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On the Use of a Life
This post stemmed from a thread discussion on Hacker News in which the question was asked, âIs this entrepreneur thing a trap?â Itâs an interesting argument on the optimal environment for innovation these days.
Flywheels And How To Create Content Communities
This post from Andy Johns on flywheel dynamics and organic growth is a good one if youâre looking for a deep dive on the topic. Johns also gives one of my favorite talks on growth more generally.
An Intake Form for Data Requests
I linked to Caitlin Hudonâs tweet on this subject in a previous issue, so I was happy to see a more thorough write-up on her experience implementing a data intake form for cross-functional analysis.
Seeing Like an Algorithm
âTikTok fascinates me because it is an example of a modern app whose design, whether by accident or, uhh, design, is optimized to feed its algorithm as much useful signal as possible. It is an exemplar of what I call algorithm-friendly design.â Another excellent essay from Eugene Wei.
đ„ What I Found Interesting
Frameworks
âA successful framework distills the complex, and in that synthesis, gets to a timeless insight.â Join me in making my way through this collection of frameworks from Sarah Tavel in the coming weeks.
Brutalist Websites
This design trend continues to grow on me. I could just look through all of these websites for hours.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âReading and experience train your model of the world. And even if you forget the experience or what you read, its effect on your model of the world persists. Your mind is like a compiled program youâve lost the source of. It works, but you donât know why.â â Paul Graham
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