Notes on product work, AI systems, building, and the questions Bibek Ghimire cannot leave alone.https://bibekghimire.com/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/camera-should-not-be-product/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/camera-should-not-be-product/I went into a conversation about safety AI thinking about cameras. I came out thinking about what happens after an alert, especially when it is wrong.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTProduct LessonsAIProductManagementSafetyTechhttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/motivation-is-a-flaky-friend/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/motivation-is-a-flaky-friend/Most of the time, I do not need a better pep talk. I need reality to show up faster.Thu, 21 May 2026 18:00:00 GMTPersonal StoriesFeedbackLoopsProductBuildInPublichttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/what-to-leave-unautomated/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/what-to-leave-unautomated/I like automating things. I also like knowing when to make the machine put the keyboard down.Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:00 GMTPersonal StoriesAutomationJudgmentBuildInPublichttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/not-everything-i-build-has-to-be-useful/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/not-everything-i-build-has-to-be-useful/I built a Nepali browser game with Bir, Asha, square puddles, and Everest gusts. Not every build needs a business case.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMTPersonal StoriesCreativeWorkBuildInPublicGameshttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/hardest-pm-skill/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/hardest-pm-skill/Strong product judgment is knowing when to stop plausible work before it drains the work that matters.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTProduct LessonsProductManagementRoadmapsPrioritizationBuildInPublichttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/two-brothers-one-van/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/two-brothers-one-van/Aseem and Shyam start an amplified 4x4x48 challenge on the Manitou Incline, where the ordinary calm before the start is the most revealing part of the story.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTPersonal StoriesEnduranceChallengeStoryhttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/agent-failure-modes/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/agent-failure-modes/One agent said it was working every thirty seconds for nearly an hour before failing. That taught me more about trust than any clean demo.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI SystemsAIAgenticAIReliabilitySystemshttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/ai-governance-guardrails/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/ai-governance-guardrails/Five failures from my 9-agent AI fleet, and the guardrails they forced me to build before the system could become useful.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI SystemsAIAgenticAIGovernanceBuildInPublichttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/pm-decade-agentic-ai/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/pm-decade-agentic-ai/Running a 9-agent AI fleet taught me that the skills still look like product work: specs, sequencing, definitions of done, and retros.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTProduct LessonsAIAgenticAIProductManagementBuildInPublichttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/openclaw-reaction/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/openclaw-reaction/When 'doesn't fit our model' becomes 'fine, I'll build my own model.' A real story about agency, AI agents, and never asking for permission again.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI SystemsAIAgenticAIBuildInPublicSaaSProductivityhttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/free-ai-model-cost-more/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/free-ai-model-cost-more/Why price-per-token is the wrong metric. Cost isn't what you pay in tokens. It's what you pay in time, failed iterations, and rework.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI SystemsAIAgenticAIBuildInPublicOpenSourcehttps://bibekghimire.com/blog/i-stopped-prompting-ai/https://bibekghimire.com/blog/i-stopped-prompting-ai/The real unlock isn't a better AI tool. It's building a system where AI does the work before you even sit down.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI SystemsAIAgenticAIProductManagementBuildInPublic