REIMAGINING DISCOVERY IN AN AI-FIRST WORLD

Cristiano Pierry

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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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The Product Manager’s New Operating System

Article

Jun 8, 2026

15 min read

The Product Manager’s New Operating System

By Cristiano Pierry

AI-native product work rewards PMs who can turn intent into artifacts, inspect evidence, and own judgment across faster operating loops.

Building a Photographer’s Guide with LLMs

Article

Jun 7, 2026

12 min read

Building a Photographer’s Guide with LLMs

By Cristiano Pierry

A Bosque photography guide becomes a product case study in turning messy research into trusted, structured, useful AI-assisted artifacts.

The AI Adoption Gap Is Becoming a Planning Problem

Article

Jun 5, 2026

3 min read

The AI Adoption Gap Is Becoming a Planning Problem

By Cristiano Pierry

AI-assisted teams and traditional planning rituals are now using different clocks, forcing organizations to recalibrate estimates, expectations, and execution habits.

We Risk Building the Wrong Things Faster

Article

May 27, 2026

9 min read

We Risk Building the Wrong Things Faster

By Cristiano Pierry

AI can help companies build faster, but without sharper product judgment, stronger architecture, and outcome-based measurement, they risk creating more software without more user value.

Article

May 26, 2026

12 min read

AI Homework

By Cristiano Pierry

AI adoption becomes real when teams rebuild one recurring workflow around sharper intent, visible evidence, verification, and human-owned judgment.

Human Intent Is the Next Operating System

Article

May 25, 2026

7 min read

Human Intent Is the Next Operating System

By Cristiano Pierry

Frontier tools can become a new operating layer between human intent and digital services, reducing the cognitive load software has pushed onto users.

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Note

Jun 8, 2026

3 min read

Designing Loops, Not Just Prompts

The next AI productivity leap comes from designing agent loops that can plan, verify, revise, and improve without constant human orchestration.

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The Strange Missing Link Between Codex and ChatGPT

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Jun 8, 2026

1 min read

The Strange Missing Link Between Codex and ChatGPT

Codex can reach many external tools, but the inability to search ChatGPT history leaves useful research context stranded.

aicodexchatgpt

Note

Jun 5, 2026

2 min read

When Closing the Laptop Stops the Agent

Agentic coding needs persistent workspaces that can pause, resume, and carry context beyond the laptop that started the work.

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Note

Jun 5, 2026

1 min read

When Codex Runs Out of Baby Names

Codex naming sub-agents with UUIDs is a funny reminder that AI’s future often arrives messy, operational, and practical.

ai-agentscodexproduct-management

Note

Jun 3, 2026

2 min read

Before You Hit Connect, Add Context

Connection requests earn trust when they include context, intention, and a clear reason the relationship could be mutually valuable.

linkedinnetworkingrelationship-building

Codex Shouldn’t Have to Steal Focus to Get Work Done

Note

May 31, 2026

2 min read

Codex Shouldn’t Have to Steal Focus to Get Work Done

Local AI agents need per-thread visual workspaces so parallel tasks can run without competing for the user’s desktop focus.

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