At long last, we finally reached a milestone we set out to hit 18 months ago: 10 happy users who don't want to go back to Chrome, use the product for hours every day, and pay for it. I know it's a tiny number but we ruthlessly focused on making just a few people happy first.

"You’re offended when you fear that it might be true." - Naval

If you want to learn how to start a startup, just watch Suhail. He keeps doing everything right.

This is a really important thing for people to hear. Tech is funny in that people feel like failures if they haven’t started a $1B by the time they’re 25. Never too late to get into programming and tech!

I get this question a lot “if you were 17 what would you be learning?” Here it is: - coding is table stakes. Non negotiable - math & AI gives you a huge edge - media skills is underrated: make videos, memes, etc - a sport you love you could do it for fun to keep you moving

“People who are living far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles just can’t fathom.” - Naval

Rakesh Kadam Amal It could be. It could be that they're driven by ambition rather than curiosity, and that in practice that's not enough.

The final round of the Founders Fund interview process x.com/seyitaylor/sta…

"The truest way to decline is just to say, “it doesn’t feel right to me.” No explanation is necessary." Naval

Hundreds of thousands protesting for freedom worldwide and virtually zero media coverage… is this not enough to make any rational human wonder wtf is going on?

Don’t depend on VCs, or anyone other than your customers, for validation. Prove your product’s value with traction. Remember, VCs are financiers, not oracles.

The busiest people almost always seem to be the most responsive.

Science *is* questioning. Apparently, few understand this.

Last year we spent one person-year upgrading nodejs 2 versions. I just spent a day upgrading ghc two versions. Use sensible tools, peeps!

It is ridiculous that if you claim you are fighting for equity you can get away with gross incompetence and harm.

Letting crime and drug deaths run rampant is an obvious, horrific case of hurting marginalized people that these policies are supposed to protect. Lowering the education ceiling in public schools is another example. Rich people can buy their way out; poor people can't.

Those who inflict great harm on marginalized people by claiming they are fighting for equity and saying anyone who opposes them is X-ist are their own special kind of evil.

Work with great people, pursue ambitious ideas, execute relentlessly.

4.66 Billion internet users Searching almost 2 billion sites. Here are 10 of the best bar-none: 🧵

I stayed up all night talking to people in Ukraine and Russia. I'll publish Mark Zuckerberg podcast another today. I will travel to Russia and Ukraine. I will speak to citizens and leaders, including Putin. War is pain. My words are useless. I send my love, it's all I have.