Chris Rappoli

Spending time PMing, parenting, keeping my body moving. Formerly @Google, @Verily

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@akiffpremjee @anothercohen And a morning mindset of "I feel good! Let's go!" vs. worrying about a sleep score difference of 10-20 pts

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@PromptLLM glucose makes sense as a direction... closer to the brain than HR

curious though... when the fog hits... do you change anything about your day based on WHOOP score or do you just go by feel anyway?

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@signulll Claude. Then a manual review on the plan which gives me good perspective on what's changed, etc

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@CoachDanGo 2 months into doing the same after overchecking HRV every morning following a health incident.

Also, now feel significantly better from a mental health perspective / no change physical. Nice to know I have the data, but no desire to check it more than 2x per month

[Manosai @manosaie]

I wrote a piece on collapse. LLMs and humans. I reflect on my own experience fighting against when I was collapsing. And how that is a critically missing ingredient in LLM-based intelligence.

I would love to hear what this post invokes for you.

Hitting publish on this was a journey. I had the thoughts in my head for ~2 months. But I couldn't figure out exactly what I wanted to say. I wrote multiple drafts and hated each. I wanted to give up on the idea many times.

But my subconscious wouldn't let me leave it. I had something I wanted to say. So for now, I'm happy that I've said it.

We are vessels for the world to pass through us.

https://t.co/cEE8c9nVdR

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@evanlapointe Appreciate you sharing this framing with such a high level of clarity and conciseness.

We could retire 98% of product podcasts and just loop the above!

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

Well said 👏

[Evan LaPointe @evanlapointe]

It’s actually shockingly simple:

Make sure we build the right things, the right way, in the right order.

Maybe 1% actually do this.

This also explains why many teams (small or elite or polymaths) don’t actually “need” PM while on other teams it’s an absolute necessity, evidenced by their nonstop doing of the wrong things, the wrong way, in the wrong order.

Most people overcomplicate this, and thus miss this fundamental, insanely valuable core value prop.

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@petergyang #8 “The most successful PMs will have that “just figure it out” energy” should always have been the minimum bar for entering any PM gig

The fact that the bar lowered and there were too many support systems and matrixes partner teams was the death knell of the true core of PMing!

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@jape @anothercohen The way!

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@manosaie Feels like college admissions and job interviewing. All imperfect.

You just have to see how the model/person shows up and what they can do in the real trenches!

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@SahilBloom for me, it became crystal clear once we had kids! sacred time

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@robgo ah, im getting a bit more clarity on where i paused on the 1st read...

are we talking "i have a hunch" gambler, the "skilled poker player", or the "compulsive"?

im feeling the "i have a hunch" persona slotting in to your frame

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

i like the model for clarity/frame

wrestling with "Gambler" concept. is it a subset of the Investor persona?

the Investor knows part of his *portfolio* has to be based on high-conviction bets / "gut feel" to find those high-risk potential big wins--> bakes in some gambling

you also used the phrase "portfolio construction" under Gambler... which points more toward "Investor". I'd say say Gamblers tend more to bet on isolated events

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@MenInBlazers Feels magical. The float and placement 👌

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

I'm a bit more hesitant to make the assessment that OpenAI is reading us all that well on this data point...

Most people rarely download new apps, so any big launch easily takes over = app charts are more like PR leaderboards than indications of breakout products (w real retention)

Their velocity, though... that's damn impressive. lots of quality shots on goal yields a high "expected goals"

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

@petergyang +1

[Jason Cohen @asmartbear]

Just because you've done it successfully before, doesn’t mean you know everything.

You know some things, especially operational.

But you start over with customers, market, fit--every time.

[Chris Rappoli @Reepoll]

Thanks, appreciate it. "I typically buy art from artists I know personally," sums up some challenges fairly well

They are targeting the suburbanite family looking to upgrade their spaces beyond mass-market art (purch. online or misc stores), but are not comfortable walking into a high-end art gallery where pieces might be north of $15k... and are intimidating to a non-informed buyer.

There appears to be a gap in the market between these two price points. For their segment, they focus on:
>$2k-$8k price point.
> well-established "regional" artists or upcoming-and-coming, high-potential newer artists

They've broken down some barriers by serving espresso with a sit-down area. They do see a good amount of sw/biotech coffee chats and build relationships w/ those folks. Down the line when home renvos are being planned, they are top of mind as the "familar/helpful art place".

If she was in your area, you might be one of those folks (we are outside Boston), which is why I ask!

[signüll @signulll]

if you care about culture, psychology, anthropology, hell, if you’re even vaguely interested in humans, how the fuck could you not be obsessed with prompt engineering? especially system prompts. it’s one of the most intricate & beautiful exercises humans have ever invented.