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Here’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately: if building software keeps getting easier — and it clearly is — then what exactly are we building our businesses on?
Because conversations about the quality of vibe-coded or AI-engineered software aside, it is obvious that with LLM-originated tooling, writing complex software has become...
A while ago, I asked my Twitter friends to tell me what the most annoying and most infuriating piece of entrepreneurial advice is that they ever received. And overwhelmingly, “follow your passion” stood out as the one that frustrated them most.
I’ve seen this particular piece of advice being given a lot by people who have made it—successful...
Let’s add another one to the series of entrepreneurial advice that just really irritates me. Today, I’m going after “improve 1% every day” — you know, that meme or mantra about making tiny little improvements every day because they supposedly compound into something massive over time.
This one is infuriating, and I’ll tell you why: it’s alm...