· 5 min read
The Unnamed Headliner
Ten hours of Coachella 2026 and one artist was in every set. His name wasn't on the lineup.
Open Mic
Open Mic
First principles. Creators from every medium doing the work that only they can do.
7 posts
· 4 min read
Tax on the System
Writing a pop-punk song to understand yourself is an unusually honest personality test.
· 7 min read
Shigesato Itoi Spent Twelve Years on MOTHER 3. Then He Said: Never Again.
The ad copywriter who made three games and stopped. Why that restraint matters.
· 6 min read
Sony Said Demon's Souls Was Crap. Miyazaki Shipped It Anyway.
In 2009, Sony's head of worldwide studios played Demon's Souls for two hours and called it unbelievably bad. FromSoftware published it without them. Then they built a genre.
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Yoko Taro Built a Product That Asks You to Delete It. Nine Million People Said Yes.
NieR: Automata's creator was a self-proclaimed loser who hid from his publisher, designed a game that lies to you for 20 hours and then asks you to sacrifice everything for a stranger. It sold nine million copies.
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From Pixels to Punk: A Manifesto for the New Era of Product Management
Product management isn't dead but the old way of doing it is over. A rallying cry for PMs building in the middle of creativity and chaos.
· 5 min read
The Most Important PM Lesson I Ever Learned Was Behind a Drum Kit
YouTuber Kize Bae gave herself 30 days to learn drums from scratch. What she discovered and what I found when I picked up the sticks myself — is more useful than any PM framework.