Productivity is simple.
Reality?
Success comes down to two ruthless habits:
1. Relentlessly focus on what actually moves the needle
2. Systematically block out everything else
Sounds simple. But most never master it.
Are you choosing your priorities, or letting distractions choose for you?
Playing it safe with enterprise AI? That's just asking to get left in the dust. ๐
Everyone says "protect the brand," but honestly, moving slow just hands the game to your competition on a silver platter. Every time you tiptoe, you're basically saying, "Hey, take your shot, we'll just chill over here."
Failing fast isn't wild, it's how you actually learn stuff no one else does. Way riskier to waste years perfecting meh ideas in some boardroom echo chamber.
Big companies freak out about messing up in public. That's why startups eat their lunch every time. ๐ด
Enough hiding behind "best practices." In AI, you gotta be bold or you're toast. ๐
So, you breaking out of your comfort zone or still playing it safe? Drop a reply if you're ready for the real thing! ๐ #EnterpriseAI
@pitdesi It increases cost to hire for startups. Rather than hiring in the US they will continue to hire outside. Many corporations are moving development out of the US. There has to be a better way.
I've spent 10 months developing the syllabus for our new Stanford CS course: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
The most important question I asked myself about AI software: in an age when the ground is shifting under you all the time, what principles won't go out-of-date next week?
Here's what I came up with:
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ญ: ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Topics: what is an LLM actually, how to prompt effectively
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฎ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
Topics: agent architecture, tool use, MCP
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฏ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐
Topics: context management and code understanding, PRDs for agents,
IDE integrations
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฐ: ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐
Topics: Managing agent autonomy levels, human-agent collaboration patterns
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฑ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น
Topics: AI-enhanced command line interfaces, sandboxed execution environments
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฒ: ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐
Topics: Secure vibe coding, history of vulnerability detection, AI-generated test suites
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ณ: ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐
Topics: what AI code systems can we trust, debugging and diagnostics, intelligent documentation generation
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ด: ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Topics: design and frontend for everyone, rapid UI/UX prototyping and iteration
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ต: ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐-๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Topics: monitoring and observability for AI systems, automated incident response, triaging and debugging
๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Topics: future of software development roles, emerging AI coding paradigms, industry trends and predictions
Iโm sharing an actual recent peer-to-peer call that shows what physicians and patients face when trying to get a surgery approved. This call felt as absurd as it sounds.
The peer-to-peer call was to advocate for surgery to prevent and treat lymphedema for a patient with breast cancer. Her risk is high and we can perform a surgery to lower it.
The doctors from the insurance company on the call were an ophthalmologist with a subspecialty in oculoplastic surgery and a plastic surgeon who currently has a cosmetic practice. Neither doctor has ever performed lymph venous bypassโฆthe surgery I was trying to get approved for my patient.
Neither doctor would provide their name or license number.
At the conclusion of the call, the doctors told me that they didnโt have the power to make a determination or decision to perform the surgery. They were just there to inform me of Unitedโs decision to deny it.
The Medical Decision was not up to the doctors on the call. It had already been made by United.
So here I am, appealing again.
Medical decisions should be made by doctors who are well informed and patient-centered. Patients deserve access to the care that they paid for with their premiums.
If we punish people for creating outsized value, fewer will try, and society loses.
We can look to China, India, and Vietnam. When I was born, poverty rates were 88%, 60%, and 80%. Each country embraced market reforms and let their versions of capitalism take root. Inequality soared, billionaires were minted, and today, poverty has dropped to ~0% in China, 12% in India, and 2% in Vietnam.
Weโve never seen a country lift hundreds of millions out of poverty without also creating inequality and extreme wealth. In fact, every major case of mass poverty reduction came with more billionaires, not fewer. And I think most citizens would take that trade.
People often speak about inequality, poverty, and injustice in the same breath, but theyโre not the same thing. Pakistan has far less income inequality than the US, but very few would say a poor Pakistani has a better life than a poor American.
You can reduce inequality two ways: lift the bottom up, or push the top down. The first works. The second often backfires.
Poverty is a problem to be solved. Unfairness is a problem to be solved. Wealth inequality is not by itself a problem.
We should do everything we can to lift people up, but not by tearing down those who create value! Progress comes from innovation, not envy.
AKA
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE BILLIONAIRES
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