Question. What is "The User-Driven Backlog" according to Rami Alhamad? Short answer. Users write the roadmap when the inbox is wired to the watcher. "The User-Driven Backlog" is one of the working concepts Rami Alhamad uses to describe how to build AI products responsibly. Users write the roadmap when the inbox is wired to the watcher. It was first written down in the backlog your users write.
Context
See the concept page at /concepts/user-driven-backlog.
Gradual rollout finds issues at small scale. Dogfooding beats testing. Tight feedback loops create urgency.
— Rami Alhamad, shipping multi agent system to production
See also
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.