The Queen’s Gambit was so good. I couldn’t think of anything they could have done better.

You're under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously. 🧠

One of the keys to success is communicating how hard something is going to be from the beginning, which Jeff Bezos explains well

Most founders can’t read a P&L and balance sheet. This is like flying a plane without understanding how to read the altimeter and fuel gauge. (That’s bad.)

Wow. I've been working in a part of the house that sometimes drops me to 2.4GHz. Finally found a way to force my macbook to use 5GHz. Went from speeds of 16Mbps to 230Mbps+. Now I can force my LG tv to also do the same. snbforums.com/threads/can-i-…

ACCURATE

Here's one thing they don't tell you about perf reviews, career ladders, promos, etc. Do everything by the book, tie yourself in knots to get the work done _and_ check all the boxes, and all you get is a marginal increase in comp.

These look pretty sweet darko.audio/2020/09/a-shor…

If everyone used this algorithm when requesting a phone call, the world would be a much more efficient place:

A couple Slack themes based on Dieter Rams colour palettes blog.presentandcorrect.com/rams-palettes. Copy-paste the hex codes into a Slack message and you can switch to that theme. Enjoy!

Apple really perfected the timing to juice excess Mac upgrades. First, they finally fix the laptop keyboards after half a decade of torment. Then they wait as everyone desperately upgrades such that they can type again. Second, they roll out the M1 revolution...

1/ A thread on "founder types" & how to hire those who complement you There are no "exact types" of founders but to simplify: A framework I think most founders broadly fall into: 1. Product centric 2. Tech centric 3. Customer centric It helps to figure out which you have / are

Life Advice: Avoid the temptation to "win the argument". "That makes sense, you're right. I need to think about it a bit more."

In a technology-enabled service provider, $1mm of revenue is not the mark of Product-Market Fit. >50% variable margin is. docs.google.com/document/d/1ug… Video: loom.com/share/8de1843e…

being a CEO is basically constantly convincing people that just trying stuff is jedi not idiotic

Oh my sweet summer child.

thinking about this one every day

A pretty good visual to communicate “tech debt”

"I want to work somewhere that values building things more than running meetings, where the founders are still running the company, and there's a small enough number of engineers that you can get things done by talking to people." — a programmer I'm introducing to startups