Backstage for Product Managers: What It Is (and Isn't)
How Backstage helps product managers understand software ownership, dependencies, technical health, and the developer platform behind their products.
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Practical notes on product decisions, software delivery, and dependable operations.
Microsoft Sentinel Is Moving to the Defender Portal
The Azure portal experience reaches end of support on March 31, 2027. Use the overlap to validate your integrations and move operations before the deadline.
Playwright Regression Testing: A Product Manager's Safety Net for Fast-Moving Products
A practical guide for product managers who want faster releases, visible regression results, secure authenticated tests, and AI-assisted test maintenance.
Building NSO Fit: An AI Coach Grounded in What You Actually Do
How NSO Fit connects workout planning, exercise and food logging, progress tracking, voice input, USDA nutrition data, and AI coaching.
Operational calm starts in product design
Reliability is shaped long before production. The most consequential operational decisions often look like ordinary product choices.
AI-assisted penetration testing changes the feedback loop
An isolated AI-assisted security test found useful issues quickly—but it complements rather than replaces independent penetration testing.
Build your product to work with AI
Users will always want something the interface did not anticipate. Products designed with secure, understandable APIs give AI room to close that gap.