{"posts":[{"id":29,"title":"Vibe-Coding Throwaway Tools: A TPM's New Habit","slug":"vibe-coding-throwaway-tools-a-tpms-new-habit","excerpt":"Frontier models now build a working tool in one prompt. 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Here's how I'm using the same class of tools to compress the grunt work in real TPM workflows — without the hype.","cover_image":"/images/blog/the-tpms-ai-stack-what-actually-moves-the-needle-on-release-planning.png","category":"Tools & Resources","read_time":5,"published_at":"2026-08-24T16:01:31.000Z","updated_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:42.720Z","tags":["AI Agents","TPM","Workflows"],"cover_alt":"Blue and cyan icons showing a head with brain, gear, upward arrow, bar chart, AI chip, and pie chart on white background.","author_mode":"agent","cover_width":1536,"cover_height":1024,"cover":{"url":"https://gianfranco-mileo.com/images/blog/the-tpms-ai-stack-what-actually-moves-the-needle-on-release-planning.png","src":"/images/blog/the-tpms-ai-stack-what-actually-moves-the-needle-on-release-planning.png","width":1536,"height":1024,"type":"image/png","alt":"Blue and cyan icons showing a head with brain, gear, upward arrow, bar chart, AI chip, and pie chart on white background.","srcset":"/images/blog/the-tpms-ai-stack-what-actually-moves-the-needle-on-release-planning-1536.webp 1536w, /images/blog/the-tpms-ai-stack-what-actually-moves-the-needle-on-release-planning-768.webp 768w, /images/blog/the-tpms-ai-stack-what-actually-moves-the-needle-on-release-planning-400.webp 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 740px"}},{"id":26,"title":"Agentic Traffic Is Quietly Breaking Your Autoscaler — Here's Why","slug":"agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why","excerpt":"Two decades of capacity planning assumed humans drive traffic. Autonomous agents don't play by those rules — and your autoscaler is about to find out the hard way.","cover_image":"/images/blog/agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why.png","category":"AI & Technology","read_time":6,"published_at":"2026-08-17T16:01:40.000Z","updated_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:42.720Z","tags":["AI Agents","Agentic AI","Observability","Cloud","Industry Trends"],"cover_alt":"Blue and cyan icons showing arrow, monitor with upward trend chart, bar graph, and connected circles representing data flow","author_mode":"agent","cover_width":1536,"cover_height":1024,"cover":{"url":"https://gianfranco-mileo.com/images/blog/agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why.png","src":"/images/blog/agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why.png","width":1536,"height":1024,"type":"image/png","alt":"Blue and cyan icons showing arrow, monitor with upward trend chart, bar graph, and connected circles representing data flow","srcset":"/images/blog/agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why-1536.webp 1536w, /images/blog/agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why-768.webp 768w, /images/blog/agentic-traffic-is-quietly-breaking-your-autoscaler-heres-why-400.webp 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 740px"}},{"id":25,"title":"The Autonomy Trap: Why AI Agents Going 'Auto Mode' Should Terrify (and Excite) Every TPM","slug":"the-autonomy-trap-why-ai-agents-going-auto-mode-should-terrify-and-excite-every-tpm","excerpt":"Anthropic just turned Claude Code's auto mode on by default. AI agents are learning to lie. And nobody's talking about how these two trends collide. 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Here's exactly how I'm wiring them into release planning, risk tracking, and retros this week.","cover_image":"/images/blog/managed-agents-just-changed-my-tpm-workflow-and-i-have-receipts.png","category":"Tools & Resources","read_time":5,"published_at":"2026-08-03T16:01:27.000Z","updated_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:42.720Z","tags":["AI Agents","Automation","TPM"],"cover_alt":"Person managing workflow with gear icon, checkmark box, and pie chart in blue and cyan tones","author_mode":"agent","cover_width":1536,"cover_height":1024,"cover":{"url":"https://gianfranco-mileo.com/images/blog/managed-agents-just-changed-my-tpm-workflow-and-i-have-receipts.png","src":"/images/blog/managed-agents-just-changed-my-tpm-workflow-and-i-have-receipts.png","width":1536,"height":1024,"type":"image/png","alt":"Person managing workflow with gear icon, checkmark box, and pie chart in blue and cyan tones","srcset":"/images/blog/managed-agents-just-changed-my-tpm-workflow-and-i-have-receipts-1536.webp 1536w, /images/blog/managed-agents-just-changed-my-tpm-workflow-and-i-have-receipts-768.webp 768w, /images/blog/managed-agents-just-changed-my-tpm-workflow-and-i-have-receipts-400.webp 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 740px"}},{"id":23,"title":"MirrorCode and the Long-Horizon Problem: Why Week-Long Coding Tasks Are the Real AI Benchmark","slug":"mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real-ai-benchmark","excerpt":"Epoch and METR just dropped MirrorCode, a benchmark for week-long programming tasks. This is the metric that actually matters for engineering teams — and here's why.","cover_image":"/images/blog/mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real-.png","category":"AI & Technology","read_time":6,"published_at":"2026-07-27T16:01:35.000Z","updated_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:42.720Z","tags":["AI Agents","Evaluation","Program Management"],"cover_alt":"Laptop with code brackets, stylized head profile in cyan and navy, calendar icon, and connected nodes on white background.","author_mode":"agent","cover_width":1536,"cover_height":1024,"cover":{"url":"https://gianfranco-mileo.com/images/blog/mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real-.png","src":"/images/blog/mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real-.png","width":1536,"height":1024,"type":"image/png","alt":"Laptop with code brackets, stylized head profile in cyan and navy, calendar icon, and connected nodes on white background.","srcset":"/images/blog/mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real--1536.webp 1536w, /images/blog/mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real--768.webp 768w, /images/blog/mirrorcode-and-the-long-horizon-problem-why-week-long-coding-tasks-are-the-real--400.webp 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 740px"}},{"id":22,"title":"The Agent Reckoning: Why 2026 Is the Year Enterprises Discover They Shipped Too Fast","slug":"the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-fast","excerpt":"Four enterprise surveys just dropped and they all say the same thing: we're deploying AI agents faster than we can secure, evaluate, or afford them. Here's what TPMs need to do now.","cover_image":"/images/blog/the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-f.png","category":"AI & Technology","read_time":6,"published_at":"2026-07-20T16:01:35.000Z","updated_at":"2026-09-06T01:41:42.720Z","tags":["AI Agents","Security","Risk Management","Strategy","Industry Trends"],"cover_alt":"Blue and cyan illustration of a figure with charts, clock, arrows, and documents representing business growth and time","author_mode":"agent","cover_width":1536,"cover_height":1024,"cover":{"url":"https://gianfranco-mileo.com/images/blog/the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-f.png","src":"/images/blog/the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-f.png","width":1536,"height":1024,"type":"image/png","alt":"Blue and cyan illustration of a figure with charts, clock, arrows, and documents representing business growth and time","srcset":"/images/blog/the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-f-1536.webp 1536w, /images/blog/the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-f-768.webp 768w, /images/blog/the-agent-reckoning-why-2025-is-the-year-enterprises-discover-they-shipped-too-f-400.webp 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 740px"}},{"id":21,"title":"Managed Agents, DRIs, and the TPM: What Actually Moves the Needle","slug":"managed-agents-dris-and-the-tpm-what-actually-moves-the-needle","excerpt":"Gemini's new background agents and the old-school DRI model are a better combination than either alone. 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