<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hemanth Boddapu — Writing</title><description>Technology product manager shaping product strategy and building platforms end to end — digital banking, applied AI and operations analytics. Writing and videos on building with AI and supply chain analytics.</description><link>https://hemanthboddapu.in/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Why I build the prototype instead of specifying it</title><link>https://hemanthboddapu.in/writing/why-i-build-the-prototype/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hemanthboddapu.in/writing/why-i-build-the-prototype/</guid><description>A product manager who can put a rough working thing in front of someone learns more in a day than a spec learns in a month.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Product</category><category>AI-assisted building</category></item><item><title>Tech debt is a product decision, not an engineering one</title><link>https://hemanthboddapu.in/writing/tech-debt-is-a-product-decision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hemanthboddapu.in/writing/tech-debt-is-a-product-decision/</guid><description>Debt gets framed as something engineering owes and product tolerates. That framing is why it never gets paid down.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Product</category><category>Delivery</category></item></channel></rss>