The Stages of Judgment-Driven Development
Execution is cheap. Judgment is scarce. This post lays out the stages of Judgment-Driven Development and explains where human judgment must remain non-negotiable in AI-accelerated product development.
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What "Human Judgment" Actually Means in the Age of AI
As execution becomes cheap, judgment becomes the bottleneck. This post unpacks what human judgment really means in AI-assisted development, why "human in the loop" is not enough, and why accountability must be designed into the process.
When Vibe Coding Meets Reality
Vibe coding makes building feel effortless, but speed without judgment creates risk at enterprise scale. This post explores why execution is no longer the bottleneck, and what’s actually missing.
Where the Full-Stack Builder Model Works, and Where It Breaks
AI makes building faster, but collapsing PM, UX, and engineering into one role only works in certain contexts. Here’s where it shines, and where it creates fragility.
A Real Second Brain
How I stopped working for my second brain and started extracting value from it, without forcing structure or discipline theater.
CV Match: Why I Built It, What I Refused to Build, and What I Learned After 100 Real Users
Why I built CV Match, the product constraints I refused to compromise on, and what I learned after shipping a small but real product to real users.
The Full Stack PM
Why the most effective product managers are generalists by design, and how breadth, ownership, and a shared language across disciplines create better products and stronger teams.
When Private Equity Optimizes the Wrong Thing
Why private equity cost optimization often destroys the very innovation and resilience that made Israeli tech companies successful in the first place.
Why So Serious?
On how work lost its sense of proportion, how professionalism turned into parody, and why forgetting our humanity is the fastest way to build broken cultures.
The Timeless Triangle of Time, Quality, and Quantity
Why software development still behaves like every other production system.
The Answer Is Still Cookies
Why companies keep thinking their problems are unique, and why the real answers are usually much older than they think.
A Small 80s Bonus Post
Dragon 32 nostalgia, a retro game revival, and a quick reality check on Google’s Antigravity.
From CLS to Agentic AI
Growing up through the analog-to-digital shift and what it taught me about adaptation in the age of AI.
A Fool with a Tool
Why tools alone don't solve problems and how to avoid becoming a fool with a fancy new hammer.
From Hand-Waving to Hands-On Leadership
How vague leadership language slows teams down, and how real leaders replace slogans with clarity, ownership, and direction.
Why the Best Leaders Keep Asking Why
How the Five Whys method and the habit of asking better questions can turn complexity into clarity.
Metadata Then & Now: A Decade of Machine Understanding
Ten years after my original Dalet post on metadata, I look back at how AI reshaped the balance between manual tagging, automation, and meaning.
(My) Practical Guide to How to Build a Roadmap
A practical system for building roadmaps that connect strategy, market insight, and team alignment — refined through real-world product leadership.
So Why Newrealm?
How a simple idea to share thoughts on product, AI, leadership, and weekend projects finally turned into something real.
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