Mar 29, 2026

So where are all the AI apps? Issue 327

• Artificial intelligence, Product-Market Fit
  So where are all the AI apps?

  If AI users are becoming 10x more productive, skeptics might reasonably ask: where are all the apps?

• Artificial intelligence, Tools
  The hidden cost of AI design tools

  What we’re outsourcing without noticing. The seduction of the blank prompt is the cognitive atrophy of instant gratification

• User Research, Product Discovery
  Can Synthetic Personas Replace Customer Discovery? An Honest Look

  LLM personas replicate 76% of known effects but can't surface what you don't know. Here's the research scorecard and a framework for using them well.