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this is strangely heartwarming: the canadian pediatrics association now recommends that children engage in risky play—"thrilling and exciting forms of free play that involve uncertainty of outcome and a possibility of physical injury"—because of benefits e.g. to mental health ...

Thank you @jarredsumner and crew for making this chaos possible https://t.co/LyOfqzU1uc

One of the worst cover ups of all time https://t.co/koo1GOU1Y0

In 2021, I was depressed, living with my parents and 0 income. One day, I saw a tweet from @levelsio: A guy building startups with a laptop and no employee — Freedom. I took the plunge, moved to Bali, and shipped like a madman. I showed up every day, even when I didn't fee...

What’s the best founder essay, blog, memo, or email you’ve ever read?

being a little cheeky with this but let's see how it does https://t.co/1efjRERt1c

Spotify, Netflix and YouTube refusing to put their apps on the Vision Pro after Apple spent the past decade strong-arming them on the App Store’s 30% tax and external web link restrictions. https://t.co/4tK1ILrgry

3 books that changed my solopreneur journey: - readMAKE (startups) - RefactoringUI (design) - Why We Sleep (health)

Add https://t.co/Z6o91lKNKf at the beginning of any recipe URL to strip away anything but the recipe and the ingredients. https://t.co/2Oc6hbqClM

The most powerful paradoxes of life: 1. The Failure Paradox You have to fail more to succeed more. Our transformative moments of growth often stem directly from our toughest moments of failure. Don't fear failure—learn to fail smart and fast. Never fail the same way twice....

Me using the $7500 setup I convinced IT to let me expense for my remote product work so I can spend all day creating 3 JIRA tickets for the engineering team https://t.co/eMnYcG1v9b

almost everyday i find a new way to use AI and realize i’ve been underutilizing it but most people seem to not care at all - sort of mind blowing i wonder if people truly have the desire to be more efficient or if the satisfaction from doing their habits well overrides that

Holy smokes this site is on track to do 70M+ visitors/year. They convert YouTube videos to SEO-optimized written articles (using AI). Domain registered in 2022. Team of 3 (according to LinkedIn). Insane. The end of SEO? https://t.co/2mEgyMw5HI

Who’s got that one programmer meme?

How you can get “lucky” as an entrepreneur, creator: 1. You can chill. Sometimes, the best way to be productive and come up with the best ideas is to do nothing at all. Allow yourself the space to just be. 2. You dare to disagree. Lucky people don't just go with the flow. Th...

I LOVE this simple $30k/year side project: - Problem: magicians can't get work - Solution: Simple online directory (built on Webflow) - Pricing: $299/year to get listed - Validation: Sold 50 spots @ $99 (at launch the site) - Smart domain name: ranks #1 SEO (see image) - 103 ...

another oldie but goodie discovered from @jimniels' outbound link blogroll https://t.co/uVxfYNG0E6 im currently in "i have nothing to write" phase

@Austen v1 if you’re building the future, v2 when you’re ready to live in it. If you’re a maker, founder, or investor, you need to get your hands on v1.

The pro version of https://t.co/a4GV5f69A1 costs $3 a month, and it is worth so much more than that.

Just learned about the best life hack to take your house out of HOA control, prevent getting foreclosed on, and also drastically reduce your taxes at the same time!!! https://t.co/DX8AEkqYRb

Alright some very quick (assumptive) analysis: 1. Looks like the company was nuking most of the sales org. If they’re keeping <25% of an org the calculus isn’t, “Are they doing a good job and have we given them a fair shake?” It’s more, “Who are the top performers we need to ...

Getting fired is tough, but it’s important to handle it with dignity. Firing someone is also hard, requiring compassion and respect. Total disaster on both sides here. https://t.co/ptEFQT0TTb

What's the best business book you've ever read? So good you'd gift it to anyone on your team.

Adding stats/data can 10x your content’s authority. But people waste hours doing this manually. Simplify it using this AI prompt (add stats to any content in < 2 mins): Go to perpl...

Today’s show might be a first in the history of podcasts: @GeoffreyLitt and I built an app together using @ChatGPTapp and @Replit in under 60 minutes—during our interview. We wanted to show how AI and ChatGPT change who gets to build software and how they usher in a world wh...

Author @shaneparrish reads 100+ books a year and has a library of 4,000+ books. Here are 37 tips from him on how to read more & better: 1) Reading is a long-term investment I make in myself. I don’t have the time not to. 2) When it comes to reading, my philosophy is simple:...

passing core web vitals is about to get a lot harder, especially in the JS ecosystem. (see thread for details)

2020: podcasts 2021: communities 2022: job boards 2023: newsletters What’s next up in 2024?

i've switched to using a server for 100% of development 1. persistent tmux sessions for each project 2. in each session, one window for neovim, one window for various shells 3. renting 5 cores on a ryzen 7950x for $35 a month 4. tailscale so i can access dev servers running a...

Wise has seen explosive organic growth in the last 3 years. Every month, customers trust Wise to move $12 Billion of their money. Wise’s rise to the top was not an accident. I spent some time analyzing their SEO. Here’s what I found: https://t.co/eicXuBlgcc