Alex Kulikov

Building simple, teacher-friendly curriculum planning app

[Glenn Hitchcock @glennui]

Design is full of codewords. Knowing them changes what you can ask for, and what you can get back, whether you're working with devs, or an AI.

“tint this neutral color”, “fix this widow”, “nudge it to the optical center”

I wrote them down: https://t.co/aFyd5avj9o

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@aaronmahlke or @vercel

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@readswithravi cool mugs

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

color mood

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@aaronmahlke lesson planner and mood manager

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@mktpavlenko constantly

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@rdbuilds7 Lesson planning https://t.co/mtza60rGlj

[Lee Robinson @leerob]

"Engineering, product, and design are all merging into a 'builder' role"

Yeah... I'm not so sure. This feels like an oversimplification and podcast talking point. Reality is a lot more complex.

Even with 1000 "Member of Technical Staff" titles, someone still has to wake up and care 100x more about Product or Design than anyone else. It is their Main Thing™

That's not to say MTS titles are universally bad, but I think they're an example of this 'builder' talking point that's become bastardized.

AI and coding agents have made generating code easy and yet... you're in for a world of pain if non-engineers ship a bunch of slop and don't have great engineers to tame the complexity.

The SF hivemind has a tendency to overfit what works at startups for every company. And to be fair, sometimes this is true! Startups can be a leading indicator for how the industry is changing and often cause disruption.

However, it is going to be incredibly hard to disrupt the extremely human parts of corporate jobs. You really think there's going to be a PM who also does some engineering and design on the side at JPMorgan Chase?

This is true for the simple parts of most jobs, like people wanting to have ownership over something and do good work, move up a career ladder, support their family, get paid well, make an honest living...

And also the hard parts: internal politics, some critical business system that has a bus factor of 1 which has been running for 15 years and isn't documented anywhere because it's that guy's job security. The real world has a lot of this stuff.

It's easy to pontificate about all roles collapsing but it's actually really nice to have a specific person or team who is an expert in one thing that you can work with. I don't expect that to change. Further, I think AI disruption to knowledge work will take decades to play out because it is more fundamental to the human condition (e.g. sociological/organizational) than pure intelligence.

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@uaRudra Це був чат гпт 😅

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

Working on buffer time. Manage extra time between lessons or events.

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

This is a big deal. Omega-3s reduce aggressive behavior across randomized controlled trials.

A meta-analysis of 29 studies and nearly 4,000 participants found that omega-3 supplementation reduced aggressive behavior by up to 28%. The benefit was broadly consistent across children and adults, males and females, community and clinical samples, and across different doses and treatment durations. It also helped with both reactive/impulsive and proactive/planned aggression.

Mechanistically, this makes sense. Omega-3s are deeply involved in brain cell membranes, neurotransmission, neuroinflammation, cerebral blood flow, and gene regulation. DHA is especially enriched in the prefrontal cortex (an area critical for impulse control, emotion regulation, and executive function).

The authors even concluded that there is now “sufficient evidence” to begin implementing omega-3 supplementation to reduce aggression in the community, the clinic, or the criminal justice system.

That’s a remarkable statement for a nutritional intervention and a reminder that omega-3s influence brain health and may shape behavior in meaningful ways.

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

Refreshed website. https://t.co/MTipcogK0v

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

Refactoring Inlay. Today's lesson list with to-dos.

[bram naus @bram_naus]

Wake up. New Inter killer just dropped.

10 weights. 20 styles. Completely free.

Link below.

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@raunofreiberg @emilkowalski 😐😐😐

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

my favorite things I made for Inlay

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@isaacrrr7 Well deserved ❤️

[Alex Kulikov @startupenko]

@nexta_tv Oh, it’s not violently at all, gently choked