DavidGsda

it is actually much, much easier to gain engagement, online and irl, by complaining about something, and bonding with others who also hate the thing, than by creatively adding value

Linear’s founders want to do more than support better software creation. They want to bring back a sense of dignity to software creation, a job that today, Saarinen observes, can feel disconnected from a larger purpose. They want software engineers to feel satisfaction with and control over their work, something overreliance on project managers

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To feel creatively and intellectually alive, you have to stop mindlessly consuming the Internet and start mindfully curating it.

Writing increases your rate of revelation. This is true irrespective of the subject because writing is a process of reflection, assertion, and iteration.

Writing clarifies your own ideas. Writing begets new ideas too. Writing lets you explore ideas in depth even if you won’t have time to act on them all. Writing shows people how you think and lets... See more

Jack Dorsey on identifying the right details:

“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”