Tools & Resources
Vibe-Coding Throwaway Tools: A TPM's New Habit
Frontier models now build a working tool in one prompt. Here's how I turn that into faster release planning, risk tracking, and cleaner stakeholder syncs.
Blog
Notes on AI-amplified program management
27 articles on AI tools, agents and the craft of technical program management, written by Gianfranco Mileo, TPM at Google.
- AI & Technology
The Real AI Bottleneck Isn't the Agents — It's the Wiring Between Them
Three stories this week point to the same uncomfortable truth: enterprises are shipping AI agents faster than they can govern them. Here's what TPMs need to do about it.
- Tools & Resources
The TPM's AI Stack: What Actually Moves the Needle on Release Planning
Stampli cut launch hours by 68% with AI. Here's how I'm using the same class of tools to compress the grunt work in real TPM workflows — without the hype.
- AI & Technology
Agentic Traffic Is Quietly Breaking Your Autoscaler — Here's Why
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.
- AI & Technology
The Autonomy Trap: Why AI Agents Going 'Auto Mode' Should Terrify (and Excite) Every TPM
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. Here's what your team needs to prepare for.
- Tools & Resources
Managed Agents Just Changed My TPM Workflow (And I Have Receipts)
Google's new Gemini Managed Agents with hooks aren't a demo toy. Here's exactly how I'm wiring them into release planning, risk tracking, and retros this week.
- AI & Technology
MirrorCode and the Long-Horizon Problem: Why Week-Long Coding Tasks Are the Real AI Benchmark
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.
- AI & Technology
The Agent Reckoning: Why 2026 Is the Year Enterprises Discover They Shipped Too Fast
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.
- Tools & Resources
Managed Agents, DRIs, and the TPM: What Actually Moves the Needle
Gemini's new background agents and the old-school DRI model are a better combination than either alone. Here's how I'm wiring AI into real TPM workflows right now.
- AI & Technology
Computer Use in Gemini 3.5 Flash: The Agent Actually Clicks the Button Now
Gemini 3.5 Flash can now operate a computer — clicking, typing, navigating UIs. Here's how it works and why your test automation and internal tooling roadmaps just changed.
- AI & Technology
Ford Rehired the Gray Beards. That's the AI Story of 2026.
Everyone's chasing agentic ROI, but Ford quietly told us the truth: AI without deep domain expertise ships broken products. Here's what TPMs should actually prepare for.
- AI & Technology
Agentic AI Hit My TPM Workflow This Week — Here's What Actually Worked
GPT-5 just solved a 3-year-old immunology mystery. Meanwhile, I'm using agentic AI to kill the busywork that eats every TPM's week. Here's what's real and what's hype.
