Greg Howlett

Ecom operator/founder since 1999. Founded, bought, and sold multi-million $ companies with MBA in the school of hard knocks. Father of 4, husband 26+ years.

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@dave_stickland I find your story fascinating Dave. I too live in the Bible Belt, though in downtown Atlanta, I am insulated from a lot of the culture. I would love to hear more about your adjustments and observations about moving from a place like Seattle to the south.

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@texasrunnerDFW Snacks and drinks on a one-hour flight are silly. Good riddance.

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@EWErickson I feel the same about Christians who support Donald Trump and all his lies and conspiracy theories.

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@EWErickson I do appreciate your discussion here. I just don't understand why Paxton is worse than Trump. I would not vote for either of them for the exact reason you describe. Unless I am mistaken, you see Trump differently than Paxton. Why is that?

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@texasrunnerDFW @KenPaxtonTX This is sad to see. No decent person should support someone like @KenPaxtonTX, even if you quietly hold your nose and vote for him because the other person may be worse (in your opinion).

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I am sort of amazed at the backlash against @SouthwestAir.

Last time I flew Southwest, there were 39 people that “needed” wheelchairs to get on the plane, but were miraculously healed by the time the plane landed.

This kind of abuse happened because of the open seating policy. I think Southwest had to do something. I also think they are a great airline and I am sure they will figure this out.

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There will be a lot of ink spilled by people with connections to SaaS, trying to convince business owners to forget about Claude Code and just keep paying their subscriptions.

I see their point. Yes, it can be expensive to build your own apps, even with Claude. And sometimes, it will not make sense.

You should be skeptical anyway. Having the ability to write your own apps not only gets you out of SaaS hell but also gives you the power to do highly specialized things that SaaS, with its need for generalization, simply cannot.

There is no right or wrong answer for everyone. But, for sure, a lot of the squawking you are hearing is from SaaS people who are overcharging and underdelivering. Fire up Claude Code and put some pressure on those guys.

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@amandaorson I agree with this sentiment. People who trade their community for a boat on the lake are usually making a bad trade.

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I keep hearing that AI does not improve operational efficiency. I scratch my head at that because I find that assertion to be patently absurd. I know firsthand that it is an enormous boost to productivity.

Many who parrot that theory are basing it on studies in which employees are asked whether AI is improving their efficiency.

I am not surprised that an employee who has begun to realize their job is in jeopardy reports that AI is a nothing-burger. Of course, they are going to say that. It is like asking a WFH employee if they are more productive working from home.

So, don't believe the studies. AI can be and often is an incredible efficiency boost.

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In my opinion, which is probably wrong, the biggest initial impact of AI on the job market is going to be on entry-level white-collar.

The carnage is going to be real.

Obviously, this will put a lot of pressure on universities and colleges, once people start to figure out how little value their degree has.

My feeling is the business of education can survive this, but only if they make huge fundamental changes in the way they educate.

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@dave_stickland I liked Sheridan for a bit but now find all his stuff unwatchable. Gave up on Yellowstone in the last season.

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@dave_stickland Good luck with this effort...

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@MarketPatel @texasrunnerDFW They were never “America’s team” except in their own mind.

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@TaylorHoliday Mine: optimizer

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@dave_stickland Sadly, because of my bias on this, I missed Curry dropping 60 points in a game here last year :(

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@dave_stickland Dave, I have a hard time going to NBA games during regular season even though I live 10 minutes from Hawks arena. The reason: I question whether the stars will even play, or if they do, play hard. For me, only the playoffs really matter because that is when everyone will play.

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@parislytle Ridiculous

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@theficouple Not my experience. Not hard to get a loan as a business owner.