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only in sf can you go to the startup incubator you work at and see the founder of lovable and mytechceo shooting a podcast Jason is actually super nice and gave a lot of insight about switching from rec content to more tech-y and long form and may or may not have convinced me to switch to twitter for hyper posting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmtuvNfytjM been meaning to watch this since it came out but better late than never the constant reiteration of “it codes better, it codes better” feels less like a demo and more like a prophecy: the endgame isn’t really about helping "drive innovation," it’s about trimming the biggest item on big tech’s budget, aka developers. ai's not going to replace every coding job, but it doesn’t have to. we’re already watching the junior dev role slowly dissolve, which is not the trivial loss people are making it out to be. no one spawns into the world as a senior engineer (except that one rare prodigy who fuels those linkedin new-grad humblebrags one is meant to look up in earnest) there’s a whole track, a pipeline, a messy but necessary apprenticeship of sorts. as juniors vanish, then one day, when the seniors retire or wander off, companies will start glancing over at the benchwarmers they used to switch to starters…only to find the bench empty. and that collapse collides directly with sam altman's spin of ai as some shimmering “gift to humanity,” a machine-muse for innovation. puh-lease. humans weren’t built to sprint at machine velocity. I’ll use it (I have to, to stay competitive, at this point). but it feels less and less ilke creativity - and a whole lot more like commodification wearing a costume. happy early halloween. sam is a master narrator of ai's promise, but the cracks still show. his talk of an "ai bubble” feels less like caution tape and more like an attempt to escalate expectations. his 500 billion stargate bet which is supposedly "for humanity," makes the profit motive painfully obvious. he sells transparency, but really it's the stress test: how far can he push without any real guardrails? (be so fr rn, a watermark on copy-paste and a utm tag aren’t guardrails, they’re pr-ready defenses). ah well, perhaps it’s naive to expect restraint from someone whose entire career has been built on acceleration - and transparency from a businessman. that being said, the future of ai depends as much on sustainable human talent as it does on scaling infrastructure. ignore that pipeline, and the innovation story collapses on itself.

update: he rqed me on linkedin today I’m confused because we legit didn’t talk idk how he found me

I feel I’m at crossroads, everything and everyone pulling me this way and that. I’m still figuring things out but being able to just play and tinker with things is one of my favorite things in the world, so as long as I’m still messing around as I go I think I’ll be fine. read the flinch by julien smith recently (shoutout mohammed for sending me an excerpt) and it reminded me how everything seemed so doable in high school, I really thought I could do anything with enough time, before imposter syndrome hit me like a truck. it truly is all in one’s hands. so I’m writing this chapter in bright purple pen - perhaps it does not offer the safety the pencil once did, but when there’s no mistakes, it sure does sparkle much brighter.

don’t know the guy personally but hackunion is by a guy in high school, join the channel if you can

How to Succeed at One of the Hardest Universities in the World? 💻Join our HackUnion Webinar + AMA (Ask Me Anything) – where we invite incredible people from the worlds of technology and business to share their knowledge through workshops and open Q&A sessions. 🧑‍💻This time, our guest is Khosilmurod (Murad) Abdukholikov – a Yale University student with a passion for computer science and philosophy. 🚀During the workshop, Murad will share his journey of succeeding at Yale, along with practical advice for students aiming high. 🗓Date: 16 August 🔜Time: 8:00 PM (Uzbek time, GMT+5) 📍Location: Online in this channel Telegram channel link:👇 https://t.me/+7-r41X769AtjOTIy https://t.me/+7-r41X769AtjOTIy https://t.me/+7-r41X769AtjOTIy #webinar #AMA

I know this is a weird association but I think this is why I love ao3 so much - it's a place where people write such high quality novels, at times, for free because they love writing. I feel like that's what kind of what yc used to be, and now it's more like a publishing house.

in 2005 (ycombinator’s 1st year) companies like reddit and twitch were part of the batch, followed by airbnb in 2007 & stripe in 2009. at the time, leaving uni to start a company wasn’t the popular move it is today, and yc itself wasn’t the prestigious accelerator it’s now known as. I've read it was more like a gathering of tech people and aspiring founders seeking funding-more of a niche nerd convention than a cultural phenomenon. because of that, today’s yc experience isn’t really comparable to what it once was. nowadays, I don't really see yc as a clear indicator of success. vcs are scrambling to invest in anything labeled ai to make up for missing out on open ai's rise. yc has shifted from being a pipeline of passionate founders building products to a concoction of people chasing money, fame, or quick exits. this change makes the outcomes more varied and less fueled by actual faith in the product and more a new path to get to certain doors that previously took 5-6 years and a career in tech to break into.

starting to work is quite often much harder than continuing to work

my roommate likes to send me articles (this feels like virtual side eye) она что то намекает этим или как 😭😭

went on caltrain, the train stopped so the guy next to me started making conversation he’s a violin player and he knew uzbekistan immediately, he’s friends with Nadir Khashimov because they studied together the world is a tiny tiny place

just bullied two of my tech uzbek/kazakh friends to go so I’m not alone 😁🫡

someone I’ve cyber stalked for a solid 3 years is going to be there

going to the silk road social today - watch me make a fool of myself amongst the smartest uzbeks in the bay

Living with a retired journalist has its perks - she reads and copyedits my substack drafts for free 😁😁

life has been hectic, but in that good way that feels like it’s taking you places I think I worry I put my eggs in too many baskets sometimes, but for the first time in a while it feels worth it I’ve gotten back into over planning and something about california really puts me in a frenzy - maybe it’s the people around, maybe it’s just the fast paced environment regardless, I’m balancing a lot of things right now and end up doing bursts of things to catch up - like this post hoping to be more deliberately consistent now.

trying to stop thinking of hangouts/calls as a waste of time - back in that weird funk I’m measuring each hour in an alternative timeline where I could’ve been doing something more productive which isn’t really healthy considering I’m doing a fairly decent amount (all things considered)