REIMAGINING DISCOVERY IN AN AI-FIRST WORLD
Cristiano Pierry
AI product executive, builder, and writer working on how people discover content—and how AI changes the way product teams build.
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Featured Writing
A focused collection on the future of streaming discovery, AI-native product leadership, trustworthy evaluation, and making complex systems understandable.
The Discovery Brain: Where LLMs Can Strengthen Streaming Recommendations
LLM-native discovery can unify streaming recommendations when grounded catalog truth, governed memory, validation, and feedback protect user trust.
Modernizing Discovery and Promotion in Personalized Products
Modern discovery systems balance personal relevance, popularity, momentum, and strategic intent without letting promotion overwhelm user value.
The Product Manager’s New Operating System
AI-native product work rewards PMs who can turn intent into artifacts, inspect evidence, and own judgment across faster operating loops.
Taste, Trust, and Truth: How to Evaluate AI-Powered Discovery
Once a discovery system starts speaking, accuracy alone is not enough. You have to evaluate fit, trustworthiness, and product impact together.
The Art of Making Algorithms Understandable
AI product managers need faithful explanatory artifacts that turn complex recommendation systems into reviewable behavior, not just static requirements.
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Latest Articles
Longer essays with a fuller argument, more structure, and a slower reading pace.
How Much Should One Person Be Trusted to Direct?
Oct 1, 2026
People with high agency and taste could direct far more work through AI agents. Their budgets, scope, and compensation should reflect the impact they create.
What does a builder team look like?
Sep 29, 2026
A small team can use AI to experiment across the product, backend data, and algorithms, shortening the wait between an idea and what it teaches us.
What Would It Take to Build Together?
Sep 23, 2026
A small team can explore a product idea in working code when its members have shared time and room to change existing commitments.
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Latest Notes
Shorter observations, experiments, and working thoughts that stay close to the moment.
Catching Up With the Night Shift
Oct 2, 2026
My morning catch-up now includes AI agents that worked overnight across different systems, and I am figuring out the handover.
When Should I Ask My Dot?
Oct 2, 2026
A connected Mac and a missing tool leave me asking when to use my dot, ChatGPT Work, or Codex.
OpenAI, Have Mercy
Oct 1, 2026
Codex offers to save hours with Fast mode while the weekly allowance is already down to 15% on Wednesday.
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Longer-form photography, field guides, and writing collections designed for calm, focused reading.
About
AI product and technology executive with CPO, founder, and large-scale platform leadership across streaming, e-commerce, digital media, mobile, and web search. I focus on AI-powered discovery, personalization, search, recommendations, experimentation, and responsible product strategy at consumer scale.
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