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[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I'm convinced that 99% of success is just the ability to outlast uncertainty. The one who can tolerate the most uncertainty is the one who will eventually win.

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@bjmtweets Boat trader in top 100...?

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@Revenant3 @Roadtriptofire Er zijn ook nog andere kosten: https://t.co/0LfHkvGrgL

Over 3 jaar wordt dat:
upfront: 9,5%
acq cost: 3%
exit: 10%

[Teddy - PolyBackTest.com @Bitcoin_Teddy]

No debt
Ideal weight
8 hours of sleep
Mental health on track
Right nutrition
Zero Alcohol

This was my peak

I was 8

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@Roadtriptofire Thx

[Amir Salihefendić @amix3k]

We’d be better off using AI to multiply people’s core skills, not turn them into mediocre versions of other roles. E.g., with AI:

- A PM should become a 10x PM
- An engineer should become a 10x engineer

Convergence into one mediocre role produces a lot of low-quality work that does not move us forward.

[Tibo @tibo_maker]

lmao @qwertyu_alex sent me this

insane what you can do with AI these days 🤣

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major life hack: Don't complain, ever. Nobody likes a complainer. They drain the energy of everyone around them. It's exhausting spending time around someone who constantly complains about things outside their control. If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. Complaining gives too much power to the thing. Take back that power.

[Farza 🇵🇰🇺🇸 @FarzaTV]

Just because anyone can build software now doesn't mean software is dead. Anyone can bake bread in their home right now, yet 99% of us still choose to buy it from someone else. Simple products are complex! I will always be happy to pay someone to handle the nuances.

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@gertdemesure Maar vanaf wanneer is een Porsche, een dikke Porsche?

[Paul Graham @paulg]

You don't know how big a fish you are till you try a big pond.

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@Nb3Financials @ZeeContrarian1 Also an interesting point.

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

Stop taking advice from people who've never built anything. If they haven't put something on the line, their opinion on your risk isn't worth hearing.

The people who judge the attempt are never the ones making one.

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

Zowel de eerste als laatste optie zijn ONJUIST, wat kies je dan? #saxo

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

Klopt. Trage verwerking is in de praktijk bijna altijd: onaangepaste architectuur voor de huidige vraag of mvp code die in productie bleef draaien. Niet: te weinig ram of cpu als primaire oorzaak.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

I get 4,150,000,000 (4 billion) requests and 300,000,000 (300 million) visitors per year

That'd cost me $338,913 if I wasn't on a VPS like @brian_lovin below

Instead I pay $2,932/year or 115x less because I host my sites on my own VPS

My VPS servers are way too big and usually only use 10% of their resources so I could even go with $300/year probably if I optimized more (but I don't care)

Especially with AI these days it's easier than ever to host your sites yourself, and way cheaper! 100-1000x cheaper!

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

📌

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

“ok this startup is cool but …”

1980:
… what if IBM builds this?

1995
… what if Microsoft builds this?

2010
… what if Google builds this?

Today
… what if <huge AI lab> builds this?

reality is, if founders listened to the “what if” pessimists we’d never have any startups or new products. That’s why they’re building and the pundits aren’t

My observation: When these huge waves happen, these new markets are so damn big there will be tens of thousands of new viable companies, hundreds of unicorns, and a few iconic companies that become generational. The big cos play a role but can never compete with the glorious open market known as capitalism

So for all the “what if” people - sit down, log off X for a bit, and let the founders do their thing. And let’s cheer them on when they do

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@tijd Over https://t.co/p9jsAXAYdH IE00B0M63953 werd in 2022 geliquideerd. Zie https://t.co/lnSx3rPvWY

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Running a company:

2020: can you survive a pandemic?

2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds.

2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now.

2023: nice job! okay, SVB failed and we’re going to take away your bank account.

2024: a survivor I see. but can you pivot from ai to crypto to defense tech back to ai-enabled defense tech in a 12 month period to stay relevant?

2025: unfortunately all of your competitors have raised $2b series B rounds. oh and only 500 engineers are relevant and they cost $100m/yr each.

2026: well, well, well. you’re still in business? let’s deploy the thunderclap of godlike LLMs from the heavens so all of your customers can rebuild your app in 2 hours. can you survive?

[Koen Victor @KoenVictor]

@LinusEkenstam @tillmatthis By the same reasoning, if we can call it that, we should all start attacking german cars.