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Read this korrent: Running a niche text-based publication as a profitable business is difficult in the current tech environment.
Running a niche text-based publication as a profitable business is difficult in the current tech environment.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Legacy publishers persist mainly because passive backlist income sustains them, not because they serve authors well. — tap to centre the map on it
Legacy publishers persist mainly because passive backlist income sustains them, not because they serve authors well.
Last stated a year ago
16 Oct 2025
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Paul Millerd — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pursuing more profitability is not always the right business decision. — tap to centre the map on it
Pursuing more profitability is not always the right business decision.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Horace Dediu — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A site's need to monetise is not a defence of an experience that shifts the page under the reader; those are separate questions. — tap to centre the map on it
A site's need to monetise is not a defence of an experience that shifts the page under the reader; those are separate questions.
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: 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 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is real and growing reader demand for premium, independently published books. — tap to centre the map on it
There is real and growing reader demand for premium, independently published books.
Last stated a year ago
16 Oct 2025
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Paul Millerd — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every hobby community has profitable auxiliary niches serving needs its members can't fill themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
Every hobby community has profitable auxiliary niches serving needs its members can't fill themselves.
Last stated 9 months ago
30 Jan 2026
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Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-01-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is a bad strategy to bet your development platform on technology licensed from a competitor. — tap to centre the map on it
It is a bad strategy to bet your development platform on technology licensed from a competitor.
Last stated 5 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model company may face a winner's curse: it does all the hard innovation and is then one copy away from being commoditised. — tap to centre the map on it
A model company may face a winner's curse: it does all the hard innovation and is then one copy away from being commoditised.
Last stated 11 months ago
12 Nov 2025
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Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Access to AI will become a fundamental driver of the economy, and may eventually be considered a fundamental human right. — tap to centre the map on it
Access to AI will become a fundamental driver of the economy, and may eventually be considered a fundamental human right.
Last stated a year ago
23 Sept 2025
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Sam Altman — holds since 2025-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity. — tap to centre the map on it
AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
25 Sept 2026
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Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decolonization is truly the creation of new men — tap to centre the map on it
Decolonization is truly the creation of new men
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Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it
Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one.
Last stated 6 years ago
2 Apr 2021
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Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Permitting reform as climate policy relies on the assumption that storage technology will continue to improve and become cheaper. — tap to centre the map on it
Permitting reform as climate policy relies on the assumption that storage technology will continue to improve and become cheaper.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
6 Oct 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
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