ok i did this hack TV ui thing today.
My dad has moderate Alzheimer's. We are moving him into our home this weekend.
He just basically wants to watch his favorite teams all day (Braves and Falcons). We have smart TVs. They are too complex.
Codex built a really simple and beautiful app. 4 buttons in the UI (sports channels only). Even programmed the remote to only go back to menu and change volume.
Incredible use case
Any founders interested in pitching my friends at AIX Ventures on Friday?
They invest $1M–$5M at Pre-Seed through Series A in AI startups and have backed Hugging Face, Perplexity, and Weights & Biases.
Comment “DM” below. I’ll send you the invite.
@kevinprunion Ha, Kevin. Especially when the work involves actual heavy lifting! You make a fair point: what you’re starting matters.
And a team where different generations learn from each other can be a real advantage.
I suspect the next generation of startups will have some unusually small teams doing unusually large amounts of work.
Which raises an interesting hiring question.
When software can handle more of the execution, how much more valuable does someone become who can identify the right problems, make decisions and take responsibility for outcomes?
I'd spend a lot of time looking for those people.
Agree or disagree: your 50s are a better time to start something than your 20s.
I agree. I started my most successful work at 52. I had less energy than at 25, but far better judgment about what was worth doing.