can’t rush greatness

"There's a misunderstanding about what minimalism truly is."

A bathroom with a view of the cityscape

everybody wants to do creative projects. very few know how to generate the necessary momentum to break the overthinking loop, to brave the sea of infinite possibilities, to build the raft towards high taste & vision, to face the risk of death by undercooked disappointment

you can already start to tell which products were slopped together with AI because they don’t make you feel anything there’s a huge opportunity to separate yourself if you even just consider design and the cohesive experience of a product

If everyone is busy making everything how can anyone perfect anything? -- You should probably watch this video from 

build things that are: fun futuristic foundational

a good place to look for new ideas and opportunities is by connecting dots between things that aren't obviously related

You are not a generalist. You just leave things when the depth and details go beyond your interest and IQ.

seems appropriate to share this rather unappreciated meme of mine

AI is the best teacher for the self-taught.

"'Classical' architecture — that is, buildings designed with a sophisticated understanding of mathematics and visual harmony — is a touchstone of advanced culture. Vernacular architecture, however, has a different kind of value: a form of cultural memory. Traditional societies

china does not practice capitalism. they practice commerce which is a related but insufficient thing

Steve Jobs : how to design perfect products.

It’s either so over or we’ve never been so back

If you ask AI to give you ideas, your brain will atrophy. If you ask AI to audit your ideas, your brain will get sharper.

don’t build slot machines don’t fake humans don’t hide the messy truths don’t create black boxes don’t make people feel stupid don’t extract value or attention don’t optimize for vanity metrics don’t gatekeep knowledge don’t make tools that divide don’t sacrifice agency for

stay true to the medium the “liquid glass” approach to design is peak “design system” gone wrong — when you optimize for visual consistency over interaction fidelity, you lose the soul in each medium. each input method has its own physics and affordances. touch needs bigger

Quality is never an afterthought…

companies like Facebook record every imaginable interaction their users have with the platform. they log each of your clicks and taps. they keep track of how long your gaze lingered on a post, whether you were on the same WiFi as that woman who might be your friend, which