Emily Patterson
@epatt.bsky.social
Chicago-ish based mom & product person. Product building in cybersecurity (vulnerabilities, appsec, identity).
Really flattered and excited and also nervous that my product building workshop was accepted at BSidesSF! 🎉
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Really flattered and excited and also nervous that my product building workshop was accepted at BSidesSF! 🎉
Saying the quiet part out loud tho, this "coalition" happened because of how many for profit vendors have used the Semgrep OSS under the hood of their products and got shut out in December. It's sort of ridiculous how many expensive cybersecurity tools are just open source tools with a dashboard.
Semgrep took that VC funding and ruined everyone's favorite SAST software so they got forked 🤷🏽♀️ unsurprising really. www.producthunt.com/posts/opengrep
Opengrep - The open source code security engine | Product Hunt
The fully open source code analysis engine. Quickly analyze large code bases & fix security issues at scale. Initiated by 10 rival security orgs, Opengreps promises to advance and democratize static c...
www.producthunt.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Saying the quiet part out loud tho, this "coalition" happened because of how many for profit vendors have used the Semgrep OSS under the hood of their products and got shut out in December. It's sort of ridiculous how many expensive cybersecurity tools are just open source tools with a dashboard.
Semgrep took that VC funding and ruined everyone's favorite SAST software so they got forked 🤷🏽♀️ unsurprising really. www.producthunt.com/posts/opengrep
Opengrep - The open source code security engine | Product Hunt
The fully open source code analysis engine. Quickly analyze large code bases & fix security issues at scale. Initiated by 10 rival security orgs, Opengreps promises to advance and democratize static c...
www.producthunt.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Semgrep took that VC funding and ruined everyone's favorite SAST software so they got forked 🤷🏽♀️ unsurprising really. www.producthunt.com/posts/opengrep
I've worked my whole career with different chat apps and I am convinced that Microsoft Teams makes it extremely hard to establish a team culture. It feels like another type of email instead of a chat room.
January 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've worked my whole career with different chat apps and I am convinced that Microsoft Teams makes it extremely hard to establish a team culture. It feels like another type of email instead of a chat room.
What happens in your life to get you to a point that you are writing emails with bold, large size font, and highlights. Multiple color highlights.
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What happens in your life to get you to a point that you are writing emails with bold, large size font, and highlights. Multiple color highlights.
Reposted by Emily Patterson
Signal is hiring remote, US timezones for Android dec, Product and support roles. If you're a fellow privacy weirdo, this is a rare and exciting opportunity!
signal.org/workworkwork/
signal.org/workworkwork/
Careers
Join an organization that empowers users by making private communication simple.
signal.org
January 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Signal is hiring remote, US timezones for Android dec, Product and support roles. If you're a fellow privacy weirdo, this is a rare and exciting opportunity!
signal.org/workworkwork/
signal.org/workworkwork/
Reposted by Emily Patterson
Gergely clearly doesn’t understand the user story that drove this decision. Let me help!
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
If a new feature annoys users, makes their product usage more difficult/distracting, and cannot be turned off for paying customers:
This is not "AI."
It's a feature to increase customer churn - regardless of how cleverly engineered it is, how how expensive it was to build.
This is not "AI."
It's a feature to increase customer churn - regardless of how cleverly engineered it is, how how expensive it was to build.
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gergely clearly doesn’t understand the user story that drove this decision. Let me help!
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
Cooler Screens is HQed here in Chicago and I know some folks who work there..... That being said, I have never understood the product and I'm not surprised Walgreens is trying to pull them out.
gizmodo.com/walgreens-re...
gizmodo.com/walgreens-re...
Walgreens Regrets Replacing Fridge Doors With Smart Screens, Creating Techno-Dystopia Vibes
Turns out putting everything behind locked glass and ad-covered screens does not create a welcoming shopping environment.
gizmodo.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Cooler Screens is HQed here in Chicago and I know some folks who work there..... That being said, I have never understood the product and I'm not surprised Walgreens is trying to pull them out.
gizmodo.com/walgreens-re...
gizmodo.com/walgreens-re...
