AnthonyIsaacson

what happened to the “you can just do things” energy that used to dominate this place?
You guys all stuck debugging your german slop bots or whatever?

the computer knows how to use itself and we’re all out here making stuff so the computer can use itself
we really gotta get out more.

distribution is the big lie of the startup world
the secret to distribution?
Sell your product. Call people. Email people. Go to conferences.
it's legwork you have to do
"I don't have distribution" = I am lazy

if you're not using OTA updates you are really missing out
no substitute for testing your product on live devices within 30 seconds

after a hard day of prompting Claude, I like to kick back by prompting my friends and family using my face keyboard

friendly reminder that agent marketplaces are a tarpit idea

ai is killing family connection
Who are we asking for recipes? Mom, or Claude?
Who are we asking for business advice? Dad, or chatgippity?
So many lost opportunities to connect and learn from the people we love

founders that hold ideas back like they're clutching grandma's pearls are going to lose
if you think it's smart, articulate it today or someone else will
things are moving too fast to build anything stable on an idea you have now
use it to build credibility and move on

Foundation models? negative margins.
Agents? open source.
Productivity gains? incredible.
selling ai makes no money, applying it makes all the money

cybersecurity stocks are going to zero with haste
(not financial advice)

you learn fast selling automation that small businesses don't have any processes
you can't automate something without 1 source of truth and a stable-ish set of steps to follow
they don't have that. They can't automate shit.
world is much wilder than our home offices

fear and desire are the only factors you need consider when creating something new
today's most common fears:
- employees: being replaced by AI
- founders: being left behind by competitors using AI
- execs: noncompliance with law
desires (universal, variable intensity):
- money
- connection
- sex
if your product doesn't satisfy a first-principles desire, you have nothing.