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← As AI gets better at navigating and extracting data, switching costs between software tools will keep falling.
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Read this korrent: As AI gets better at navigating and extracting data, switching costs between software tools will keep falling.
As AI gets better at navigating and extracting data, switching costs between software tools will keep falling.
Last stated 8 months ago
18 Feb 2026
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Jason Evanish — holds since 2026-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI makes code cheaper to produce, understanding and architectural design become more valuable. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI makes code cheaper to produce, understanding and architectural design become more valuable.
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Jan 2025
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Nelson Elhage — holds since 2025-01-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year. — tap to centre the map on it
A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year.
Last stated 9 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas. — tap to centre the map on it
AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Apr 2025
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Rita Kozlov — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Switching between tasks carries a real and measurable cost, and switching well is a trainable skill rather than a fixed property of a brain. — tap to centre the map on it
Switching between tasks carries a real and measurable cost, and switching well is a trainable skill rather than a fixed property of a brain.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Falling AI costs make AI safer rather than more dangerous, because a cheap AI ends up surrounded by millions of other AIs monitoring it. — tap to centre the map on it
Falling AI costs make AI safer rather than more dangerous, because a cheap AI ends up surrounded by millions of other AIs monitoring it.
Last stated 9 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not commoditise software tools; it will multiply them, because every new agent is another tool user. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will not commoditise software tools; it will multiply them, because every new agent is another tool user.
Last stated 6 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In this AI era the tools change so fast that there is a lot of value in being uncomfortably early to ideas. — tap to centre the map on it
In this AI era the tools change so fast that there is a lot of value in being uncomfortably early to ideas.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Aug 2026
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Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With AI, the constraint on making software has shifted from technical ability to clarity of intention. — tap to centre the map on it
With AI, the constraint on making software has shifted from technical ability to clarity of intention.
Last stated 9 months ago
5 Jan 2026
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Ryo Lu — holds since 2026-01-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Too expensive" is never the real reason a customer cancels, because they already decided the price was acceptable when they bought. — tap to centre the map on it
"Too expensive" is never the real reason a customer cancels, because they already decided the price was acceptable when they bought.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A $100,000 enterprise deal needs an executive sponsor to sign off and allocate the budget. — tap to centre the map on it
A $100,000 enterprise deal needs an executive sponsor to sign off and allocate the budget.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
JA
Jen Abel — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A best-in-class product should be priced at the point where customers say it is starting to get expensive, not at the point where they would call it a bargain. — tap to centre the map on it
A best-in-class product should be priced at the point where customers say it is starting to get expensive, not at the point where they would call it a bargain.
Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is too critical to be delivered only as a centralized, hosted service. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is too critical to be delivered only as a centralized, hosted service.
Last stated 5 months ago
14 May 2026
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Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-05-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Client-side image editing software like Photoshop and Lightroom will be obsolete by the end of the year. — tap to centre the map on it
Client-side image editing software like Photoshop and Lightroom will be obsolete by the end of the year.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decentralizing storage is not enough: software must be delivered as a package each user runs a private copy of, not as a service. — tap to centre the map on it
Decentralizing storage is not enough: software must be delivered as a package each user runs a private copy of, not as a service.
Last stated 10 years ago
17 Aug 2016
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2016-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A buyer willing to pay for a longer pilot is a strong signal. — tap to centre the map on it
A buyer willing to pay for a longer pilot is a strong signal.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
JA
Jen Abel — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Figma took five years to charge anyone and that was a mistake: ship something people can see the vision in, and get to market faster than we did. — tap to centre the map on it
Figma took five years to charge anyone and that was a mistake: ship something people can see the vision in, and get to market faster than we did.
Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hiring is a cost for SaaS startups — tap to centre the map on it
Hiring is a cost for SaaS startups
Last stated 4 years ago
3 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-03 — tap for who they are
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As AI gets better at navigating and extracting data, switching costs between software tools will keep falling.
Last stated 18 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Jason Evanish
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As AI makes code cheaper to produce, understanding and architectural design become more valuable.
Last stated 27 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Nelson Elhage
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A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year.
Last stated 8 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
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AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas.
Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rita Kozlov
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Switching between tasks carries a real and measurable cost, and switching well is a trainable skill rather than a fixed property of a brain.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ralph Adolphs
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Falling AI costs make AI safer rather than more dangerous, because a cheap AI ends up surrounded by millions of other AIs monitoring it.
Last stated 8 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
Similar wording
AI will not commoditise software tools; it will multiply them, because every new agent is another tool user.
Last stated 15 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
Similar wording
In this AI era the tools change so fast that there is a lot of value in being uncomfortably early to ideas.
Last stated 4 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Nate Parrott
Similar wording
With AI, the constraint on making software has shifted from technical ability to clarity of intention.
Last stated 5 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Ryo Lu
Same subject: SaaS
"Too expensive" is never the real reason a customer cancels, because they already decided the price was acceptable when they bought.
Last stated 25 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Cohen
Same subject: SaaS
A $100,000 enterprise deal needs an executive sponsor to sign off and allocate the budget.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jen Abel
Same subject: SaaS
A best-in-class product should be priced at the point where customers say it is starting to get expensive, not at the point where they would call it a bargain.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Same subject: the cloud
AI is too critical to be delivered only as a centralized, hosted service.
Last stated 14 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Salvatore Sanfilippo
Same subject: the cloud
Client-side image editing software like Photoshop and Lightroom will be obsolete by the end of the year.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: the cloud
Decentralizing storage is not enough: software must be delivered as a package each user runs a private copy of, not as a service.
Last stated 17 Aug 2016 · 10 years ago
Holds Kenton Varda
Same subject: startups
A buyer willing to pay for a longer pilot is a strong signal.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jen Abel
Same subject: startups
Figma took five years to charge anyone and that was a mistake: ship something people can see the vision in, and get to market faster than we did.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dylan Field
Same subject: startups
Hiring is a cost for SaaS startups
Last stated 3 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson