Darren LI

Four elements of successful game design: - Frequent Feedback Loops- Variable Outcomes - Sense of Control- Connection to a Meta-Game

 Sometimes it can seem as though the algorithms are impartial ... [but] as many have pointed out, algorithms encode the biases of those who program them, and amplify the biases inherent in whatever the data sets they draw on.

- The core of Packy’s flywheel is the Monday piece. These pieces are the crown jewel in Packy’s empire, the battery pack in his Tesla; these pieces are (rightly) shared en masse, and they fuel his obscene subscriber growth. - As Packy’s keeps churning out hit after hit on Mondays, his audience doesn’t stop growing. - As the audience grows, a few... See more

4. Today, the stack for LLM APIs can feel separate from the custom model training stack, but these are blending together over time.

Even if the most privacy-conscious technique is to self-host the open-source solution (which often leads to no revenue for the developer), many companies will still opt for a hosted model. But they do so now with assurances of how the software works—line by line—and the process of migrating to a self-hosted model in the future if necessary. It’s... See more

"The issue is not are there use cases in general. The issue is are there enough use cases that are superior to the regular web in such a way that consumers adopt at scale."