On this day in 1995: Bill Gates sent an urgent memo to his executives It was about the Internet. He called it a “tidal wave”… … “the most important development since the PC.” At the time, just 0.4% of the world’s population was using it. And on TV, it was joke material:

The Cosmic Cliffs are unfathomably huge. The tallest peaks in this image are 7 light years high - the height of 5 billion Earths stacked on top of each other. The cliffs are part of the Carina Nebula, located 7,600 light years away from us. One of Webb’s first images.

Just submitted my application to be a mentor. What an exciting opportunity to help the best & brightest achieve big, ambitious goals.

Nothing gets me so excited to buy some software as when an SDR emails me "Hi, I noticed you opened my previous two messages"

Hello to the world of coding and my very first project! Day 1 of #Replit100DaysOfCode. Join me on Replit ⠕ join.replit.com/python

Such a sad, discouraging, and misleading view on America / capitalism. We must aspire to do even better for sure - but no country has ever given more people a fairer shot. Stop tearing down the dream and start inspiring more to reach for it.

Panic led to lockdowns. Lockdowns led to fiscal stimulus. Stimulus led to inflation. Inflation led to monetary tightening. Tightening leads to recession. The panic wasn’t free - and the bill is coming due.

We have created too many enterprise SaaS silos. The challenge is that if consolidation starts, it may make it harder for startups to enter. On the other hand, managing 200 apps to sell something to someone sounds a bit extreme as well.

In the next 2 years you’ll be able to talk to your Replit ⠕ mobile app and it will instantly generate software for you. It’s what Siri *should* have been!

i think the % of content we consume generated by AI will increase from ~1% today to over 50% in the next 10 years

Wanna be a web3 developer with me? I just applied for Alchemy University (Alchemy University). Applications are open to everyone - and it's free! university.alchemy.com

Sometimes athletes have to decide between doing what's best for the team's success or their individual success. This dynamic doesn't exist within startups - the only thing that matters is making sure your team wins. rkg.blog/play.php

Excited for this course to launch. Awesome work Elan Halpern.... Mining just got a whole different meaning in web3. ⛏️ Going to turn my code into gold with (A)lchemy (U)niversity! Alchemy University Early access pass acquired! university.alchemy.com/?a=223d0b8cc4

Bookings > Burn, Never Fear Burn > Bookings, Never Sicker

Great article from Sarah Wang & martin_casado. Infrastructure spend should be a first-class KPI Post is from 2021 but seems incredibly relevant in today's climate a16z.com/2021/05/27/cos…

Had a great experience acting as a mentor in the latest First Round Fast Track program. Congrats to my mentee - who over the 3-month program achieved his goal of making a career change/advancement. Looking forward to the next cohort in early 2023 Julia Govberg

People tend to get wealthier as they get older, which is like everything becoming cheaper as you age. But time just gets more and more expensive. We start out as time fat cats and end up in time poverty. So the older you get, the more it makes sense to spend money to save time.

The hottest new programming language is English

Satya on the Microsoft call today: "Every AI app starts with data and having a comprehensive data and analytics platform is more important than ever." Furthering the message of you need a data strategy before you have an AI strategy. Need to hit step 1 before step 2

PrivateEquityGuy (Mike Markus) The more people you know who are exceptional, the more you realize - they're successful because they do their own thing, and live life their own way.