Behind The Product Shelf
María Leal · Product Manager, editor and founder of The Product Shelf
Working in Product means making decisions about systems you cannot always see inside. An integration that fails, a feature that looks simple but takes weeks, or a technical improvement competing with the next release.
You do not need to code to take part in those conversations. It helps to understand what is happening, which questions to ask and what each option means for the product.
That is the purpose of The Product Shelf.
A publisher with a Product perspective
I am María Leal, a Senior Product Manager with more than seven years of experience building and evolving digital products.
I created The Product Shelf to make technical knowledge more accessible to Product Managers and Product Owners. As editor, my role is to shape a collection that connects technology concepts with the decisions we make in Product.
The starting point is a practical question: what does a PM need to understand about this topic to work better with Engineering?
Technology connected to real decisions
The catalogue covers APIs, software architecture, SQL, metrics, observability, CI/CD, cloud, testing, technical debt and security.
They are different topics with a shared purpose: helping you understand technical conversations and relate them to scope, user experience, risks and product priorities.
The editorial approach combines clear explanations, examples and recognisable situations. From investigating an incident to assessing a release or understanding why technical debt needs attention.
Choose around the problem you need to solve
Not everyone needs to start with the same book. You might be preparing an integration, trying to understand your data or looking to contribute more confidently to a release decision.
Each title focuses on a specific area. Choose what you need now and expand your reading as new questions come up.
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