Japan Debut Alert! Recorded live at Tokyo Beer Lab, Shibuya, Tokyo on 02.01.2026.
Fun fact: As my set was winding down, I glance up at the huge window opposite my decks only to see Snow (for the first time ever) - soft, unhurried - falling through the glow of a dim street light outside. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was Tokyo's first snow of the winter on my last day in Japan. Life is truly mysterious and abundant.
And so it goes.
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i’m starting a new manhattan project startup in nyc. we all wear suits, 3 martini lunches, smoke asian cigs, and draft tweets on the whiteboard while codex solves a new erdos problem for us
7 days a week, in person
The best roles never hit a job board. They move quietly through people who vouch for each other. I've been matchmaking inside my own circle for a while, and the volume on both sides has outgrown the side-project version. So I'm opening it up >>>
A curated talent channel for EPD/Biz/Growth roles across BLR <> SF (5-15 YoE). Every role is personally vetted i.e. I talk to the hiring manager 1:1 before anything gets posted.
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i always operate under the assumption that things are easy until proven otherwise.
mostly cuz the people loudly insisting things are hard are usually selling difficulty (consultants, gatekeepers, or incumbents who benefit from the moat narrative).
also starting from easy means you actually attempt things. the cost of a false easy is often an afternoon now esp with ai whereas the cost of a false hard you never try at all. e.g. this is how i got into woodworking & hard edge painting, among many other things.
Just walked in on my wife:
- pumping breastmilk
- watching survivor
- running claude code
- managing her team in slack
Unfathomable levels of locked in. Feminine cyborg
last gen’s successful consumer founders (pinterest, snap, insta, etc.) weren’t on the bleeding edge of tech, they were on the bleeding edge of culture and human experience.
most of consumer ai today is still more interested in the tech than the culture. in the fullness of time, i don't think they'll survive.
Worrying that your startup will be eaten by the model companies is like worrying that your life will be constrained after you become a movie star. You're far more likely simply to fail.
in the early 2000s startups helped u find more friends online bc everyone had plenty of “offline” friends and now they’re going to help you find offline friends bc everyone has plenty of online friends. u being lonely and friendless is incredibly profitable. which is why it’s critical that you build a support systems that are not mediated by businesses. everything is cyclical stay safe x