Experimenting with an illustration web-app using tldraw Sketch a composition -> choose a style (with reference drawings in code) -> explore code generated alternatives -> refine through drawing & chat. Thinking about @threepointone’s “one document, two hands” Wip… ui rough

Playing with the design a little - going for retro mascot style cross kawaii emoji

have written about all this before but the fastest way to become an uninteresting thinker is too read too many summaries and too little source material. You strip your own world of any deep context. You will discover little that is truly novel.

A tribute to @maccaw and @reflectnotes, an artisanal note-taking app. Experienced software builders don't choose to build a consumer note-taking app, if they are maximising on the probability of financial return. They do it because they love it... open.substack.com/pub/mattro…

SuperStack: A 'link in bio' for businesses, powered by testimonials producthunt.com/posts/supers… via @producthunt Please check us out, ask us anything, and give us an upvote if you so wish! ❤️

Just launched the waitlist for SuperStack - A next-level ‘link in bio’ product, powered by reviews & AI. Business on easy mode. getsuperstack.webflow.Io

“We all have dreams for our lives, and it’s natural to become attached to them. But it’s important to remember that dreams can get in the way of what we care about. If that’s the case for you, it may be time to kill your dreams, so you can create a new relationship with your work—one that’s more sustainable, meaningful, and inspiring.” - @CaseyRosengren - well said. every.to/no-small-plans/drea… Reminds me of Julian Shapiro’s value driven work: julian.com/blog/life-plannin… And @searchbound’s journey into (and back to!) dude ranches & selling onions. Or @dvassallo’s smallbets. Once you’ve got ahold of your values and what is meaningful to you in the day to day, there’s a certain flâneuring you can do in your work. And you don’t have to optimise the shit out of it. You can approach it with a sense of playfulness and exploration. Like an art. In, An apology for idlers, by Robert Louis Stevenson - “This is the practical side of art: it’s inexpugnable fortress for the true practitioner”

I have a highly tailored Twitter list that I spend most of my time on. They all have substance, post with integrity, and grounded in reality. A stark difference from my for you feed which is polluted with positive advice that reeks of audience building and devoid of soul.

I think it’s probably only a matter of time before I join @dvassallo’s smallbets community.

Web scraper using #beautifulsoup & #gpt4 to get reviews from any URL.

Searchable creator profiles that return product & content recommendations. Proof of concept using @OpenAI embeddings and chat APIs. @autocode made the vector store querying & response streaming very simple 👌 Front end / DB in @bubble 🏠 Next, customer interview time 🤩

"It's not perfect. But neither are you." —@gdb (lmao incredible marketing tagline for openai right there)

Me waiting to see whether @zapier, @make_hq or @autocode adds @OpenAI's chat API first.

I’ve conducted 100s of customer interviews - few tricks: - Share something personal to build trust - Ask them something they know a lot about to build confidence e.g. their daily routine - Specify call agenda - Prepare but follow your curiosity - Lean into awkward silences