find new patterns to be new
but why did you make it xyz“ because it’s fun, because I like it, because why not, because I can, because it doesn’t matter, because no one can tell me not to, because it felt right, because it makes me happy when I look at it, because i don't need a reason
Today’s software is far from personal. Unbundling the app is just one important step; we must also invent new interactions around a new set of core primitives.
Embark: Dynamic documents for making plans
One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you will make it despite having *nothing* to show for it over a 2-3 year period before you see “overnight” success. You’ll feel like an imposter telling others what you’re building and who you believe you’l... See more
Bx.com“Workflow still matters,” Sankar argued, and the job of the programmer will be to understand what can be done by traditional software, what can be done by AI, what still needs to be done by people, and how you string things together to actually accomplish the workflow. He notes that “a toolchain that enables you to capture feedback and learn the ed... See more
Tim O’Reilly • The End of Programming as We Know It
Most of these near clones have and will fail. The reason that matching the basic proof of work hurdle of an Status as a Service incumbent fails is that it generally duplicates the status game that already exists. By definition, if the proof of work is the same, you're not really creating a new status ladder game, and so there isn't a real compellin
... See moreEugene Wei • Status as a Service (StaaS) — Remains of the Day
What ChatGPT represented wasn't a technological breakthrough but an interface revolution—making AI accessible through natural language conversation, all while operating an infrastructure able to sustain the resulting workload and to keep the user experience smooth. This mirrors how the web browser, particularly Mosaic and later Netscape, didn't inv... See more
Interstellar made a lot of money to the profit selling wheat for the film. They built a wheat farm instead of cgi and it was a better investment than hiring a cgi studio.
Today, novelty is overrated.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." – Nick Sleep quoting William James