The Product Engineers Podcast
Episodes
Your Hourly Rate Is Broken (Here's What AI Changed) | With Judith Bohlert
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're freelancing as a software engineer, you've probably noticed something a bit weird: your freelance pricing is now working against you. The fa...
Your Hourly Rate Is Broken (Here's What AI Changed) | With Judith Bohlert
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're freelancing as a software engineer, you've probably noticed something a bit weird: your freelance pricing is now working against you. The fa...
Meeting Notes That Ship Code | With Earmark founders
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a product engineer, engineering manager or PM, we all know how it goes: you go through tons of meetings every day, and only when they end ...
Meeting Notes That Ship Code | With Earmark founders
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a product engineer, engineering manager or PM, we all know how it goes: you go through tons of meetings every day, and only when they end ...
Product Development Has Completely Changed | AI Did This
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is reshaping product development and the future of work for every role in the tech industry. Every product team used to work the same way: slow dis...
The Agile Dream Finally Came True | AI Made It Happen
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is reshaping product development and the future of work for every role in the tech industry. Every product team used to work the same way: slow dis...
60+ Years of Engineering Built Into One AI Framework
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI software development is changing software engineering forever, but most AI tools produce code that drifts, hallucinates, and needs constant rework....
60+ Years of Engineering Built Into One AI Framework
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI software development is changing software engineering forever, but most AI tools produce code that drifts, hallucinates, and needs constant rework....
Thinking in Product Outcomes | The Shift Every Engineer Needs to Make
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You shipped the feature, closed the ticket, merged the PR — but do you have any idea if it actually mattered? If you want to know how to be a better...
Thinking in Product Outcomes | The Shift Every Engineer Needs to Make
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You shipped the feature, closed the ticket, merged the PR — but do you have any idea if it actually mattered? If you want to know how to be a better...
You're Thinking About AI Wrong. Here's Why Product Engineers Are Thriving
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is rewriting code. But can it replace the engineer who understands the customer? Here's why Product Engineers are the future — and how to become ...
You're Thinking About AI Wrong. Here's Why Product Engineers Are Thriving
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is writing code. But can it replace the engineer who understands the customer? Here's why Product Engineers are the future — and how to become on...
Why I'd Hire a Junior Engineer Over a 10-Year Senior
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If I had to choose between a junior engineer and a senior with 10 years of experience who's only ever focused on writing code, I'd pick the junior. Ev...
Why I'd Hire a Junior Engineer Over a 10-Year Senior
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If I had to choose between a junior engineer and a senior with 10 years of experience who's only ever focused on writing code, I'd pick the junior. Ev...
Why Planning Kills More Startups Than Bad Code (Serial Startup Founder)
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real runway isn't money but learning speed? Anders Fredriksson has spent 20 years building startups and watching teams fail the same way: ...
Why Planning Kills More Startups Than Bad Code (Serial Startup Founder)
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real runway isn't money but learning speed? Anders Fredriksson has spent 20 years building startups and watching teams fail the same way: ...
Why Engineers Should Make the Final Call — Not PMs (PostHog Executive)
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when engineers — not product managers — have the final say on what gets built? Raquel Smith is a product executive at PostHog and has...
Why Engineers Should Make the Final Call — Not PMs (PostHog Executive)
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when engineers — not product managers — have the final say on what gets built? Raquel Smith is a product executive at PostHog and has...
Why Your Leadership Style Won't Survive Product Engineers (CTO Coach)
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is your leadership style built for an era that's already ending? Stephan Schmidt has seen tech transform three times: home computers, the internet...
Why Your Leadership Style Won't Survive Product Engineers (CTO Coach)
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is your leadership style built for an era that's already ending? Stephan Schmidt has seen tech transform three times: home computers, the internet, an...
The Product × Engineering Convergence | Else Van Der Berg & Peppe Silletti
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Something weird is happening in product teams right now.Engineers are getting involved in product decisions that would have traditionally belonged to ...
Why Your Product Trio Is Actually Waterfall in Disguise (Product Lead)
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Product managers who vibe code. Engineers who make product decisions. Designers shipping prototypes without handoffs. The roles are blurring, and it's...
Experiments Over Features - With Kevin Östlin (CEO & co-founder Andsend)
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin is part of the founding team at Andsend, an AI relationship agent that helps consultants and freelancers stay connected with their networks.Here...
Why Deleting Your Backlog Makes You Ship Faster (CEO Explains)
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your entire sprint cycle fit into a single day? Kevin Ostlin went from running traditional Scrum with a perfect Jira backlog to deleting the w...
Software Engineers As Problem Shapers (Not Ticket Tackers)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Martin Pengelly-Phillips, the VP of Engineering at Zen Educate, shares his journey from the film industry to product engineering...
Software Engineers As Problem Shapers (Not Ticket Tackers)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if product managers, designers, and even VPs of Engineering are "pure overhead"? Martin, VP of Engineering at Zen Educate, makes the provocative ...
Vibe Talking #3: The Era of the Product Creator
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discussed an article from Marty Cagan: The Era Of The Product CreatorVibe Talking is the series from the Product Engineers podcast,...
Vibe Talking #2: Looking For A New Name For "Tech Debt"
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss this post from Michele Sollecito: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michelesollecito_what-if-we-reframed-our-approach-to-persistent-acti...
Designing Products In The Age Of AI - With Toms Varpins
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's happening in the designers' world in the age of AI?Vibe designing? AI wiping out designers from Earth? Engineers acting like Steve Jobs? Well, ...
How AI Exposes Designers Who Can't Think (Product Designer)
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI tools promise to turn anyone into a designer—but deliver "generative mediocrity"? Toms Varpins, a product designer with 12 year...
Vibe Talking #1: Lovable's Engineers Do All Of The PMing
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/elenaverna_this-1000-this-at-lovable-we-shortcut-activity-7357095943877369856-_mImVibe Talking is the s...