Reposted by Emily Patterson
It’s very interesting watching people try to explain how bad it is for the Chinese government to have your information without referencing other places that have your information and the bad things those places are doing without being stopped or even gently chided.
January 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s very interesting watching people try to explain how bad it is for the Chinese government to have your information without referencing other places that have your information and the bad things those places are doing without being stopped or even gently chided.
The SCA market is an over saturated mess and the rapid consolidation is getting hard to keep up with. My prediction is that the SCA vendors who don't get acquired will all be out of business in a year 🤷🏽♀️ there are just too many of them.
www.veracode.com/press-releas...
www.veracode.com/press-releas...
Veracode Acquires Phylum, Inc. Technology to Transform Software Supply Chain Security | Veracode
Technology Acquisition Delivers Automated Malicious Package Analysis, Detection, and Mitigation in Open-source Code
www.veracode.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The SCA market is an over saturated mess and the rapid consolidation is getting hard to keep up with. My prediction is that the SCA vendors who don't get acquired will all be out of business in a year 🤷🏽♀️ there are just too many of them.
www.veracode.com/press-releas...
www.veracode.com/press-releas...
Anyway, trying to be slightly more online, after I have been away introducing my children to the North Woods (which was fairly magical ❄️)
January 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Anyway, trying to be slightly more online, after I have been away introducing my children to the North Woods (which was fairly magical ❄️)
I know this from recent experience, but the Bench story is hopefully a good reminder for startup folks that execution failures do actually still matter. If your team isn't shipping solid features, you're on borrowed time.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/i...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/i...
Exclusive: Inside the wild fall and last-minute revival of Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that imploded over the holidays
Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing holiday weekend. But it was chaos for thousands of small business owners who use Bench, an
techcrunch.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I know this from recent experience, but the Bench story is hopefully a good reminder for startup folks that execution failures do actually still matter. If your team isn't shipping solid features, you're on borrowed time.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/i...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/i...
Wait, so Uizard is pronounced "Wizard"? Not "You Izard"? What a branding miss.
(the tool itself is quite cool and definitely going to help a lot of PMs without design skills or teams.)
(the tool itself is quite cool and definitely going to help a lot of PMs without design skills or teams.)
December 28, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Wait, so Uizard is pronounced "Wizard"? Not "You Izard"? What a branding miss.
(the tool itself is quite cool and definitely going to help a lot of PMs without design skills or teams.)
(the tool itself is quite cool and definitely going to help a lot of PMs without design skills or teams.)
Seeing a bunch of people laid off this fall announcing new positions before the end of the year (me included yay) - very encouraging to see end of year hiring strong. Hoping 2025 improves more too 🤞
December 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Seeing a bunch of people laid off this fall announcing new positions before the end of the year (me included yay) - very encouraging to see end of year hiring strong. Hoping 2025 improves more too 🤞
Okay I put together a Starter Pack for vulnerabilities and appsec and other cybersecurity topics - still small, help me find more great folks! go.bsky.app/7SUey2m
December 7, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Okay I put together a Starter Pack for vulnerabilities and appsec and other cybersecurity topics - still small, help me find more great folks! go.bsky.app/7SUey2m
I'm writing a market report for the application security market, because I don't love Gartner and the like and how that ecosystem works. It will be FREE and published to Medium in parts. I've spent a lot of time in market and want to share my views. Buuuut I need some help! #cybersecurity #appsec
December 7, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I'm writing a market report for the application security market, because I don't love Gartner and the like and how that ecosystem works. It will be FREE and published to Medium in parts. I've spent a lot of time in market and want to share my views. Buuuut I need some help! #cybersecurity #appsec
In my unemployed time, I've been standing up my personal portfolio site - still a little abbreviated, but here's where I'm at right now: emilypattersonproduct.com
Emily Patterson - Product Manager
Portfolio and blog of Emily Patterson, cybersecurity product builder.
