Priya Shankar
Head of Product
Priya Shankar is Head of Product at Glue, where she leads the product strategy for helping non-technical stakeholders understand their codebase. Before Glue, Priya was a Senior Product Manager at a Series C SaaS company where she managed a 40-person engineering org's roadmap — and spent roughly 40% of her time in Slack threads asking engineers questions like "how does the billing system actually work?" and "which team owns the notification service?" She joined Glue because she'd lived the exact pain it solves: being responsible for product decisions about a system she couldn't see. She'd sat in sprint planning meetings where estimates were hand-waved, built PRDs based on outdated architecture assumptions, and watched roadmaps slip because nobody flagged the technical debt hiding in the critical path. Priya writes about what it's actually like to be a product manager in 2026 — the real workflow, the real frustrations, and the practical tools and frameworks that help PMs do better work without learning to code. Her content is grounded in practitioner experience, not theory.
Glue for Spec Writing
Write specs that include the exact files, dependencies, and patterns. Stop the build-discover-rework cycle.
Glue for Developer Onboarding
New devs explore the codebase through Glue instead of bugging senior engineers. Cut onboarding from months to weeks.
Glue for Competitive Gap Analysis
Know what competitors have that you don't — and how hard it'd be to build. The first CI tool connected to your code.
Glue for Feature Discovery
Auto-discover every feature in your codebase. Stop asking engineers 'do we have this?' and start knowing.
Glue vs Notion for Product Teams
Notion organizes your notes. Glue organizes your code intelligence. One is a wiki, the other is a codebase window.
Glue vs Linear for Product Teams
Linear manages issues. Glue gives you the code intelligence to prioritize and plan them. They're complementary.
Glue vs ChatGPT for Product Managers
ChatGPT writes your PRDs. Glue understands your codebase. Here's when to use each.
Glue vs Productboard
Productboard manages roadmaps. Glue shows you what your codebase can actually do. See the full comparison.
Software Estimation Accuracy: Why We're Systematically Wrong
When engineers are 90% confident, they're right 60-70% of the time. Here's the science behind bad estimates.
Scope Creep: Why It Happens and How to Stop It
70% of projects experience scope changes. The root cause isn't poor discipline — it's poor visibility.
Reduce Developer Onboarding Time from 6 Months to 6 Weeks
New devs produce negative value for 3 months. Here's how to 4x their ramp speed.
Competitive Battlecard Templates That Actually Win Deals
Teams rate themselves 3.8/10 on competitive selling. Better battlecards close the gap. Here's how to build them.
Code Review for Product Managers: What You Should Know
You don't need to review code. But understanding the process makes you a 10x better PM. Here's what to know.
Feature Gap Analysis: Know What Competitors Have That You Don't
65% of sales are competitive. Here's how to run feature gap analysis that's grounded in what your code can actually do.
How to Do Competitive Analysis When You Can't See Your Own Code
You can track what competitors ship. But can you assess what your own codebase can do? That's the missing piece.
Effort Estimation in Software: Why Teams Get It Wrong
Mean effort overrun is 30%. Projects cost 1.8x their estimates. Here's why and what you can do about it.
Developer Onboarding Best Practices That Actually Reduce Time-to-Productivity
New developers take 3-6 months to be productive. Here's how top teams cut that in half.
Should Product Managers Learn to Code? (A Better Question)
The debate is wrong. PMs don't need to code — they need to see. Here's what actually matters for technical product leadership.
Code Intelligence Platforms: The New Layer Between Code and Strategy
A new category of tool is emerging: code intelligence platforms that make codebases visible to non-technical stakeholders.
Technical Debt Visibility: How to See What's Really Slowing You Down
23-42% of dev time goes to tech debt. Here's how to make the invisible visible and start fixing what matters.
Knowledge Silos Are Killing Your Engineering Team
Knowledge silos create dangerous dependencies. When one person holds the keys, your entire system is at risk.
Velocity-Based Estimation: A Practical Guide
How to use historical velocity data to make realistic engineering estimates that don't blow up roadmaps.
Glue for CTOs & Founders
Answer board-level questions about your product with data from code. Feature inventory, competitive gaps, health scores.
Glue for Engineering Leaders
See technical debt, knowledge risks, and team dependencies across your entire codebase in one dashboard.
Glue for Product Managers
95% of PMs can't code. Glue gives you instant answers about your codebase without interrupting engineers.