduction We kicked off another Big Nerd Hackathon with a simple challenge: build a fully functional app in under an hour using AI. Madi opened with a warm welcome as designers, product managers, engineers, and students from across the globe…
Most AI tools generate answers. AI agents evaluate outcomes. This project started as a simple experiment: if we are running AI hackathons, why not let AI help evaluate the demos? But the experiment quickly became something more. It turned into…
Editor’s Update Feb 23, 2026: Less than a week after this article was originally published, another high-profile incident occurred involving the same tool, Clawdbot. A senior AI leader at Meta publicly described a nightmare scenario in which the tool executed…
We are living through a rare moment where the foundations of technology are being rebuilt in real time. Artificial intelligence did not arrive all at once. It is emerging through a series of interconnected layers, each compounding the next. Understanding…
How Leading Product Teams Reduce Risk, Validate Ideas Faster, and Build Real Business Value For years, product teams have been told the same thing. Be Agile. Be Lean. Move fast. In theory, these ideas make sense. In practice, they often…
For decades, the working world rewarded specialists. Designers designed. Developers coded. Product managers wrote requirements. Clear lanes. Clear skills. Clear boundaries. That world is disappearing. Today, teams are leaner, expectations are higher, and the pace of delivery is relentless. Meanwhile,…
In the race to launch, every founder feels the pressure. Your runway is finite, your roadmap is packed, and the need for speed is everything. It’s easy to see user testing as a delay—a ‘luxury’ you’ll get to after you’re…
You know that feeling when you finally get a product idea out of your head and onto a whiteboard… and then realize you’ve still got months of design, testing, and dev ahead of you? Yeah, that’s the old way. The…