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Firehose authentic use

Adam Wiggins · 10 Feb 2026 · adamwiggins.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    People who lack intrinsic motivation to invest time upfront in a new tool often won't, even if it would save them time later

    Their wordsThe "homework problem" described above might be much worse in practice for end users who aren't motivated to invest in their email triage systems, even if it will save them time in the medium term.

  2. Our reading

    Building third-party clients for messaging platforms is a legal gray area and often only partially supported by their APIs

    Their wordsbuilding a third-party client to read and route messages is a gray area in their terms of service, and perhaps only partially supported in their API surfaces.