Kenshi

serious business.

[Kenshi @kenshi]

Hey guys. It turns out Nvidia is doing really well on the stock market.

I guess Wall Street finally discovered Quake.

Wait till they hear about PlayStation….

[Kenshi @kenshi]

No endofunctors (dont ask).
No burritos.
Just a concrete explanation of an abstract concept.

Monads are easy.

https://t.co/jA99GLJ9Ei

[Kenshi @kenshi]

Inspired by @_chenglou work on pretext, I went down a research rabbit hole around the architectural idea of "sending a program, not a data structure". From printers, games, graphics and networking system this idea unlocks a lot of power:

https://t.co/XwEd7YfovS

[Kenshi @kenshi]

https://t.co/3muUpjquU1

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[Kenshi @kenshi]

AI - The Magic and The Fear:

https://t.co/PWsUl7iCWK

[Kenshi @kenshi]

@krzyzanowskim Just rewrite your Swift app in React Native...

[Kenshi @kenshi]

@Dimillian @dteam69 Who needs to learn anything now that AI will be doing everything soon…

😇

[Sun Tree Apps @SunTreeApps]

Life giving you lemons?

Squeeze hard. Make lemonade.

[Sun Tree Apps @SunTreeApps]

New theme: Volcanic.

https://t.co/xaUJZSkuAZ

[David Perell @david_perell]

Robert Greene has developed a method for writing best-selling books like The 48 Laws of Power.

This interview is a tell-all about his process. How does he write books? What makes for a great story?

Some lessons:

1) The rewards of writing will come, but they're never immediate.

2) Don't talk down to your readers.

3) When you're writing about famous and powerful people, look for the things that make them human. The things that everybody can relate to, such as how they brushed their teeth or spoke to their mother.

4) Stories are the most elemental form of seduction. You can take the angriest child, tell them a story, and calm them down immediately.

5) When you're looking for stories to include in your book, look for stories that have drama to them.

6) Research, research, research. Robert basically has the entire book organized by the time he starts writing it.

7) Robert's been taking notes for so long that he now has thousands of notecards saved with information from all the books he's written.

8) Intensity of desire can take us to levels of performance we never thought possible. Get clear on what you intensely desire, and pursue it.

9) Robert spent years as a failed writer. He said: “I was a nobody, I had no money, I had no success, I was very frustrated, I was depressed, even bordering on suicidal.”

10) Don't try to change people's morals with a book. They have to come to the idea on their own. You can give them the information or lead them in a certain direction, but preaching to people doesn't change their thinking.

11) If you're consistently struggling with writer's block, you might be suppressing your anger. But anger is an intoxicating emotion. It manufactures words for you. Learn to listen to it.

12) The anger should be controlled, though. Robert says: "Controlled anger is ten times more powerful than just venting."

13) Writing prompt: What's something that's making you angry and pissed off?

14) Don't write about what you think you should write about. Write about what actually excites you because genuine excitement is the only fuel that can sustain you over multiple years while you're working on a book.

15) What's the mission of Robert's work? He says: "My secret ambition is to make things such as reading, studying the classics, and philosophy something hip, so that young people were inspired to step away from the TV and the Internet and challenge their minds."

I've shared the full conversation with @RobertGreene below.

If you'd rather listen or watch in a more convenient place, I've linked to Apple, Spotify, and YouTube in the links below.

[Kenshi @kenshi]

@MyFitnessPal Do you guys need help with your iOS app development?

Because your app is delivering a terrible UX and I'm right on the verge of quitting and moving to something else.

Fix. Your. App.

[Kenshi @kenshi]

@Dimillian @krzyzanowskim I agree with this sentiment and I also lament what we have lost/are losing. I still believe a refined UIKit and AppKit (well maybe that needs a lot of refurb work...) would have us in a better place.

But maybe thats easy to say from userland.

🤔

[Simon Willison @simonw]

My notes on Google Research's new paper describing "pipe syntax", their alternative syntax for SQL queries which they've been rolling out internally since February https://t.co/z07oWz0wIA

[Adam genlight @generativelight]

i should revisit this

had so much fun making it

[Kenshi @kenshi]

Debugging.

[Vatsal @vatsal_manot]

Just one more await bro, just one more @unchecked Sendable I swear, just one more await MainActor.assumeIsolated I swear it’s thread safe

[Kenshi @kenshi]

@v_pradeilles 🦖 represent.

[Kenshi @kenshi]

@krzyzanowskim Just another data point of the shit show iOS development has become.

[Kenshi @kenshi]

Savage.

[Marcus Eckert @marcus_eckert]

Details, details... Will explain a bit about the @RiveoApp sale screen 🧵 (1/9)

[Andy Allen @asallen]

“I want to make beautiful things… even if nobody cares.”
— Saul Bass