Brandon Chu
@BrandonMChu
TBD next thing. Dad of two boys in Toronto 🇨🇦. Ex @shopify. Wrote http://blackboxofpm.com a long time ago.
I just published "Product Management Mental Models for Everyone", a latticework of ideas for building products blackboxofpm.com/product-manage… Also coming to you in tweet form: 1⃣-4⃣: 💰 Figuring out Where to Invest 5⃣-🔟: 🎨 Designing and Scoping 🔟➕: 🚢 Shipping and Iterating
Prime Minister Carney released a mandate letter for Ministry members highlighting the new government’s priorities: protecting our sovereignty, building a stronger economy, bringing down the cost of living, and keeping Canadians safe. Read the letter: ow.ly/VIeR50VWOSQ
alcaraz v sinner is the best rivalry in all of sports right now
My dream would be if there was a private club targeting the community of people who were born here (west), but from immigrant parents. Time and time again, I find those are my people, regardless of race or religion. Just that perfect mix of western values and immigrant mindset.
I feel like I keep reading about private clubs opening in every city and interest area. Get this; 60% of US private clubs grew substantially in 2022. Oldenburg’s “third space” lives between home and hustle: where strangers become regulars and community forms over shared vibe.…
Once a week during the summer, my 13yr old nephew is going to be hanging and building with me at @535TORONTO People with experience - any tips on the best way to motivate a teen to pursue projects, or even start a business? Will def help him code etc but want him to self drive
Morning to night, Toronto summers are truly unmatched. Just a waking dream every minute. Will be going absolutely nowhere for summer vacation.
Only the mayor can get me out to a conference. #homecoming
Summer plans for the family: complete ✅ Incredible initiative 🇨🇦
Introducing the Canada Strong Pass — from June 20 to September 2.
damn that's cool, glimpse into how all products could work in the future
Hello Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite! So fast, it codes *each screen* on the fly (Neural OS concept 👇). The frontier isn't always about large models and beating benchmarks. In this case, a super fast & good model can unlock drastic use cases. Read more: blog.google/products/gemin…
Vibe coding features is fun, but models being able to effectively vibe refactor is what really convinces me that this is the future. It’s strangely enjoyable, teaches you much more engineering, and forces you to know what you’re trying to build on a longer time horizon.
Gadget is the first AI-assisted IDE that not only helps build your app, but also hosts and scales it too.
Brought my 3 and 5 year old with me to vote this past weekend. They learned a lot, and the staff was very encouraging. Highly recommended.
A record 7.3 million Canadians have voted during advance polls - excellent! Democracy at work in the True North, Strong and Free. cbc.ca/news/politics/…
“Wake up dad I have a booger. Come get it” - My 3 year old at 3am I hope these times never end
Wow @lennysan just shipped the Amazon Prime of newsletter subscriptions. Insane value.
You now get one free year of @cursor_ai, @v0, @Replit, @lovable_dev, and @boltdotnew pro plans with an annual subscription to Lenny’s Newsletter. Yes, you read that right. A year free of the hottest AI tools in the world right now. This is in addition to the existing products…
Extremely detailed view of Mars (actual sound of Mars) 140 million miles away from us!
Everyone on the bus
Announcing: 535 Field Trip It will be a memory in the making. Keep your Thursday open. Field trip details soon... 535 Field Trip THU JUN 26 10a - 2pm Tickets: lu.ma/3gmfqw7x
Introducing real-time Platform Tracker 🔎 - Track policies from major parties as they're announced - Compare promises by category - All cited back to the original source Link below 👇
As a product person you should vibe code if for nothing else than to understand the UX design patterns of the future. Dev products are years ahead of every other category.
Been thinking a lot lately about what happens when AI starts prompting us
It’s funny how 12 months ago everyone thought that Product Management was dead Now it feels like it’ll be the only job left