"they would talk a lot about legacy. like, um… who they would work with, you know, and what they would go on to do. like, um, something would start somewhere, and then, uh, people would take that thing and then they would take it somewhere else. so, all these parts of an original restaurant, they would end up at a new restaurant, and that kind of thing. that would happen over and over again. And then all these parts of all these restaurants, they would sort of… You know, they would find each other. And then new people would take those parts and they would put ’em into their restaurant. And the whole thing, it would, um… It would start to happen all over again." -the bear, s3e7
"when a startup is competing against a large competitor, they aren't competing with the *entire* company, they are likely competing with some pm focused on internal politics/career progression. with this framing, it shouldn't be surprising to see startups win as often as they do." -dalton caldwell
"if you mention taste nowadays, a lot of people will tell you that "taste is subjective." they believe this because it really feels that way to them. when they like something, they have no idea why. it could be because it's beautiful, or because their mother had one, or because they saw a movie star with one in a magazine, or because they know it's expensive. their thoughts are a tangle of unexamined impulses." -pg
"most of the groups applying have not stopped to ask: of all the things we could do, is this the one with the best chance of making money?" -pg
"your actions should reflect your humanity, not your obligations."
"no one is coming to save you"
"the trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. this is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain." - ursula k leguin, referred to me by my good friend stephen
"if a founder is fundraising already i probably didn’t get there early enough" -molly mielke mccarthy
"software never dies, it's only abandoned" -a conversation with my good friend, mark
"great software is defined by the sum of all its thoughtful small details" -benji
"if you think too much about your own legacy you'll get lost in how others view you." -my good friend, sean
7/2/2025