prod.so
Category: Concepts / Community Website: prod.so Summary: The product-focused community and platform Jack is part of Last updated: 2026-04-06
Overview
prod.so is a community and platform for product builders — people working at the intersection of product thinking, design, and technology. It operates as a curated network where product managers, founders, designers, and engineers share work, discuss product philosophy, and connect with peers who take building seriously.
The “.so” TLD signals the intended vibe: not a legacy corporate domain, not a VC-backed startup with a .com. A community built by practitioners, for practitioners.
What It Is
prod.so occupies a specific niche in the builder ecosystem — more product-focused than a pure engineering community, more builders-oriented than a design community, more intellectually serious than a general startup network. The best analogy is a high-signal Slack crossed with a portfolio platform, where the work speaks and the community self-selects.
The platform is used by people who care about how products are actually built — the decisions, the tradeoffs, the shipped reality versus the intended design.
Connection to Ivan Yeung
Jack’s 2024 Annual Review specifically called out Ivan as the person he most celebrated that year: “for his consistent drive on Prodicity.” Prodicity is closely associated with the prod.so ecosystem. Ivan Yeung is one of Jack’s closest builder peers — the kind of person who shows up in an annual review as the named example of what consistent drive looks like.
Why It Matters
In a world where most communities are either too broad (Twitter/X) or too narrow (a single company’s Slack), prod.so fills a specific gap: serious product people building in public and in community, with enough shared context that the conversations are dense and useful.
For Jack — who thinks across product, philosophy, branding, incentives, and tech without friction — this is a natural habitat.