Product for Product Management EP 148 - AI Tools: V0, Replit and more with Adir Traitel
Feb 18, 2026
59:48
We’re keeping the AI Tools series rolling with Adir Traitel, entrepreneur, product leader, and early adopter of just about every vibe coding tool out there. Adir joins Matt and Moshe to share hard‑won lessons from building real apps with v0, Bolt, Replit, Figma Make, and more, all while running his own startup and consulting on product builds across industries.
From his early days in project management and mobile app startups, through work with companies like Moovit and across FinTech, AgTech, and credit scoring, Adir has consistently been the “try it first” person for new build tools. In this episode, he breaks down what these platforms actually do well, where they fall short, and how product managers can use them responsibly for experiments, prototypes, and beyond.
Join Matt, Moshe, and Adir as they explore:
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From his early days in project management and mobile app startups, through work with companies like Moovit and across FinTech, AgTech, and credit scoring, Adir has consistently been the “try it first” person for new build tools. In this episode, he breaks down what these platforms actually do well, where they fall short, and how product managers can use them responsibly for experiments, prototypes, and beyond.
Join Matt, Moshe, and Adir as they explore:
- Adir’s journey from PM and founder to heavy user of vibe coding tools in his current startup
- His 3-layer view of the ecosystem: AI dev assistants (Cursor, Antigravity, Claude Code), front-end mockup tools (v0, Figma Make), and full‑product builders (Lovable, Base44, Bolt, Replit)
- V0: where it shines for quickly building functional UIs (like his electricity consumption app) and where it starts to crack
- Lovable: great for sites and simple flows, but not ideal for complex SaaS or CRM‑like products
- Bolt: fun and fast for concepts, but why it never got him close to production
- Replit: stronger agents and capabilities, but weaker UI output and surprising backend defaults that can get very expensive very quickly
- Figma Make and Google Stitch: when design quality trumps everything else, especially for SaaS interfaces
- The real costs of vibe coding: AI token spend, hosting/pricing traps, and why production economics matter as much as build speed
- What his “dream product” would look like, including multi‑agent environments, better security/privacy, and built‑in QA and CI/CD
- How all this is reshaping the product management role, and why curiosity and tool fluency are becoming must‑have skills
- And much more!
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adirtraitel/
- Website: https://adirtraitel.com/
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- Matt Green: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgreenproduct/
- Moshe Mikanovsky: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikanovsky
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