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Martian Chronicles

AI accelerates development but doesn't eliminate critical product decisions. The article presents a four-stage framework for building developer tools: understanding problems through user interviews, ideating solutions with "How Might We" questions, scoping work using Now/Next/Later prioritization, and validating through think-aloud testing. Key insight: "decision debt" accumulates faster when AI makes building feel free, leading teams to ship without validating core assumptions. The "10% rule" suggests spending time saved by AI on customer research and validation instead.

Building dev tools with AI: the product decisions that need to be yours—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog

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