emilypattersonproduct.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:47 AM
In my unemployed time, I've been standing up my personal portfolio site - still a little abbreviated, but here's where I'm at right now: emilypattersonproduct.com
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be able to reference butter cows (sculptures of cows made from butter) in a professional conversation, which thankfully was with someone who was married to a Midwesterner, so the reference was appreciated 🤗
November 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be able to reference butter cows (sculptures of cows made from butter) in a professional conversation, which thankfully was with someone who was married to a Midwesterner, so the reference was appreciated 🤗
I was recommended Motion (www.usemotion.com) as a good way to block my time more effectively so I don't ADHD all over my calendar and get nothing done. Has anybody else used it? thoughts? is it worth it? #productsky (leaning into this hashtag, I love it)
AI Project and Task Management | Plan Your Work Automatically (Try for Free)
The app that uses AI to help you get 25% more done. For only 62 cents a day manage your projects, todos and meetings
www.usemotion.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I was recommended Motion (www.usemotion.com) as a good way to block my time more effectively so I don't ADHD all over my calendar and get nothing done. Has anybody else used it? thoughts? is it worth it? #productsky (leaning into this hashtag, I love it)
My new foster cat is a big guy who discovered mirrors today and also discovered how handsome he is 🥰
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 AM
My new foster cat is a big guy who discovered mirrors today and also discovered how handsome he is 🥰
Every time I accidentally learn about a computer science debate from the 70s or 80s, I find it incredibly helpful context.
"Ah, we already argued about this 40 years ago, and they landed on ____".
There should be more "history of CS" classes out there.
"Ah, we already argued about this 40 years ago, and they landed on ____".
There should be more "history of CS" classes out there.
November 20, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Every time I accidentally learn about a computer science debate from the 70s or 80s, I find it incredibly helpful context.
"Ah, we already argued about this 40 years ago, and they landed on ____".
There should be more "history of CS" classes out there.
"Ah, we already argued about this 40 years ago, and they landed on ____".
There should be more "history of CS" classes out there.
In the midst of the current product management sturm und drang, there's a nice newsletter reminding cybersecurity people that they should stop effing around and hire PMs 🥰https://ventureinsecurity.net/p/why-companies-should-be-recruiting?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Why security teams should start recruiting product managers
Imagining how people with a product mindset and skillset would transform the cybersecurity industry
ventureinsecurity.net
November 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
In the midst of the current product management sturm und drang, there's a nice newsletter reminding cybersecurity people that they should stop effing around and hire PMs 🥰https://ventureinsecurity.net/p/why-companies-should-be-recruiting?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Thank you @bsky.app for introducing me to Vommats, which I didn't know existed until @maybo.bsky.social followed me and I thought "huh I wonder what Vommats are" and they are exactly what they sound like 😂 and now I have pre-ordered some for Sick Kid Season and feel so prepared 🙏😂
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November 16, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Thank you @bsky.app for introducing me to Vommats, which I didn't know existed until @maybo.bsky.social followed me and I thought "huh I wonder what Vommats are" and they are exactly what they sound like 😂 and now I have pre-ordered some for Sick Kid Season and feel so prepared 🙏😂
🙅🏽♀️🤮🙅🏽♀️
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I am finally finally finally getting back to finishing "This is How They Tell Me the World Ends" by Nicole Perlroth (which I had to pause reading it in 2022 due to anxiety) and I remember immediately why I had to pause 😭
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I am finally finally finally getting back to finishing "This is How They Tell Me the World Ends" by Nicole Perlroth (which I had to pause reading it in 2022 due to anxiety) and I remember immediately why I had to pause 😭
AWS is estimated to be worth $3 trillion and this is what they give their users for forms, with no indication that they are worried about it. I know we're all hard on ourselves when it comes to product quality, but we're all doing the best we can with our limited budgets and timelines 🫶
November 12, 2024 at 4:17 PM
AWS is estimated to be worth $3 trillion and this is what they give their users for forms, with no indication that they are worried about it. I know we're all hard on ourselves when it comes to product quality, but we're all doing the best we can with our limited budgets and timelines 🫶