Young Leaders in Tech

Stop Claude building the wrong thing and make it ask you 4 questions first | #100

A native question tool lives inside Claude Code and most people never use it outside plan mode. Here is how to wire it up, and which Claude surface…

Jul 9 • John Conneely

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June 2026

[DRAFT] 6 Ways I Use NotebookLM To Solve Problems

Heads up - this is a draft. Part of an experiment: publishing rough-but-timely versions of half-finished posts to a separate Drafts feed, instead of…

Jun 19 • John Conneely

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You Voted. The Drafts Feed is Live. | #99

It wasn’t a big poll, and I posted it on a Friday - but the response that came in was clear: 70% said yes, 40% wanted a dedicated Drafts tab. So here we…

Jun 5 • John Conneely

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May 2026

[DRAFT] Print PDF this blog, drop it in Claude Code, get a fully kitted Ghostty terminal

You read it for the screenshots. Your agent reads it for the commands.

May 17 • John Conneely

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March 2026

How I Finally Sorted My Claude Code Memory | #98

How a single Substack post unlocked Claude Code's hidden memory system - and the full setup prompts to replicate it yourself.

Mar 18 • John Conneely

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The Mirror That Breaks Things: Notes from ProductCon London 2026 | #97

My notes from ProductCon London 2026 - eleven talks, one uncomfortable message: AI doesn't create your problems. It just makes them impossible to look…

Mar 3 • John Conneely

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February 2026

Building My Content Creation Agent Ecosystem: Part 1 | #96

This blog is going to be a little different. Learn how I built an AI content creation system, tested it four ways, and discovered authenticity beats…

Feb 16 • John Conneely

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October 2025

Understanding Claude Code: Skills vs Commands vs Subagents vs Plugins | #95

Anthropic shipped plugins, marketplaces and skills in the last three weeks. I spent too time rebuilding my Claude Code setup after each release. Here's…

Oct 21, 2025 • John Conneely

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July 2025

How to Become a Product Manager | #94

The best route into Product Management is through adjacent roles. This blog covers what to focus on, how to build product sense, and the mindset you…

Jul 1, 2025 • John Conneely

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May 2025

How to Create a Design System to Add as Knowledge to AI App Builders | #93

Improve your AI app builder designs by feeding a design system into the builder. Here’s the prompt I used to create one from scratch.

May 9, 2025 • John Conneely

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Ep13 - Beyond the Interface - Rethinking UX from the Inside Out | #92

Explore how UX lives beyond the interface - inside team workflows, internal tools, and overlooked platform systems - in this talk I gave at a Dublin UX…

May 6, 2025 • John Conneely

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April 2025

A Ready-to-Use Continuous Discovery Template for Product Teams | #91

Use my free Continuous Discovery template in Miro designed to help product teams practice continuous discovery - from problem framing to delivery, with…

Apr 23, 2025 • John Conneely

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