Dave Feldman
@schvenk.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary product leader in Berlin. Founded Miter & Emu. Alum of Heap, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Harvard. I try not to take myself too seriously, and sometimes succeed.
Anybody else find Apple Photos is really crashy these days?
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Anybody else find Apple Photos is really crashy these days?
Writers don’t want AI that writes for them — they want a copilot that keeps their voice and helps with research, sentence-level edits, and ideation. With Tiptap Flex we're building an AI-native editor with powerful, flow-preserving tools to ideate, write, & distribute. medium.com/@dfeldman/ti...
Tiptap Flex: What do Writers Need from AI?
AI can be a copilot for writers…IF we move beyond chatbots, and recognize AI’s strengths AND weaknesses. We’re doing that with Tiptap Flex.
medium.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Writers don’t want AI that writes for them — they want a copilot that keeps their voice and helps with research, sentence-level edits, and ideation. With Tiptap Flex we're building an AI-native editor with powerful, flow-preserving tools to ideate, write, & distribute. medium.com/@dfeldman/ti...
Jeremy Toeman had me on his Founder@50 podcast! We discuss:
🔌 The power of side projects
🍩 How my move to Berlin shaped my growth
🔬 How product curiosity fuels resilience
Jeremy calls it “an engaging conversation filled with wisdom and humor." I'll take it.
founderat50.substack.com/p/dave-feldm...
🔌 The power of side projects
🍩 How my move to Berlin shaped my growth
🔬 How product curiosity fuels resilience
Jeremy calls it “an engaging conversation filled with wisdom and humor." I'll take it.
founderat50.substack.com/p/dave-feldm...
Dave Feldman: from Web 1.0 web work to AI-era entrepreneurship
Jeremy Toeman sits down with Dave Feldman to trace a career that spans the dawn of the commercial internet to today’s AI-fueled creative experiments.
founderat50.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Jeremy Toeman had me on his Founder@50 podcast! We discuss:
🔌 The power of side projects
🍩 How my move to Berlin shaped my growth
🔬 How product curiosity fuels resilience
Jeremy calls it “an engaging conversation filled with wisdom and humor." I'll take it.
founderat50.substack.com/p/dave-feldm...
🔌 The power of side projects
🍩 How my move to Berlin shaped my growth
🔬 How product curiosity fuels resilience
Jeremy calls it “an engaging conversation filled with wisdom and humor." I'll take it.
founderat50.substack.com/p/dave-feldm...
Just published. Apple's missteps around around Apple Intelligence may seem like a strategic blunder, but could actually reflect a fundamental AI challenge: the AI 80/20.
blog.dfeldman.co/apple-intell...
blog.dfeldman.co/apple-intell...
Apple Intelligence — Beware the AI 80/20
Apple’s missteps around around Apple Intelligence may seem like a strategic blunder, but could actually reflect a fundamental AI challenge.
blog.dfeldman.co
July 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just published. Apple's missteps around around Apple Intelligence may seem like a strategic blunder, but could actually reflect a fundamental AI challenge: the AI 80/20.
blog.dfeldman.co/apple-intell...
blog.dfeldman.co/apple-intell...
Are you a PM, designer, founder, or product leader? Want some free coaching? Fill this out: tally.so/r/wbEepZ
Details: after half a career in leadership I'm considering becoming a “Product Leadership Coach,”—and want to validate via a few free coaching sessions. Interested? I hope to hear from you!
Details: after half a career in leadership I'm considering becoming a “Product Leadership Coach,”—and want to validate via a few free coaching sessions. Interested? I hope to hear from you!
Coaching Experiment - Screener
tally.so
June 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Are you a PM, designer, founder, or product leader? Want some free coaching? Fill this out: tally.so/r/wbEepZ
Details: after half a career in leadership I'm considering becoming a “Product Leadership Coach,”—and want to validate via a few free coaching sessions. Interested? I hope to hear from you!
