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The Beautiful Mess

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The Beautiful Mess, “John Cutler”, is a business site on cutlefish.substack.com, in English, funded by its readers through Substack; no supporter count is published.

A Substack newsletter by John Cutler on the messy realities of cross-functional product development.

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Latest posts

• TBM 447: Why We Sabotage Our Careers2026-10-25
• TBM 446: Halos, Vibes, Causality, and Identity2026-10-19
• TBM 445: The Feature Factory: A 10-Year Retrospective2026-10-15
• TBM 444: What a Workplace Can’t Promise2026-10-11
• TBM 443: The Standard Setter2026-10-03
• TBM 442: 10 Career Traps (Thoughtful People Fall Into)2026-09-30
• TBM 441: AI, the Loss of Positive Friction, and What to Do About It2026-09-24
• TBM 440: The Problem With Putting People in Boxes2026-09-19

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