Christoph Steinlehner
@csteinlehner.com
Product Coach & Consultant
Throwing stickies at Mapper.club
Washington, DC
Throwing stickies at Mapper.club
Washington, DC
I‘m totally fine with AI supported writing. But looking at the currently published content: It gets longer, and that’s annoying, because I want to still read full articles, but it gets impossible. And no, I don’t think AI summaries a solution.
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I‘m totally fine with AI supported writing. But looking at the currently published content: It gets longer, and that’s annoying, because I want to still read full articles, but it gets impossible. And no, I don’t think AI summaries a solution.
Sitting in a train. Working with Claude Code on next weeks plan with my phone (via happy). Works surprisingly well.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sitting in a train. Working with Claude Code on next weeks plan with my phone (via happy). Works surprisingly well.
It’s fascinating how even the big and product centric companies regularly fall into the ‚we build it and they will come‘ trap. Of course people don’t just buy games at Steam, they enter a ecosystem to fulfill underlying needs.
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It’s fascinating how even the big and product centric companies regularly fall into the ‚we build it and they will come‘ trap. Of course people don’t just buy games at Steam, they enter a ecosystem to fulfill underlying needs.
I'm still totally flabbergasted by how bad the whole implementation of AusweisApp (German eID) is. It's technically ultra complicated, and the user experience is a maze mixed with randomness.
I still think the only way to fix this is to use this as the standard login for everyone in public service.
I still think the only way to fix this is to use this as the standard login for everyone in public service.
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm still totally flabbergasted by how bad the whole implementation of AusweisApp (German eID) is. It's technically ultra complicated, and the user experience is a maze mixed with randomness.
I still think the only way to fix this is to use this as the standard login for everyone in public service.
I still think the only way to fix this is to use this as the standard login for everyone in public service.
I will do another for Product Walk Berlin on Nov 6 🚶♂️
Join me and skip the small talk. We'll walk and discuss real product challenges - stakeholder management, AI tools, whatever's top of mind.
1.5 hours. Deeper conversations. Better than standing around with drinks.
luma.com/zx3lq620
Join me and skip the small talk. We'll walk and discuss real product challenges - stakeholder management, AI tools, whatever's top of mind.
1.5 hours. Deeper conversations. Better than standing around with drinks.
luma.com/zx3lq620
Product Walk 👟 Berlin - November Edition · Luma
After a great kick-off this September, we will continue to walk and talk.
Especially when it's getting dark and cold, fresh air is important (said my mom).…
luma.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I will do another for Product Walk Berlin on Nov 6 🚶♂️
Join me and skip the small talk. We'll walk and discuss real product challenges - stakeholder management, AI tools, whatever's top of mind.
1.5 hours. Deeper conversations. Better than standing around with drinks.
luma.com/zx3lq620
Join me and skip the small talk. We'll walk and discuss real product challenges - stakeholder management, AI tools, whatever's top of mind.
1.5 hours. Deeper conversations. Better than standing around with drinks.
luma.com/zx3lq620
It seems like every day there is a new speech2text Mac app. I’m wondering if there will be a winner and what their moat and differentiator will be. Or if this will go directly to OS integration (they already have the last gen tech integrated).
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It seems like every day there is a new speech2text Mac app. I’m wondering if there will be a winner and what their moat and differentiator will be. Or if this will go directly to OS integration (they already have the last gen tech integrated).
Is using Obsidian and Claude Code together Vibe Noting?
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Is using Obsidian and Claude Code together Vibe Noting?
Reposted by Christoph Steinlehner
October 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
'Chat-Control' is such a silly idea, opening the road to every autocrat's wet dream. Can we please not destroy the secure infrastructure? weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...
Chatkontrolle stoppen!
Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...
weact.campact.de
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
'Chat-Control' is such a silly idea, opening the road to every autocrat's wet dream. Can we please not destroy the secure infrastructure? weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...
I’m trying to do some heavier research with ChatGPT. Basically getting infos about the Berlin startup scene. And it seems ChatGPT wants to save tokens. It’s again and again providing less things as I asked and also is arguing if I really need this info. Computers 🤷♂️
October 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m trying to do some heavier research with ChatGPT. Basically getting infos about the Berlin startup scene. And it seems ChatGPT wants to save tokens. It’s again and again providing less things as I asked and also is arguing if I really need this info. Computers 🤷♂️
Reposted by Christoph Steinlehner
With all these ATS and AI conversions in the job application management systems. Is there a data format standard for CVs that ATS are using under the hood?
It feels like people are faxing CVs back and forth and are surprised a lot of stuff is going wrong.
It feels like people are faxing CVs back and forth and are surprised a lot of stuff is going wrong.
September 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
With all these ATS and AI conversions in the job application management systems. Is there a data format standard for CVs that ATS are using under the hood?
It feels like people are faxing CVs back and forth and are surprised a lot of stuff is going wrong.
It feels like people are faxing CVs back and forth and are surprised a lot of stuff is going wrong.
Stuff that seems to be a thing in Germany, but not in the US: WhatsApp and Signal Communities.
