AI Turns 8 Engineers Into 4 Teams: Product Management Is the New Bottleneck
rseroter · x · 2026-08-11
The author observes that with AI tools, managing 8 engineers now feels like overseeing 4 separate teams. As coding velocity surges, the primary bottleneck for engineering teams has shifted from engineering to product.
While PMs traditionally defined the 'what' and engineers figured out the 'how', the rapid iteration speeds brought by AI demand much faster product thinking. Teams now need thicker backlogs and rapid product decision-making to keep pace with the accelerated engineering output.
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