​Becoming a Better Product Manager Through Vibe Coding by Jules Boiteux, Founder Vibe Coding Academy

Jules explored how **AI is fundamentally reshaping the PM role**.
He explained how, at Livestorm, empowering engineers to “own execution” doubled team output.
Now, with tools like **Cursor**, **Claude Code**, and **Replit**, a single PM can handle up to *10 developers’ worth of output*.

Transcript

1. How to Become a Better Product Manager with Vibe Coding The PM role isn't disappearing. It's evolving. Fast.
2. My Livestorm Story 1 The Starting Point Product Manager of the Dashboard team: approx 4 developers 2 The Growth Doubled team size to 8 devs, hired second PM 3 The Turning Point Second PM left 4> Suddenly managing 2x output 4 The Reorg Engineers owned the projects. I focused on strategy.
3. The Breakthrough Realisation Engineers took ownership Specs, tickets, QA: they owned the executional tasks I took a step back More trust, less Hands-on to work on strategy, coordination between teams, more communication Key lesson One PM can handle massive output from engineers when engineers own execution.
4. AI is creating these conditions 2-10x Developer Team Output Surge Vibe Coding, powered by AI, dramatically multiplies developer team output. 1 PM 1 PM for 4 Developers is now managing 8-10 Developers Output Equivalent scenario to dividing PMs number by 2
5. The New Product Team Structure Strategic Product Manager Product Engineer AI Product Engineer Product Engineer AI Product Engineer
6. Three Paths Forward for PMs 1 The Product Engineer Responsible for taking a product initiative from concept to production-ready feature. Manages the entire lifecycle with minimal external stakeholders. Leverages precision specs and coordination of AI Agents 2 The AI Product Engineer Specializes in optimizing AI outputs. Runs evaluations and builds robust feedback loops. Optimizes costs associated with AI. 3 The Strategic PM (close to a Head of Product role) Excels at envisioning the future and transforming market signals into product strategies. Masters aspects like pricing (e.g., pricing add-ons for AI features). Focuses on distribution (e.g., handling partnership discussions for API PMs). Owns the entire Go-to-Market strategy, encompassing precise market positioning (aligned with personas and problems), feature/product release ownership, and leading high-level communications (product announcements).
7. Vibe-coding your way into the Product Engineer Path What counts Solving technical challenges independently Getting comfortable connecting to external APIs Building your own business logic Handling end-to-end development Examples of apps to build A Calendly competitor A Senja competitor Copy existing small SaaS with technical challenges Vibe-coding Tools to master Cursor Claude Code Warp Github Copilot
8. Vibe-coding your way into the AI Product Engineer Path What counts Improving AI workflows to increase output Mastering AI evaluations (AI Evals) Understanding AI cost optimization Building robust AI feedback loops Examples of apps to build AI wrapper applications LinkedIn profile pic generator Blog/YouTube thumbnail generator AI-powered productivity tools Vibe-coding Tools to master Replit Cursor Claude Code AI evaluations tools like Basalt
9. Vibe-coding your way into the Product Strategic PM Path What counts Sharpening your marketing skills Mastering distribution strategies Developing pricing expertise Understanding market positioning Examples of apps to build Very verticalized SaaS (¬8/month SaaS) Productized service Course Mentorship program where you can book 1-hour expertise sessions Vibe-coding Tools to master Lovable Replit Bolt V0
10. What Should Happen in Any Case Stay Curious Keep staying ahead of new technologies that are coming up Be a Builder Don't stay stuck in your role, but make sure you're able to build things that make an impact Be Proactive If you're currently in a job and have no time, the best way is to be proactive and try to turn yourself towards these directions
11. Contact Me Email jules@vibecodingacademy.ai LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jules-boiteux/ Twitter/X @jules_boiteux Website vibecodingacademy.ai