alex
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alex
+1 for "context engineering" over "prompt engineering".
People associate prompts with short task descriptions you'd give an LLM in your day-to-day use. When in every industrial-strength LLM app, context engineering is the delicate art and science of filling the context window with just the right information for the next... See more
Andrej Karpathyx.comShoshin refers to a state of mind in which we approach every task and situation with the curiosity, openness and humility of a beginner.
Feel-Good Productivity Quotes by Ali Abdaal
Shitty retention is ubiquitous
First, perhaps obvious, but no wonder retention in mobile products is terrible. I’ve often written about these benchmarks for retention:
When you reflect... See more
First, perhaps obvious, but no wonder retention in mobile products is terrible. I’ve often written about these benchmarks for retention:
- daily retention of consumer apps: D1/D7/D28 of 60/30/15
- the % of active users — that is, DAU/registered — should be 25%
- or, for consumer/SMB subscription: M12 of >30%
When you reflect... See more
How Novelty Effects and Dopamine Culture Rule the Tech Industry
instead of asking:
how can i be more like them?
ask:
how can i be more like me?
how many versions of me do i occupy? where do they live? how do they grow? what will they bloom into? what rituals do they practice? how do they... See more
Breaking from the Pace of the Net
open.substack.com
A famous study found that when the three medal winners are on the Olympic podium, silver medalists tend to be the most unhappy. Dr. Laurie Santos again: “Because who is your major comparison point if you win silver? They are not feeling like they are objectively better than all but one of billions of other people on the planet at something. No,... See more
