Today we're launching @mastra `Harness`
`Harness` gives you a `Session` with plan/build modes.
It lets you manage thread lifecycle, spawn or fork subagents, approve tools per-call or session, ask user questions, queue/steer.
With skills, sandbox, browser, heartbeat. channels:
Chris Williamson dropped a brutal truth on Rogan:
Most people only tinker — new haircut, lose five pounds, switch jobs.
But real transformation? Rewiring your body, your country, your entire worldview? That’s unicorn-rare.
And here’s what almost nobody says out loud: the hardest part isn’t the work.
It’s the loneliness that hits when you start moving at a different velocity.
You become the weirdo training six nights a week, eating differently, journaling at dawn, chasing something you can’t fully explain. Your self-belief doesn’t stay Hollywood-strong — it flickers hard. You’re scrabbling in uncertainty, wondering if any of this is even working.
The old crew doesn’t get it. The pull back to “normal” is magnetic. You might lose entire friend groups… sometimes more than once.
That isolation isn’t a glitch. It’s the feature. The price of refusing average.
In a world built for comfort and sameness, choosing the uncertain climb is one of the last truly rebellious moves left. It forges depth most people will never touch.
I’ve lived those lonely chapters chasing my own new start. The doubt is heavy. The freedom on the other side is heavier.
What’s the biggest change you made that left you out of sync with your old circle — and did you ever find your new one?
@jondoescoding@lottsnomad Our internal one-shotted this ad project for a client. It's safe to say character and location consistency isn't a 2026 problem 😀
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When I was younger I assumed everyone wanted everything to be more efficient. That iteration and improvement was something all people could get behind. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized this is not the case and my mistake was a core error in my mental model of the world and its institutions. Improvement has to be fought for. Status quo is by far the most popular position.
Jonathan Ross, Founder and CEO of AI chip company Groq, offers a contrarian view: AI won't destroy jobs, it will create a labour shortage.
He outlines three things that will happen because of AI:
First, massive deflationary pressure.
"This cup of coffee is going to cost less. Your housing is going to cost less. Everything is going to cost less."
He explains this will happen through robots farming coffee more efficiently and better supply chain management, meaning people will need less money.
Second, people will opt out of the economy.
"They're going to work fewer hours. They're going to work fewer days a week, and they're going to work fewer years. They're going to retire earlier because they're going to be able to support their lifestyle working less."
Third, entirely new jobs and industries will emerge.
Jonathan points to history as evidence:
"Think about 100 years ago. 98% of the workforce in the United States was in agriculture. When we were able to reduce that to 2%, we found things for those other 98% of the population to do."
He continues:
"The jobs that are going to exist 100 years from now, we can't even contemplate."
Software developers didn't exist a century ago. In another century, they won't exist either, "because everyone's going to be vibe coding."
The same applies to influencers, a career that would have been unthinkable 100 years ago but now earns people millions.
His conclusion: deflationary pressure, workforce opt-outs, and new industries we can't yet imagine will combine to create one outcome...
"We're not going to have enough people."
harsh truths about building startups that nobody tells you:
> offer Google login. most users won't create accounts otherwise.
> forget free trials, charge from day one. paid users are serious users.
> after launch: 80% marketing, 20% building. launching is just the beginning.
> talk about your product everywhere, even where it feels uncomfortable (market shamelessly)
> unsubscribers give you the most honest feedback. respect them always, and even in the early stages, give them a few months free
> use your own product daily (build based off of the problems you face)
>70% of revenue comes from existing users. retention beats acquisition so keep churn low
> MVP = ONE CORE FEATURE only. once it solves the problem you're fixing, ship it asap
> if competitors charge $100, don't settle for $10. value your work. undercut SLIGHTLY
> no revenue after 6 months? time to pivot or change ideas (your problem isn't present enough)
> landing page formula: navbar, clear hero, problem you're solving, features bento card, pricing, cta, footer. nothing else.
> email your users regularly. best features come from conversations. ask for brutal feedback.
> price based on results, never features.
> add a clear way to contact the founder, and send a welcome email after someone signs up (even if they didn't buy) for forwarded questions
> ugly product that works > beautiful product that doesn't.
the brutal reality:
90% quit within 2 years.
the 10% who stay own the market.