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Read this korrent: Setting a rough direction and course-correcting as you go is the most honest way to get somewhere good, because you know more about things the closer they are.
Setting a rough direction and course-correcting as you go is the most honest way to get somewhere good, because you know more about things the closer they are.
Last stated 8 months ago
15 Feb 2026
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Jason Fried — holds since 2026-02-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you do not know where you are going, any road can take you there — tap to centre the map on it
If you do not know where you are going, any road can take you there
Last stated 3 years ago
15 Mar 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The journey is better than the destination is a shallow phrase: taken literally it says every place you are heading from now on is worse. — tap to centre the map on it
The journey is better than the destination is a shallow phrase: taken literally it says every place you are heading from now on is worse.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
TH
ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It matters more to create an environment where people can be their most excellent selves than to prescribe their precise moves. — tap to centre the map on it
It matters more to create an environment where people can be their most excellent selves than to prescribe their precise moves.
Last stated 9 months ago
18 Jan 2026
TL
Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Stating your objectives out loud is the best way to actually meet them. — tap to centre the map on it
Stating your objectives out loud is the best way to actually meet them.
Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
CH
Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Honesty is the best policy because it performs best over time, not because it always feels good. — tap to centre the map on it
Honesty is the best policy because it performs best over time, not because it always feels good.
Last stated a year ago
23 Oct 2025
AB
Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2025-10-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pursuing truth is the best aim for a life. — tap to centre the map on it
Pursuing truth is the best aim for a life.
Last stated 2 years ago
5 May 2024
WY
Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Doing your best at a bad job is not for the boss: it is how the warm referral that gets the next job is earned, and slacking there cheats only yourself. — tap to centre the map on it
Doing your best at a bad job is not for the boss: it is how the warm referral that gets the next job is earned, and slacking there cheats only yourself.
Last stated 7 months ago
8 Apr 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome. — tap to centre the map on it
People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome.
Last stated 6 years ago
9 Sept 2020
LL
Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
CH
Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
AS
Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 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 closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
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 pace sustainably without constant overwork 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
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