In late September 2026 I posted a series of LinkedIn updates that captured the key takeaways from the Lenny & Friends Summit, highlighted compensation data for early‑career PM and design roles, and shared concrete results from AI eval systems that are reshaping product metrics.
People say the PM's main craft is that you do lots of things pretty well. Above all else though, the craft of PM is one simple thing: decision‑making.
Ramp took its automatic receipt collection from 35% to 83% accuracy.
Shopify shipped an AI workflow builder that's 2.2x faster and 68% cheaper than the frontier‑model setup it replaced.
Harvey rebuilt its AI contract reviewer, nearly doubling its internal quality score.
Cursor tuned its Auto Balance routing, with much higher user satisfaction at 41% lower cost.