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Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under design design Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is easy to feel that we can just do all the things, but the question is whether it is worth doing and whether you feel proud of the output. It is easy to feel that we can just do allthe things, but the question is whether itis worth doing and whether you feel proudof the output. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doing hard work produces a feeling of accomplishment and pride. — tap to centre the map on it Doing hard work produces a feelingof accomplishment and pride. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 SJ Stefan Judis — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything people have ever wanted to do with software is now possible. — tap to centre the map on it Everything people have ever wantedto do with software is now possible. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of achievement in softwaresurvives writing almost none of thecode yourself. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The same physical effort can be re-valued as less effortful inside one person's head, mid-task, with nothing in the physics having changed. — tap to centre the map on it The same physical effort can bere-valued as less effortful insideone person's head, mid-task, withnothing in the physics havingchanged. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Designers should focus on the outcome rather than on building processes or maximising tokens. — tap to centre the map on it Designers should focus on theoutcome rather than on buildingprocesses or maximising tokens. Last stated 2 months ago 16 Aug 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: You do not have to finish a project to be rewarded for it: being told 'well done' for one piece is itself a motivational pull that keeps the work moving. — tap to centre the map on it You do not have to finish a projectto be rewarded for it: being told'well done' for one piece is itselfa motivational pull that keeps thework moving. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it A life spent without taking bets onbeing early on an idea is one notlived to the fullest Last stated 2 years ago 8 Jun 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it Clear, hierarchical goals turn arandom walk into a chase MC Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder needs ambition rather thana sense of duty, because a startupis grueling enough that dutifulnesswill not carry anyone through it. Last stated a month ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who does not know theirown goal dies by a thousandcompromises and ends up running acompany they do not want to work at. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition in founders is mostly inborn, which is why stories of a founder acquiring it during a batch are rare. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition in founders is mostlyinborn, which is why stories of afounder acquiring it during a batchare rare. Last stated a month ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is easy to feel that we can just do all the things, but the question is whether it is worth doing and whether you feel proud of the output. Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago Holds Kris Puckett Read this korrent →