Human. Tech & Product Management Former product @ Microsoft, Nordstrom, Whole Foods/Amazon. 10+ years of product writing. Baltimore 🛫, FAMU, SEA, 🛬 ATX. More: boldtowin.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mmaeo257ws2cThese are people seeking out the variables they can’t control as rationale for the consequences of a whole bunch of things they can control. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaeo257ws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mmaayvo3g22cIt’s not good being 11 games out of first place with 100 games remaining, me thinks19 May 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaayvo3g22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm6cwyc6rk2oIt’s like Covid never happened. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6cwyc6rk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm5qdsail22g2018 energy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5qdsail22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm5ds6wlec2nWhat timeline is this?18 May 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5ds6wlec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm3l2lkwdk2tUber has raised prices about 50-100% since when Uber X was introduced m [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3l2lkwdk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm3f4q3mcc2s😳 we’re 30% through the season17 May 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3f4q3mcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm3bglvfe22sToday’s church service was the Commemoration of St. Thurgood Marshall One of my favorite days17 May 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3bglvfe22shttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm3b2sjjmk2sNunez is unreal. I haven’t seen him pitch much—is his eye test as nasty as his stat line? [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3b2sjjmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mm37m3v7r22sJust checked the score. Gunnar breakout game.17 May 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm37m3v7r22shttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlzjqion3s2aI think the problem with LLMs and AGI is that many fundamentally don’t want to accept that it a a computing program. A very very sophisticated computing program. Asking what it will take to become human, is like asking what it will take for a calculator to solve all the world’s math problems.17 May 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzjqion3s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlywmd2tks2uWhich bench player is about to make their pitching debut?16 May 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlywmd2tks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlyvxnuvu22uOn the brighter side, we will see Aiken DFA at some point.16 May 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyvxnuvu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlypeg4cwc24Welp that explains it @jakerill.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypeg4cwc24https://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlynqrcm7s24First product management article in a year, not everything makes it to my blog, and added an evergreen disclaimer on length because my articles are indefensibly long. https://boldtowin.com/articles/winning-product-experience-product-outcomes-that-win-customers/16 May 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlynqrcm7s24https://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlyeolmt4c2wQuestion: what are Albernaz observable finger prints on the team? It’s hard cause we’re losing. But I’m curious what Os fans are spotting.16 May 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyeolmt4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mly3msb5dc2uI’m about 10 seconds from saying let the kids play. EBJ you may never have a major league bat—but turns out our major leaguers don’t either, but I bet you’d provide a defensive highlight or three. Come on down. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly3msb5dc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlxsb4puu22zWhen I’m faced with a particularly hard problem—I shrug my shoulders and say to myself “I’ll figure it out … or I won’t”16 May 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxsb4puu22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlworhlqh22gI jusswanna see players in my favorite jersey do gud16 May 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlworhlqh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwonmse7k2gWalp.16 May 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwonmse7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwom5svuc2gThree straight sweepers down.16 May 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwom5svuc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwodejd3c2gLet’s go Gunnar!16 May 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwodejd3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwndwm4fc2jBlaze Alexander in CF … What the what16 May 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwndwm4fc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwn2lvyzc2jThree true outcomes. 16th in HRs 3rd in Strikeouts (one and two are one and three in HRs) 6th in walks We’re not getting much return for dem Ks me thinks.16 May 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwn2lvyzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwmfaqeqs2jHad Blaze not hit for Cowser—we could have replaced Mayo with a runner in that situation.16 May 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwmfaqeqs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwlztlhr22jPusha at voice Ehck16 May 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwlztlhr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikal-el.com/post/3mlwgxxl5ok2tOnly four batters below .200 in the line up today. What’s that? We only have NINE BATTERS?!15 May 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:g3tob4ohsflqrputc7wr3fke/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwgxxl5ok2t