Patrick Reynolds

Designing products, building software, and sharing lessons along the way. Co-founder & head of product @officehours. Previously: @Affirm @Adobe

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

Some personal news—I started a company!

I've been mostly quiet, hard at work, but figured it was time to start sharing more about the journey.

I’m building @OfficeHours: the easiest way for people to monetize their professional knowledge.

https://t.co/ySAssWPE9E

A thread 👇

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@trq212 Understandable if it's against the grain, but any plans to support optional follow-up questions to /btw responses?

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@gRamblings Lines, not dots.

https://t.co/6RWZeEgb5P

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

The real shadow costs of shipping:

Attention dilution, system complexity, expanded maintenance surface area, support/ops drag, strategic drift, etc.

In addition to new feature development, I’m also excited about AI’s role in improving the quality of existing codebases to further accelerate velocity.

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

Even when it's easier and faster than ever before, the first question should always be: Is it worth doing at all?

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@BillCrosby @nejatian Same. And the answer is probably a lot and more than we think.

"We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

— Marshall McLuhan

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@gwintrob @gerstenzang A podcast version of The Great CEO Within, Scaling People, or High Output Management was the first thing that came to mind.

Would subscribe!

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@TheRohanVarma @cursor_ai Amazing. Thank you!

Finding more valuable ways to leverage Cursor every day :)

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@TheRohanVarma Feature request:

A native @cursor_ai command (/BugBot) to flag potential issues before creating a pull request.

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@TheRohanVarma @cursor_ai Exactly! I'm assuming it uses similar evaluation criteria as BugBot?

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

“There is nothing quite so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

—Peter Drucker

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

As I always tell my team: “Prioritization isn’t real until it hurts.”

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@ryolu_ @cursor_ai Potentially some inspo that could be drawn from Stop Drawing Dead Fish.

https://t.co/hVpwEiJ9VR

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@ryolu_ @cursor_ai 1. How Cursor makes code feel more approachable

2. How Cursor helps elevate the iteration quality

3. How Cursor helps inform the feasibility of a design

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

Reconsuming high-quality content is underrated.

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@codyplof “We slow down to a glacial pace unless there are people who are going to drive tempo and pace and intensity and urgency. That’s what leaders need to do.”

Frank Slootman on @NoPriorsPod

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@sull1vannolan @signulll Sorting by recency is the move.

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@thesamparr Unreasonable Hospitality was one of the few books in recent years I’ve finished and immediately started a second read through.

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@lennysan Huge!

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@thesamparr @andrewmason Loved Detour!

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@patrickc A real-time Detour is the first thing that came to mind.

https://t.co/HeGPpA9XpF

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

🎯

[signüll @signulll]

whenever i make something… product, design, writing, i ask a simple question: what do i want someone to feel when they see it, use it, or read it?

then i pretend like i am on the other side of it. then i ask: do i feel that? if not, back to the board. if yes, it’s ready for the the next step.

this is a very simple formula against the war on indifference. wrote a small piece on it for the archives.

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

I referred to this thread on Managing Up so often that I created an internal doc summarizing it.

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@thesamparr I point people to these two resources.

This thread from @wes_kao:
https://t.co/xXbbUOaTEm

This book, Managing Up, by @maryabbajay:
https://t.co/fRukmI2ecS

[Patrick Reynolds @patrickraynolds]

@thesamparr I point people to these two resources.

This thread from @wes_kao:
https://t.co/xXbbUOaTEm

This book, Managing Up, by @maryabbajay:
https://t.co/fRukmI2ecS

[Wes Kao 🏛 @wes_kao]

I've got a secret to tell you...

Your boss is tired of being your manager.

They want you to manage them.

Managing up: How to get what you want & give your boss what they need 🧵