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documenting the journey

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@maciint0sh thought this was some kind of pcb hamburger grill upon first glance

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@creatine_cycle we are so fckn back tm

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@ddsvibeacademy vibess

[john @masterbuilderAI]

what used to be a weekend of vibe coding is now one prompt. honestly miss those days.

[john @masterbuilderAI]

movies that should be rewatched min 1x/year:
superbad
the mask
jurassic park
thank you for smoking
the big short
wayne's world
wayne's world 2
austin powers 1
austin powers 2
don't look up
star wars (all including sequels and yes i know)
lotr/hobbit
happy gilmore
billy madison
margin call
the dark knight
almost famous
south park bigger longer uncut
pineapple express
dude where's my car?
she's out of your league
the girl next door
road trip
anchorman

i could go all night and detail why on each one

what else?

[john @masterbuilderAI]

gonna fork this one fa sho

[SkalskiP @skalskip92]

supervision just hit 45k github stars; 5k in 3 weeks

link: https://t.co/xXMRaS3Guk

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@FreddyLA7 On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most American 🇺🇸 I give this…

Cheeseburger 🍔 🇺🇸

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@10_X_eng @Swolav fun to say as well. Pufferlib

[john @masterbuilderAI]

cursor pro included with x premium?

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@yacineMTB not saying i do this but it is hard to argue with

[john @masterbuilderAI]

voice mode killed the menu bar

[john @masterbuilderAI]

shout to those who remember stumbleupon and used the firefox extension

[john @masterbuilderAI]

become a master builder:

- build things
- build systems
- build teams
- build habits
- build character
- build family
- build communities
- build businesses
- build technology
- build the future

a true master builder never stops learning.

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@InterestingSTEM some of you haven’t read the lean startup and it shows

[john @masterbuilderAI]

happy fathers day

iterate faster

[john @masterbuilderAI]

@vxunderground good move good move

[john @masterbuilderAI]

this is an area abundant with opportunity...

look left: problem.
look right: problem.
look straight ahead: problem.
look behind you: only to learn.

but as you push on through the day i’ve found it helpful to keep a couple mental models holstered.

something i’ve picked up over the years: solving problems is a skill. it’s like golf or hitting a baseball or shooting a free throw. it takes practice. you can slump. you can get rusty. so practice. and practice methodically. i’ll teach you how.

i’ve talked before about iterating. and then iterating faster. but how does one iterate effectively? you may have heard of build-measure-learn from the lean startup. before that it was plan-do-check-act. and before that it was design-make-sell-test. the words may change but the basic thinking remains the same.

i’ll focus on plan-do-check-act as it’s the way i think (on my good days) and the basis for A3 thinking, which we’ll get into in another post on problem-solving i’ve decided.

pdca is straightforward. four simple steps that echo the scientific method. start with plan: find your problem, set your goal, and pick a direction. then do: take action, execute, try something. next comes check: see if it worked. look closely. be honest. finally, act: adjust based on what you learned, lock in improvements, or pivot as necessary.

it’s powerful because it’s repeatable. and scalable. micro-cycles spin hourly or daily. macro-cycles stretch weeks, months, quarters… even years. these nested cycles stack like matryoshka dolls, with smaller daily loops fitting neatly into larger strategic cycles, shaping big business plans and long-term strategy deployment.

keep cycling, keep learning, and eventually, problem-solving isn’t just what you do. it becomes who you are. sometimes, organizationally.

[Stocko 🦾 @_Stocko_]

experts aren't that good at problem solving really. they have to rely on plumbers and electricians. it's hard to imagine being that dependent on the system

[john @masterbuilderAI]

I bought the Mac mini for openclaw specifically but I have since re-imaged and finding it very useful across many mini projects

[john @masterbuilderAI]

fully embracing codex (soon)

[Guinness Chen @guinnesschen]

Codex can now hand off threads between local and remote hosts.

Start work on your laptop, send it to a remote box before you close the lid, bring it back later.

And yes, Codex can orchestrate the handoff for you.