Details: after half a career in leadership I'm considering becoming a “Product Leadership Coach,”—and want to validate via a few free coaching sessions. Interested? I hope to hear from you!
Just published: dfeldman.medium.com/how-intellig...
Working hands-on with AI, it’s easy to feel a sense of cognitive dissonance: the public narrative seems weird. if you’re not up to your elbows in AI on a daily basis, I can help you understand how it’s powerful and limited, via the story of Liam.
Working hands-on with AI, it’s easy to feel a sense of cognitive dissonance: the public narrative seems weird. if you’re not up to your elbows in AI on a daily basis, I can help you understand how it’s powerful and limited, via the story of Liam.
How intelligent is AI? The Story of Liam
Working hands-on with AI, it’s easy to feel a sense of cognitive dissonance. As one navigates its enormous strengths and sizable…
dfeldman.medium.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just published: dfeldman.medium.com/how-intellig...
Working hands-on with AI, it’s easy to feel a sense of cognitive dissonance: the public narrative seems weird. if you’re not up to your elbows in AI on a daily basis, I can help you understand how it’s powerful and limited, via the story of Liam.
Working hands-on with AI, it’s easy to feel a sense of cognitive dissonance: the public narrative seems weird. if you’re not up to your elbows in AI on a daily basis, I can help you understand how it’s powerful and limited, via the story of Liam.
TL;DR Fill out a five-minute survey about your to-do list; help me build you a better productivity app; learn more about how people perceive task-management. tally.so/r/wvg0bD
Research Survey: To-Do Lists
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
May 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
TL;DR Fill out a five-minute survey about your to-do list; help me build you a better productivity app; learn more about how people perceive task-management. tally.so/r/wvg0bD
Some news: I’m leaving Outgoing at the end of the month. What’s next? I’m still figuring that out, exploring multiple paths: product-leadership roles, consulting & coaching, new product ideas. You’ll see more about some of these in the coming days & weeks. And of course, I welcome your thoughts.
May 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Some news: I’m leaving Outgoing at the end of the month. What’s next? I’m still figuring that out, exploring multiple paths: product-leadership roles, consulting & coaching, new product ideas. You’ll see more about some of these in the coming days & weeks. And of course, I welcome your thoughts.
Just published: Practical AI for Product People
Everyone’s talking about AI these days—but there’s little discussion of how we build AI into our products. How can AI enhance your app experience? What new capabilities can you deliver? And what can’t you do?
dfeldman.medium.com/practical-ai...
Everyone’s talking about AI these days—but there’s little discussion of how we build AI into our products. How can AI enhance your app experience? What new capabilities can you deliver? And what can’t you do?
dfeldman.medium.com/practical-ai...
Practical AI for Product People
Everyone’s talking about AI these days—but there’s little discussion of how we build AI into our products. How can AI enhance your app?
dfeldman.medium.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just published: Practical AI for Product People
Everyone’s talking about AI these days—but there’s little discussion of how we build AI into our products. How can AI enhance your app experience? What new capabilities can you deliver? And what can’t you do?
dfeldman.medium.com/practical-ai...
Everyone’s talking about AI these days—but there’s little discussion of how we build AI into our products. How can AI enhance your app experience? What new capabilities can you deliver? And what can’t you do?
dfeldman.medium.com/practical-ai...
Just published: dfeldman.medium.com/enough-disru...
Enough Disruption: Build Better Products
Nobody wants their lives to be constantly upended—least of all by buggy, confusing products. So what if we built great products instead?
dfeldman.medium.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just published: dfeldman.medium.com/enough-disru...
Just published: dfeldman.medium.com/founder-mode...
Founder Mode Embodies the Tech Leadership Crisis
We have a crisis of leadership in tech: we expect founders to lead but to reject the skills of leadership. “Founder Mode” makes it worse.
dfeldman.medium.com
September 5, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Just published: dfeldman.medium.com/founder-mode...