Product Management Bytes

Building an ISV App in the Age of AI (Part 1)

This is the first part of a two part series looking at how to survive and thrive as an ISV in the AI era. I am using Salesforce as my example because it…

Aug 7 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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July 2025

From Roadmaps to Rolling Pins

Earlier this year, I stepped out of the PM world, away from product reviews, roadmap decks, and Slack pings, to start a cookie company with my childhood…

Jul 27 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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The cheese moved. And so did the job.

For years, “Software as a Service” has been more branding than truth. Most SaaS products are just rented apps behind logins. They charge by seat, by…

Jul 20 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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Cloudflare Just Gave the Web a Voice in the AI Era

Until now, that crawling happened with little oversight. If your content was public, it was probably being scraped. Cloudflare, which routes traffic for…

Jul 15 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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June 2025

Plug, Play, Disrupt: Why MCP Servers Change Everything

MCP servers are the invisible layer powering the agent-native future. Learn what they are, how they work, and why they’re about to disrupt apps, pricing…

Jun 22 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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Why I Left Tech to Bake Biscuits

At Douceur Elise, we make refined, thoughtful biscuits to be gifted, shared, or simply enjoyed with someone you care about. Everything is baked by hand…

Jun 3 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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May 2025

The Myth of the AI PM

Ever since generative AI took over the tech conversation two years ago, every PM has felt the same itch: I need AI on my resume. That’s not wrong. AI is…

May 14 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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April 2025

Why AI Wows Me—And Still Drives Me Nuts

As a heavy user of large language models, I’ve seen their strengths up close. I’ve also hit their limits again and again. These aren’t just minor…

Apr 20 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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How I Use AI Every Day to Work Smarter

AI isn’t just for coding or automating tasks — it’s for thinking, writing, and working better. Over the past year, I’ve built a daily rhythm with GPT…

Apr 12 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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March 2025

The Compass And The Road: Rethinking How We Build Products

Instead of clicking through menus, users talk to software and describe what they need. Instead of writing thousands of if-then rules, AI interprets…

Mar 18 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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Books I Keep Coming Back To

Here’s a list of books that have stuck with me over the years. Books I’ve recommended, revisited, and that have shaped how I think about work and life…

Mar 10 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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From Horses to Cars: How AI is Reshaping Business Software

Why the B2B software stack of today will be obsolete in 3-5 years—and what product managers should do about it.

Mar 2 • 

Fabrice Talbot

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