Jonathan Libov

Ok let’s find out if Colin Farrell is really dead

“What remains after automation isn’t a simplified role but an arbitrary residue of the most demanding, most ambiguous and least supported work in the entire system. The human isn’t replaced [but] paradoxically left w/ the hardest parts, and given almost no preparation for them”

One of the more remarkable things I’ve read on the experience of working with AI, and one that matches personal experience via @C_Hendrick “The more sophisticated an automated system becomes, the more demanding, not less, the human role within it…”

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Delightful reddit.com/r/logodesign/s…

It’s notable that OpenAI, which generally exhibits great taste, doesn’t generate corny open graph AI slop images for link shares

@NateSilver538 “You can just get punched in the face”

"You can just do things" is basically the same heuristic as "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face" except for people who haven't been punched in the face yet.

The JPMorganChase building is finally done and imo it is blech A rare combo of ominous and corny But at least it’s interesting

Pro tip: Bring your supplements to work in sketchy sandwich bags so you can ape into Wolf of Wall Street level vigor at work

almost every time I hear someone glibly mention about Alpha School on a podcast, they give off the impression that it’s a personalized chatbot tutor, which it’s very much not 👇🏻 what it actually is

@DanGrover very hard to pull off but the ideal flow is something like: - vibecode a thing - that thing can then be edited like a figma or google doc - vibecode some more if needed - etc.

This is a problem in general with consuming any AI-generated artifact from a colleague: you wonder what was intentional that they “meant” vs what was vibes/window dressing.

Biggest gap I've seen with "prototypes as PRDs" idea in practice so far (vs figma mocks) is that I haven't seen any teammate make any entirely slopless prototype. If you are giving an artifact to engineers, it needs to be perfect, because things will only degrade from there.

The only ways to resist losing your tech job to AI: 1. Do things that obsolete your job faster than your peers 2. Tacitly cooperate with peers to make your job AI-resistant

In a Claude Code world, Github should be the new Dropbox

@mariogabriele @ileri a big w00t is in order

I'm joining Hummingbird as a partner. I've been fascinated by Hummingbird ever since I wrote about them in 2023. Though their returns were truly remarkable, what struck me most was how differently Firat (@ileri) and Barend saw the world. Their understanding of outlier founders had a depth, rigor, and originality I hadn't encountered anywhere else in venture. It mapped to what I felt was the reality of startup building, but with a clarity I had yet to develop. In an asset class that can feel like an echo chamber, these two were clearly playing their own game. I feel privileged to be a part of the team. Though The Generalist remains mine and I will continue building it, this does mark a new chapter - one I couldn't be more excited about.

@dwr I’m still a little skeptical but I also wonder if that isn’t such an obviously sherlockable and easily claude coded product that no one wants to build it

1. focus on business travelers 2. It knows I only want to fly United, non-stop, preference for Starlink. 3. "I need to be in SF mon through wed next week, what are the options?" and you get back 3 flights to and 3 flights returning Right now I just click a bunch of buttons in sequence

Surprised there isn't a one shot book me a flight agent yet. Assume it would be popular with business travelers.

@dwr medium confidence but i suspect it’s messier than that in reality people also like buttons and lists and calendar pickers. i have a pet theory that there’s an upper bound of how many words people want to consume in a day on their screens, which limits chat based interactions

@libovness travel dot md You answer 25 questions once, it can give you 3 prioritized options with one shot. You click on the option you care about.

@flyosity front to back bangers

AI mfers say it's all about taste but aren't familiar with this album smdh

The Great Homogenization: Every type of job is now more similar than it’s ever been i.e., all just promoting. some people look at technical documents, some people look at visuals, but in one way or another we’re all just generating code via prompts

My 2nd grader is warming up for The Road