@SahilBloom@Brady_H Did pitching make you a runner? As a college pitcher I was always running, but haven’t done much since then (endurance work has been on a road bike). But thinking about running again given its ease and efficiency. Though, I’m 20 years older now.
@karpathy@ycombinator I’ve been surprised by how many docs the LLM/agent seems to be able to manage. My personal OS is well over 1k md files, and, though I feel the pull of RAG, I haven’t needed it yet. With context expansion and progress in CL, maybe I’ll never have to.
As a 3x founder, I came to @ycombinator W26 with many opinions. E.g, work in stealth, then launch on WSJ/NYT.
YC pushed me to do the opposite. Launch embarrassingly early. Then relaunch, and keep doing it.
That shift has been strangely liberating. Less ego, more experiments / faster learning.
When in doubt, launch! And apply to YC, it will change your life! 💜
Been using @mitchellh’s ghostty for a while. Noticed some oddity in a TUI output. I opened iTerm to see if I could reproduce it, and was smacked in the face by this beauty.
The most visible tech companies are increasingly casting themselves as the hero in their own story, and in doing so, risk becoming the villain in everyone else’s.
Apple was never the hero - the creative misfit was.
Nike was never the hero - the everyday athlete was.
Youtube was never the hero - the creator was.
Airbnb was never the hero - the host was.
Stripe was never the hero - the developer was.
Figma was never the hero - the designer was.
The best brands make someone else the protagonist.
When you cast yourself as the hero, you turn your users into NPCs. The relationship becomes transactional, or worse: predatory (we’ll replace you, just give us time).
This is why we (individual companies, and the tech industry at large) need better stories about the future. Stories that aren’t centered on ARR, record-breaking valuations, circular dealmaking. Stories that are anchored in people, potential and a vision for the future that goes beyond numbers.
Right now tech is mostly talking to tech, so we’re getting away with a lot. But that’s not sustainable. It’s time to think a few steps ahead.
@dhh@Bryce96915609@OmarchyLinux Somewhat surprised given your relatively recent vim conversion, it doesn’t default to esc. But kudos for doing something with the most wasted space on the keyboard by default.