prabjyot
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tinkering.
prabjyot
philosophies aren’t rules. they’re guidelines. although they are “set in stone”, their application to a situation isn’t. In every long lasting business, the method of conducting businesses may constantly change, but the values, the culture, and the philosophies remain constant.
let my people go surfing. Is it possible to keep this intact with scale?
Earlier this month, we crossed $100M in ARR, up from $10M at the end of ’24.
But that’s just fraction of the value we’re creating: from enterprise teams like @zillow and @HubSpot shipping faster, to solo builders like @yoheinakajima and @GerrardL_ building and running their businesses on Replit.
We still have over half our funding in the bank. Ou... See more
In the beginning, there’s an almost anesthetic quality to finding something you really enjoy. You throw yourself into it, it takes you out of yourself. You stop thinking. And then as your relationship with it deepens, you gain a new consciousness that isn’t purely pleasurable. It’s mixed: both bitter and sweet. That knowledge is the price for deepe... See more
Being a matchmaker creates a very technical awareness of love and of people that is definitively opposed to the experience of actually being in love. It’s like doing audio engineering for a concert vs screaming your lungs out to the song. I imagine it’s very similar to the experience of running a vintage store vs just being a consumer—you’re not th... See more
life is not an intellectual endeavour.
knowledge invariability affects enjoyment.
I started trying to write a novel because I so loved novels and the solace they provided me. It is obvious in hindsight that doing so would fundamentally change the way I related to books. All of a sudden, I started paying attention to how the magic trick was done. And once I started, I couldn’t stop. Seeing didn’t diminish my pleasure per se, but ... See more