From Manager to Leader: Right Answers → Right Questions Risk Avoidance → Risk Selection Trust Earning → Trust Giving Directing → Empowering Pessimism → Optimism Control → Trust What you do is who you are.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on complaining:

the people who are always accusing everyone of over complicating things have never done the last 20% of a project they do the fun stuff and quit before they ship so they don't realize how much complexity exists there

My grandfather used to say: “Show up on time, with a good attitude, and do what you said you’d do. That’s it. That’s 90% of winning in life."

your ability to keep going is really all it comes down to - if you're close to founders of a company that fails you can see they just got tired it's why we optimize for motivation - there's a constant stream of profitable opportunities that are miserable to work on

People only root for others at two times: First, when they’re at the beginning of the race. Second, when they finish. Neither is when you need it. So, you have to master the middle. The boring, exhausting, soul-crushing middle. That’s where the winning happens. On your own.

2025 edition: C Players: "This is broken. Someone should fix it." B Players: "This is broken. Do you want me to start working on fixing it?" A Players: "This broke. I fixed it, and automated it with AI so we won't ever think about it again."

What matters is doing the work

Nothing is easy. Nothing works the first time. Everything takes longer than you expect. Everything is harder than you expect. You have to force it into existence. And you have to fight for every inch.

My hiring checklist: Mindset -> Growth -> Focused -> Long-term Attitude -> Positive -> Humble -> Curious Priorities -> Action -> Service -> Efficiency Take the time to match what works for you with how people naturally work.

Founders: "Woe is me" is the absolute worst message to the team in tougher times "It's my fault" is OK but it doesn't even help much "Here's the plan" is what people want to hear

Working with Medplum (YC S22) confirmed what many devtools founders know: pitching your product to industry buyers is the real challenge. Their ace team built an impressive open source healthcare platform—we helped reframe how they showcase its value to medical decision-makers.

Dinner with a group of CEOs and a legendary CEO this week. Q: "How did you get your execs to feel a sense of urgency and drive that through the rest of the organization?" A: "You have the wrong execs." 🫳🏼🎤

Thank you Healee for spreading the word about how Open Source can help in healthcare. (Blog post in comments)

Learn to go first. Introduce yourself. Ask them out. Host the event. Voice an idea. Tell people what you want. ㅤ You’ll face more rejections when things go wrong, but you’ll get all of the credit when things go right. The world rewards those who go first because so few people

The reason a lot of slop gets shipped is because the average person doesn’t care.. To care requires conflict. Most people just want to be “collaborative” and get exceeds on that performance review. Care is asking for that eighth iteration of a design even though no user might

The best devs are devs+support+sales+PM+marketers. They win hearts and minds, build, and follow through. That feedback loop is so valuable.

TFW you finally delete the cursed legacy code Matt Long

Anthropic Medplum MCP blog post by our CTO @CodyEbberson medplum.com/blog/unlocking…

At the start, entrepreneurship is all about the adrenaline: "Will you quit your job? Will you take the leap? " It’s all about launching. But as the business grows, the focus changes to "How do I make this relevant and sustainable?" You become the person who absorbs the