Colton

Left Corporate | Building | Golden

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

skill issue

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

in the past two days:

1 manufacturer wants us (a distributor) to buy them

1 manufacturer wants us to expand to all of their product lines and use our showroom to service a larger market

the opportunities that come from doing great work compound

looks like I’ll be going vertical soon

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

@GhostOfStoneyX2 it’s beautiful

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

I hate to be a doomer and I know if you’re not technically inclined this can seem weird

but if you do work on a computer you need to download codex app and start trying things

You can ask it to interview you to learn about what you do

You can have it record your screen while you work and it will learn and than be able to do that job

you will be left behind

you will lose eventually bc your competition will be able to offer their products or services for less while making more margin

this is not theory

I am actively doing this for a specialized construction business as a partner

we are winning so much market share it’s disgusting bc I don’t need to hire non revenue producing employees while the quality of work being done is improving

this is not something that’s going to pass

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Work at OpenAI is being transformed by agents, in every department.

Across our entire company, people are using Codex to do work that is more complex, longer-running, and increasingly cross-functional.

Our internal usage offers an early look at how agentic tools may reshape work as they become more capable and broadly available.

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

the avengers are coming together to fix the algo!

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

Let’s do this!

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

one reason I love x is because he’s always lurking and noticing

bring back the 2020 algo and this place will be fixed

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@karpathy @kuroke01 @gallabytes We need a complete overhaul of the algorithm

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

man am I a sucker for a good domain name

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

Du

I haven’t seen your posts in years bc this algorithm sucks now

great to see your content again

[du @thedulab]

The future of self employment will essentially look one of two ways. You either go full NEET mode and make money solo involving minimal interaction with other human beings, or you find a way to exchange value predominantly amongst friends and trusted mutuals within your network

The first path is just playing speculation based games for a living. Buying coins, cards, collectibles, rare goods, real estate, etc low with the potential to resell them significantly higher. Stack points, level up, climb the ranks in your own real life version of RuneScape

The second path is just energetically hanging out for a living. Create an app, product, or service that ultimately gives you an excuse to perpetually nurture relationships with the people you enjoy being around and the people they enjoy being around

Anything in the middle is the antithesis of lifestyle design. Single player games with participants that haggle and negotiate over 3-4 figure deltas. Multiplayer ones that require you to grovel and cater to the whims of random participants where them ghosting or being an asshole to you carries little social or reputational risk. All the spiritual horrors of being subservient to an uninspiring boss but without the subjective safety net of a biweekly salary

As technology continues to disrupt the system and traditional ideas of prestige, status, and success continue to rapidly break down, what actually matters will only become more and more apparent. Life's too short to prioritize anything other than the freedom of your time and the health of your soul. Many opportunities to optimize both for those who dare to believe in themselves

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

the experiment has failed

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

losing another legend.

unsure if he would remember this

but around 2020, I was in my early 20s and kinda lost. Not in the “I am useless” but in the “I’m bored what’s next” way.

I copy and pasted each of his articles into a word doc and studied them (before x articles, he had an incredible free email)

“everything he writes is amazing, I need to work for him somehow”

so I wrote a dm and by god he took a phone call from me.

that call led to me trying to source off market deals and in return he taught me how to reach out, how to model a deal, how to get in the door of real estate.

Life happens and priorities change (I didn’t make anything of the opportunity). I regret not taking the opportunity by the balls.

One of a few in my life that I think I’ll look back on forever on shake my head.

What an absolute legend of the game.

Enjoy it regod!

[The Real Estate God @TheRealEstateG6]

https://t.co/0DXbA8UDtS

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

@ccmembersonly @TheRealEstateG6 golden

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

the internet used to feel like a place where smart, curious people found weird opportunities together

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

2020 twitter will be undefeated, forever in time

a bunch of internet business nerds gathering around a campfire every morning going “wait… there’s money in that?”

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

People are drowning in business advice from people who have never built shit. The good stuff is buried in old books nobody reads anymore.

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

this is the craziest ai store I’ve seen yet

The videos will fool 99% of the uninformed

[kitze the 🐐 @thekitze]

bro just no food 4hr before bed no screen 1hr before bed wear blue light glasses read a bit before you sleep sleep 8+ hrs but wake up early to tackle your morning habits make sure to walk the dog spend meaningful time with your kid but also give them enough space to be bored but don't neglect your body make sure to workout at least 30 mins per day but make sure you mix weight lifting with enough cardio just make sure its above 130bpm but not above 150bpm because you want those trainings for the heart but not for burning fat then do a cold dip just not after weight training because of muscle growth then a hot sauna but not too often because it might have opposite effects simply don't stress and have coffee but not too early but also not to late and also be mindful of caffeine consumption it's also in dark chocolate but make sure there's no heavy metals in your dark chocolate and make sure to breathe and meditate at least 15 mins per day but also be focused and pay the bills and just dont work too much but also dont work too little but still have money and make sure to invest them but invest them in the right things no no not in those things and eat healthy dont forget 40g of protein per meal and make sure to stretch and dont snack in between meals and hydrate at least 3L of water but not at once and also not too late so you dont wake up to pee and be mindful of your relationship and control your emotions and handle them properly do not shove them away with food and go to therapy and work on yourself but also do not overthink it it's not that deep and spend time with your spouse but also make sure to have some separate time but also dont neglect your hobbies and mealprep so u have protein meals at any point and do not heal all of this with processed food and have a 5 year plan about finances but also do not plan because ai is around the corner and just ... enjoy it man

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

this is signal

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

The basic idea is easy and v0 is a hackathon project. The product here is a lot closer to *it actually works*, for enterprise grade deployments, and after quite a bit of internal experimentation and iteration. It’s kind of hard to describe other than (per the post) it’s writing majority of code, it’s deeply integrated, multiplayer, and it starts to feel like everyone is a manager. So I understand it looks easy to dismiss on quick reading but it’s not some LLM Q&A with RAG over Slack, it’s not even OpenClaw adjacent, it’s a different way of working entirely, for people and teams. I work from Slack now.

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

this guy worked in high volume manufacturing at one point

iykyk

[Chad M Peterman @ChadMPeterman]

It's 3pm and we're at $230K against a $500K goal. As it heats up, stuff breaks and that number climbs. Keep driving.

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

@abelopezz @zac_walk hmm what have you built?

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

10 months. Hello.

[Colton @coltonsbuilding]

@Alex_li congrats?