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Read this korrent: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Sept 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 8 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recipients do not care whether a sales email was written by an AI, so there is no point disclosing or disguising it. — tap to centre the map on it
Recipients do not care whether a sales email was written by an AI, so there is no point disclosing or disguising it.
Last stated 8 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We will read far more AI-generated writing in documents and email, and we will like it. — tap to centre the map on it
We will read far more AI-generated writing in documents and email, and we will like it.
Last stated 3 months ago
24 May 2026
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every email should be routed through an LLM that scores it and approves or rejects it, with what is left ordered by importance. — tap to centre the map on it
Every email should be routed through an LLM that scores it and approves or rejects it, with what is left ordered by…
Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An account of an AI win is not worth publishing unless it is coupled with what that win cost. — tap to centre the map on it
An account of an AI win is not worth publishing unless it is coupled with what that win cost.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Aug 2026
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing is thinking on paper and there is no shortcut for doing that thinking, so handing the writing to AI hands away the thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing is thinking on paper and there is no shortcut for doing that thinking, so handing the writing to AI…
Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Aug 2026
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Now that anyone can generate a body of text, the only thing that justifies asking for a reader's time is whether the idea itself is worth reading. — tap to centre the map on it
Now that anyone can generate a body of text, the only thing that justifies asking for a reader's time is whether the…
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Aug 2026
AO
Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Aug 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
13 Aug 2026
MH
Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: To make something alive with AI you have to work beside it and resist its pull towards the average; an average email is fine, average art is not. — tap to centre the map on it
To make something alive with AI you have to work beside it and resist its pull towards the average; an average email…
Last stated 11 months ago
20 Oct 2025
FC
Frank Chimero — holds since 2025-10-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely…
Last stated a month ago
26 Jul 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows…
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Oct 2019
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every time software has become easier to create, the world has created exponentially more of it, and this time will be no exception. — tap to centre the map on it
Every time software has become easier to create, the world has created exponentially more of it, and this time will be…
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Aug 2026
AO
Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it…
Last stated 11 months ago
22 Oct 2025
AD
Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated a month ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A plain text file and a basic editor are everything anyone needs in order to think and write well; the extra tools add nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A plain text file and a basic editor are everything anyone needs in order to think and write well; the extra tools…
Last stated 5 years ago
2 Mar 2022
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2022-03-02 — tap for who they are
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A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Last stated 21 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds EZ Ed Zitron
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An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one.
Last stated 18 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds JL Jason Lemkin
Similar wording
Recipients do not care whether a sales email was written by an AI, so there is no point disclosing or disguising it.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds JL Jason Lemkin
Similar wording
We will read far more AI-generated writing in documents and email, and we will like it.
Last stated 24 May 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds DS Dan Shipper
Similar wording
Every email should be routed through an LLM that scores it and approves or rejects it, with what is left ordered by importance.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a week ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Similar wording
An account of an AI win is not worth publishing unless it is coupled with what that win cost.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
Writing is thinking on paper and there is no shortcut for doing that thinking, so handing the writing to AI hands away the thinking.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
Now that anyone can generate a body of text, the only thing that justifies asking for a reader's time is whether the idea itself is worth reading.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds AO Addy Osmani
Same subject: AI slop
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: AI slop
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 13 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Mitchell Hashimoto
Same subject: AI slop
To make something alive with AI you have to work beside it and resist its pull towards the average; an average email is fine, average art is not.
Last stated 20 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds FC Frank Chimero
Same subject: code generation
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: code generation
Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone.
Last stated 15 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Same subject: code generation
Every time software has become easier to create, the world has created exponentially more of it, and this time will be no exception.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds AO Addy Osmani
Same subject: writing
A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it.
Last stated 22 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds AD Anil Dash
Same subject: writing
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds GS George Saunders
Same subject: writing
A plain text file and a basic editor are everything anyone needs in order to think and write well; the extra tools add nothing.
Last stated 2 Mar 2022 · 5 years ago
Holds Derek Sivers