Just Now Possible Preview: How Real Teams Ship AI—Workflows, RAG, Agents, Evaluation

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I’m excited to share a preview of Just Now Possible, a show where I sit down with the builders who are shipping meaningful AI features in the real world. My goal is simple: pull back the curtain on how AI products actually get made—messy problems, rapid prototyping, and the leadership decisions that move teams from concept to customer value.

Watch the preview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kb2HbuPbfR8?feature=oembed. Prefer audio? Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xM0pDnqR0JpKmW6aZ0pj6?ref=producttalk.org or Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-preview/id1838832993?i=1000725807029&ref=producttalk.org. Want a text version? Read the transcript ($): #full-transcript.

How AI products come to life—straight from the builders themselves. In each episode, we dive deep into how teams spotted a customer problem, experimented with AI, prototyped solutions, and shipped real features. We dig into everything from workflows and agents to RAG and evaluation strategies, and explore how their products keep evolving. If you’re building with AI, these are the stories for you.

From my own experience leading product teams, I’ve seen that the real unlocks come from disciplined product discovery, clear outcomes vs output OKRs, and smart use of gen ai for product prototyping. We’ll talk about the tradeoffs between speed and safety, when to bring in forward deployed engineers, and how to validate product-market fit lessons before scaling. Along the way, we’ll unpack practical patterns—like when to use RAG vs fine-tuning, how to evaluate agents in production workflows, and what great product management leadership looks like in AI-first environments.

The first full episode drops on Thursday, September 18th. Don't miss it!

Full transcripts are available to paid subscribers.

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What is Just Now Possible preview about?

It’s a behind-the-scenes preview of how real teams ship AI features. It shares practical stories about product discovery, gen AI for prototyping, and evaluation strategies that drive outcomes—not just output.

What topics will be covered in the episodes?

It dives into workflows, agents, RAG, and evaluation strategies, and explains how teams use these patterns to ship real features. It also covers disciplined product discovery, clear OKRs, and when to bring in forward-deployed engineers in AI-first environments.

When does the first full episode drop?

The first full episode drops on Thursday, September 18th. Don’t miss it.

Where can I watch or listen to Just Now Possible?

Watch the preview on YouTube and listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Full transcripts are available to paid subscribers.

What is the goal of the show?

It aims to pull back the curtain on how AI products are built—covering messy problems, rapid prototyping, and leadership decisions that move teams from concept to customer value. The content is grounded in real-world experiences leading product teams.