I'm pretty surprised that it seems German professional networks actually run on WhatsApp.
I'm pretty surprised that it seems German professional networks actually run on WhatsApp.
September 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stuff that seems to be a thing in Germany, but not in the US: WhatsApp and Signal Communities.
I'm pretty surprised that it seems German professional networks actually run on WhatsApp.
I'm pretty surprised that it seems German professional networks actually run on WhatsApp.
Kann bitte jeder, der bei staatlichen Projekten über Beschränkungen durch Datenschutz, digtiale Prozesse, etc. jammert den Beitragsservice fragen? Kurz nach Anmeldung bekommt man einen Brief mit QR Code, man gibt das Aktenzeichen ein, und alle Daten sind vorausgefüllt. Alle anderen dürfen das nicht?
September 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Kann bitte jeder, der bei staatlichen Projekten über Beschränkungen durch Datenschutz, digtiale Prozesse, etc. jammert den Beitragsservice fragen? Kurz nach Anmeldung bekommt man einen Brief mit QR Code, man gibt das Aktenzeichen ein, und alle Daten sind vorausgefüllt. Alle anderen dürfen das nicht?
Reposted by Christoph Steinlehner
Don’t know who made this but thank you
August 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Don’t know who made this but thank you
I just gave ChatGPT a pixelated whiteboard of mine to test if it could still read it. It said yes, and made up all of it's context with content from former conversations.
Super interesting how the memory sometimes seems to work as a 'I think you want to hear' function.
Super interesting how the memory sometimes seems to work as a 'I think you want to hear' function.
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I just gave ChatGPT a pixelated whiteboard of mine to test if it could still read it. It said yes, and made up all of it's context with content from former conversations.
Super interesting how the memory sometimes seems to work as a 'I think you want to hear' function.
Super interesting how the memory sometimes seems to work as a 'I think you want to hear' function.
The most problematic aspect about that, is that politics / public debate runs on opinion polling. I'm pretty sure that we would have different politics, if we would ask people about actual behaviors instead of asking about opinions.
One of the very many reasons I am at war with opinion polling is that it's based in a very incorrect model of the relationship between mental states and behaviors.
That behavioral nudge stuff is also shallow nonsense for the most part.
That behavioral nudge stuff is also shallow nonsense for the most part.
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most problematic aspect about that, is that politics / public debate runs on opinion polling. I'm pretty sure that we would have different politics, if we would ask people about actual behaviors instead of asking about opinions.
Business organizations tend to start over time to protect themselves from their customers and their staff. Look at any bank, insurance, telco, or similar. Customers are asked constantly to prove they are not fraudsters, and employees are operating in tight guardrails to ensure they are not stealing.
August 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Business organizations tend to start over time to protect themselves from their customers and their staff. Look at any bank, insurance, telco, or similar. Customers are asked constantly to prove they are not fraudsters, and employees are operating in tight guardrails to ensure they are not stealing.
It seems like Instagram tweaked something on their suggestion algorithm. My abandoned account gets a lot of new followers. Probably the PM hits the goal, but nothing will change for a user or the business.
August 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It seems like Instagram tweaked something on their suggestion algorithm. My abandoned account gets a lot of new followers. Probably the PM hits the goal, but nothing will change for a user or the business.
Are Vibe-Coder and Bro-Grammer the same?
August 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Are Vibe-Coder and Bro-Grammer the same?
Many pre-Covid Meetups transformed to online formats and with that to marketing sessions for the organizers. This is not a critique. Everybody is free to join these or not. But it's interesting how the format change from in-person to online also changed from many2many to one2many. Medium is message.
August 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Many pre-Covid Meetups transformed to online formats and with that to marketing sessions for the organizers. This is not a critique. Everybody is free to join these or not. But it's interesting how the format change from in-person to online also changed from many2many to one2many. Medium is message.
Almost a real office. I even would have a chair for a client.
August 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Almost a real office. I even would have a chair for a client.
Waiting until AI tools answer with "Use this script instead to avoid burning tokens."
I hear from many people who are new to automation or creating code-driven tools that they are getting stuck with LLM solutions, while there is an easy and cheap deterministic way to do it.
I hear from many people who are new to automation or creating code-driven tools that they are getting stuck with LLM solutions, while there is an easy and cheap deterministic way to do it.
July 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Waiting until AI tools answer with "Use this script instead to avoid burning tokens."
I hear from many people who are new to automation or creating code-driven tools that they are getting stuck with LLM solutions, while there is an easy and cheap deterministic way to do it.
I hear from many people who are new to automation or creating code-driven tools that they are getting stuck with LLM solutions, while there is an easy and cheap deterministic way to do it.
Super interesting to connect my Obsidian (all my notes) to Claude with an MCP. Questioning my own notes is already interesting. Let’s see how I will build up my habits to use this more.
July 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Super interesting to connect my Obsidian (all my notes) to Claude with an MCP. Questioning my own notes is already interesting. Let’s see how I will build up my habits to use this more.