With vibe coding, you accidentally learn: - how APIs connect everything. - why your .env file matters. - what localhost really means. - why deployments break but local works. - how auth actually works. - what really happens after npm install. - how backend logic flows. - how your

“Heat-seeking missiles for pain. That is the perfect definition of people who really succeed at startups.” Keller Cliffton is the CEO and co-founder of @Zipline, the world's largest commercial autonomous delivery system. Back in 2011, he set out to solve the un-fancy, real-world problem

Nebula is about to print money. Huge get for them.

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Had the pleasure of touring Zipline factory today w/@dentonbaird Airframes so light you can hold them with one finger Zipline is going to win

Every a16z new media fellow is now months away from generational wealth

The smartest solutions are often the ones no one saw coming

Google responds to TBPN — awesome hire for DeepMind!

Autonomous logistics is a game-changer for elderly communities that aren't as mobile and often can't access the same services as the rest of us. Grandma is living in the future!🧓🚀

Announcing Progress Conference 2026 Hosted by Roots of Progress Institute with Abundance Institute Foresight Institute Foundation for American Innovation 🇺🇸🚀 Human Progress IFP Institute for Humane Studies and Works in Progress. Speakers include tylercowen Dmitri Dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell. Oct 8-11 • Berkeley, CA

There's something truly pernicious about how AI writing is eroding old texts. The core materials for AI are becoming jokes that haven't aged well. See, Steve Job's 2007 iPhone keynote

The New Zipline

Jessica is such a fantastic reporter for DC. Every city could use a Jessica.

A new kind of mailbox is born. Now any building can get access to drone delivery in 3 hours, no permitting or construction required. Often partners load through a window in the wall, so they never have to step outside at all

This is bad PR prep - my theory is his team didn’t trust him to get into the deal specifics beyond “50/50”, and told him to stick to that talking point no matter what. Brutal lack of prep.