Quotes and epiphanies

but the people you remember, the ones who haunt you in the best way,

they weren’t interesting.

they were interested. interested in something.

in the world. in their craft. in the questions that wouldn’t let them sleep.

they weren’t trying to impress you.

they were trying to say something true.

don’t optimize for being interesting.

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The value of niche media companies goes up. Because serving 10,000 people deeply beats serving 10 million people shallowly. AI can’t fake domain expertise earned over decades.

The value of taste and curation goes up. Because infinite content makes filtering more valuable than creating. Knowing what to ignore beats knowing what to make.

The value of community-built products goes up. Because communities create moats that AI can’t replicate. Users who care enough to contribute don’t exist in a training set.

& neither do great products.

the best ones start with one sharp idea.

one emotional truth.

one unshakable hunch about how the world should be.

that’s the root.

not the feature list. not the roadmap. not the tech.

the story is the root.

everything else grows from that.

when you don’t build from story, you start stacking.

Find something people Google related to your space. Not your product but something adjacent. If you sell CRM software, build a business card scanner. If you sell design tools, build a color picker. Build the simplest possible version. We're talking 200 lines of code. One weekend. Make it work, ship it, move on. Put it everywhere. ProductHunt. X.... See more