going slow

Even though we try to ship very quickly, sometimes you just have to wait a while for the good stuff. We initially started work on improving projects and the project page in particular more than 2 years ago at an offsite in Berlin. The initial designs had a lot in common with what we shipped today, where documents play a big role in describing your ... See more

Finding PMF is a game of delayed gratification. Notion: 3 yrs Airtable: 4 yrs Figma: 5 yrs Don't go so fast you tire out your ability to think non-linearly. In PMF, go slower to go fast.

There is a measure of magic, and pleasure, in doing things slowly

The Google AI team is in such a tough place: the targets will keep moving as their competitors advance. Any launch will hurt the brand that doesn’t live up to expectations which are rising. Throwing thousands of engineers to accelerate typically will slow things down. It’d be… Show more

What would it be like to run your life at the speed of your own soul, instead of always feeling like you need to speed up or slow down to match someone else?

"the gradual + slow build of something beautiful and substantial interests me more than suddenly giving into what feels convenient or pleasurable in one slice of a moment in time" https://t.co/SyooBOYZ4p

Ideas require patience. At Steve Jobs’ funeral, Apple's chief designer Jony Ive said: “I think he better than anyone understood that while ideas ultimately can be so powerful, they begin as fragile, barely formed thoughts, so easily just squished.”

7.5 years of @AcquiredFM in one chart.

@tszzl: move fast break things era is over. it’s time to think deeply and make generationally good decisions