Beyond Tools and Trends, Toward Judgment, Craft, and Clarity
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10 Things is a rare blend of the ten best things online that inspired us, caught our attention or made us smile. Over a decade of human curation, 365 issues in, zero filler.
This week’s 10 Things looks at the year through its edges and essentials: the technologies we’ll remember, the creative work that stands quietly apart, and the skills that remain stubbornly human. We explore product thinking beyond hype, revisit fundamentals like planning and judgment, and ask why experience still means making sense of ambiguity even as the tools get smarter.
Enjoy, Your Majesty
The 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025
Hard Fork looks back at a year where AI, group chats, and cultural oddities all competed for icon status. It’s a snapshot of how technology becomes memory.
Read more hereyoutube.com (opens in a new tab)The Portfolio of Anatolii Babii
Beautiful, considered work from an independent designer in Kyiv. It’s a reminder that great craft doesn’t need permission or a platform to speak clearly.
Learn more hereantlii.work (opens in a new tab)Poets Are Now Cybersecurity Threats
Turns out verse can jailbreak machines. A fascinating collision of creativity, language, and the unintended loopholes of safety systems.
Learn more herepcgamer.com (opens in a new tab)What’s the Future of PMs?
A sharp warning: Trendy AI tools and “vibe-coding” don’t replace judgment. Product leadership still lives in clarity, decision-making, and understanding real problems.
Learn more heredpereira.substack.com (opens in a new tab)McDonald’s AI Christmas Ad Backlash
When automation meets sentimentality, things can go wrong fast. A case study in why taste, timing, and tone still matter.
Learn more heregizmodo.com (opens in a new tab)The Death of Software Engineering Is a Myth
Each wave of tech hype predicts the “death” of software engineering, but in reality, it just shifts abstraction while creating new problems and more work.
Learn more herejasonscheirer.com (opens in a new tab)The DoorDash Problem & the AI Browser Wars
Who gets to browse the web for us? A brewing battle over agents, commerce, and control and what it means for the open internet.
Read more heretheverge.com (opens in a new tab)A Year, Reassembled
Matthew Stasoff’s annual ritual of revisiting bookmarks, screenshots, and half-formed ideas. It’s messy, personal, and surprisingly insightful.
Read more heredocs.google.com (opens in a new tab)What Actually Makes You Senior
It’s not mastery of tools. It’s the ability to turn ambiguity into something others can act on.
Read more hereterriblesoftware.org (opens in a new tab)The Planning Paradox
Plans age badly. Planning doesn’t. A useful reminder that momentum comes from the act, not the artifact.
Read more hereproductparty.us (opens in a new tab)
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the one most responsive to change”
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