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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 29 Sept 2018 to 4 Oct 2026.
Everything filed under product management
product management
Everything filed under simplicity
simplicity
Everything filed under taste
taste
Everything filed under AI writing
AI writing
Everything filed under empathy
empathy
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LLMs
Everything filed under creativity
creativity
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Read this korrent: Reading every DM is worth the time even when you cannot reply to them all, because it is where you learn what to fix, whom to hire and where to invest.
Reading every DM is worth the time even when you cannot reply to them all, because it is where you learn what to fix, whom to hire and where to invest.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Aug 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
Cannot both be true: The more connected and accessible you are, the less productive you are, and that is the conclusion of someone who founded a social network and a messaging app. — tap to centre the map on it
The more connected and accessible you are, the less productive you are, and that is the conclusion of someone who founded a social network and a messaging app.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
In tension: A hard limit on how long you are online is what makes the time online focused. — tap to centre the map on it
A hard limit on how long you are online is what makes the time online focused.
Last stated 8 months ago
3 Mar 2026
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — 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 idea itself is worth reading.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even as roles blur, an excellent product manager who can rally multiple teams still adds a lot of value. — tap to centre the map on it
Even as roles blur, an excellent product manager who can rally multiple teams still adds a lot of value.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for. — tap to centre the map on it
Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for.
Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
ES
Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
CP
Colin Percival — holds since 2025-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The developer's job increasingly becomes translating what you are thinking into a form agents and LLMs understand; tools will improve, but not to the point of reading your mind. — tap to centre the map on it
The developer's job increasingly becomes translating what you are thinking into a form agents and LLMs understand; tools will improve, but not to the point of reading your mind.
Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2025-07-23 — 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 not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use.
Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
JB
John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised. — tap to centre the map on it
Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When every idea can be tried, many product managers will probably find they are not that good at zero-to-one work. — tap to centre the map on it
When every idea can be tried, many product managers will probably find they are not that good at zero-to-one work.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Sept 2026
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Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Business viability matters far more in product work than his earlier advice made it seem. — tap to centre the map on it
Business viability matters far more in product work than his earlier advice made it seem.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
MC
Marty Cagan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — 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 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
IA
Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
cannot both be true in tension same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are