Archive - Flying Penguins

Never, ever, ever, tell them what you’re building

Why so many builders suck at leveraging everyday interactions with users

Mar 14 •

February 2024

The only true advice in building a startup

Pivoting, persisting, and learning from Sari Azout

Feb 25 •

Come for the robots, stay for the humans

Will cold starts get warmer in the age of AI?

Feb 4 •

January 2024

Learning Loop #2 — The Start and End of Social Networks

Is the internet doomed?

Jan 28 •

Focus is a Fortune Cookie

How to use oddly shaped mirrors

Jan 18 •

Introducing Learning Loops

A small experiment in actually learning from what we consume online

Jan 12 •

August 2023

Small matters in open tech

And other reflections from my chat with Jesse Pollak and Conner Ruhl on building open tech in crypto and AI

Aug 24, 2023 •

June 2023

Thoughts on the two kinds of focus, and why one prevents the other

Jun 29, 2023 •

The SEC vs community ownership

or, what I got wrong

Jun 12, 2023 •

April 2023

The digital flip

Why digital-first connections are just what our physical lives needed

Apr 19, 2023 •

February 2023

Shill and be shilled

Fighting the authenticity trap of digital networks

Feb 14, 2023 •

December 2022

I’m giving away 5k to bring builders together

Idea submission is open until Friday

Dec 6, 2022 •

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