Being Weird Is The Moat
AI is making copying faster, cheaper, and more inevitable. So maybe the moat is not just execution. Maybe it is attention, taste, and a company having a flavour that can only come from the authentic nature of its leadership.
Small silly things from trying things.
Notes, essays, unfinished theories, and little moves I wanted somewhere to sit. Lightly held. Occasionally useful by accident.
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May 2026 The Status Game I Still Play
At lunch, I noticed a small status game still running in me: the urge to prove intelligence, taste, depth, and maybe even how little I care about status.
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A Permissionless Portfolio Of Playful Rubbish
I thought I was learning AI agents. But after a week of getting my hands dirty, the real thing I noticed was stranger: maybe the business bottleneck is no longer permission, capital, or even me.
I Was Being Cheap With Intelligence
Watching Y Combinator talk about “token maxing” made me realize I was still using AI with a scarcity mindset. If intelligence is becoming abundant, the real bottlenecks are no longer tokens or effort, but aim, taste, review, and iteration.
We Need To Forget How We Worked
The interface for work is shifting from clicking around apps to expressing clear intent into connected systems. If that is true, productivity becomes less about operating software and more about thinking clearly enough to direct it.
Just keep hitting
Learning starts to change when you stop watching from the stands and get back on the court.