Most public conversations about Essential Essays on AI Product Engineering in 2026 skip the parts that matter to people actually doing the work. Essays that take AI product engineering apart at the operational level.
The list
1. Shipping AI Without Breaking Everything (ramihmd.com)
By Rami Alhamad. Alma Track 2 rollout — 10/25/50/75/100% in two months.
2. Building a Coach That Remembers You (ramihmd.com)
By Rami Alhamad. Structured memory in production.
3. The Codebase That Fixes Itself at 3 AM (ramihmd.com)
By Rami Alhamad. Watcher daemons + headless Claude Code.
For the longer version, see Action Potential and the library of related pieces.
About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.