Paul Pedrazzi

Usable is such a low bar.

@jasonfried Amen.

A bespoke software revolution? I don't buy it. It'll exist. It already exists. Small consultants and big consulting firms have made custom software for years. It almost always sucks. It’s bloated, confusing, and because the client pays, it’s built wrong in all the ways. Who’s excited about bespoke software? Software makers! Of course they're excited about building bespoke software — that's what they do. X is full of them. Your feed is full of people who love making software talking about making software. Of course they’re excited about the revolution. Echo, echo, echo... Most people don’t like computers. Nobody in tech wants to say that out loud. People tolerate computers. They use them because they have to. Given the choice, most would rather not think about them at all. So when someone suggests that AI means everyone will build their own custom tools, ask who "everyone" is. The three-person accounting firm drowning in client paperwork? They want the paperwork gone, not a new system to maintain. The regional logistics company with 40 trucks? They want the routes optimized, not Joe spouting off about this new system he’s been messing around with. The law firm billing 70-hour weeks? They want leverage on their time, not a software project to design. They don’t hate technology. But building and maintaining their own critical systems isn’t their wheelhouse, regardless of how much faster and easier it’s become. It's another job on top of the job. Will these people use AI? Absolutely, for all sorts of things. Will some outliers go deep and build real custom systems? Sure, but they're almost always people who already had some pull toward software. The curiosity was already there. They were dabblers before. Giving everyone access to software building tools doesn't mean everyone becomes a builder. A powerful excavator doesn't turn a homeowner into a contractor. Most people just want the hole dug by someone else. They don’t want the responsibility either.

@asmartbear Amen. Make if you feel inspired to make - feel free not to measure yourself against others' aspirations.

The common wisdom in Silicon Valley is that if it’s not unique, it’s not worth doing. This is logical because: • The world doesn't need another copy of everything. AI further proves that. • You have no basis for competitive advantage, neither temporary nor permanent. But what that perspective leaves out is that “competitive advantage” or “shareholder value” or even “getting rich” isn’t always the goal of entrepreneurship. It’s interesting when it is, but often it isn’t. Indeed, 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 it isn’t. Rather, the goal for small businesses -- software or restaurants or freelancers or car washes or landscapers or cleaners -- is ownership, pride, autonomy, fulfillment. Sure more money is better, and certainly low profits or shrinking businesses are bad. But they’re bad because the personal goal is slipping away, not because of “shareholder value.” This is why it makes sense for small business owners to work 11 hours a day for the same take-home money as the job they left. This is why it makes sense to make “yet another” design firm or restaurant or car wash or productivity app or time-tracking app or AI-whatever. Not because it results in a big company, but because it results in fulfilled people doing work they are proud of, and customers thrilled to receive that sort of experience. We should celebrate that too.

Vibe coding is coding.

@radfugee I had the same result - just ate normal meals like chicken salad, steak and potatoes. Nothing crazy. Seemed enough.

And I wasn’t sarcopenic my weight as an athlete in high school was 149. It’s now 170.

I gained 15 pounds of muscle in my 60s with resistance training and zero protein supplementation

@akshatswork @mike_matas Steve Jobs "Make Something Wonderful" book.

@ppedrazzi @mike_matas Where's this from?

Thanks @mike_matas.

@cjpedregal Is there any way to give Claude Code access to locally stored meetings? Alternatively an MCP?

@Helios_Movement gut

@bryan_johnson What protocol did you find most effective?

People think of HBOT for brain injury, but I was surprised to see my microbiome dramatically improve. The microbiome is often overlooked but essential for brain function, digestion, metabolism, blood sugar control, anti-inflammation and more. If you regularly experience gas, cravings, mood swings, or digestive issues, your gut is signaling dysfunction. Microbiome improvements from 60 HBOT sessions: + digestive function ↑ 45% + gut-cell fuel ↑ 148% + gut lining & anti-inflammatory markers ↑ 192% + zero harmful bacteria + optimal bacterial balance

@eoghan Dude, every darn airdrop.

Any takers for a class action lawsuit against the inventor of this file format?

@GuruAnaerobic Happy Birthday Mark!!

64 today. This is how I'm going to be until I'm 80. My training is geared towards it. Light, lean, fast, quick, enduring - this is the vision in my head since I was a 14.

"It's craft, it's quality, it's point of view - that makes a product stand out and be loved." -- @zoink

Young William Thacher: Can it be done father? Can a man change the stars? John Thatcher: Yes William. If he believes enough, a man can do anything.

@raphaelschaad No, it's solid. Was pointing to other icons that 'don't fit'. (bolstering your point). :)

@ppedrazzi You want to disable the upcoming event preview? (Check settings)

Why I — personally — think Dock icons should conform to OS standards, not stick out like a sore thumb: youtube.com/watch?v=vwDqxS…

In defense of beauty. open.substack.com/pub/pedrazzi/p…

“The best form of learning is project based.” – @romero

@tfadell is there an origin story for the hard button for silent on the early iphone?

Re-reading this NPS gem from @jmspool. articles.centercentre.com/net-promoter-s…

Quentin Tarantino breaking down films is my ASMR.

There is no substitute for real code. If you are working on a digital product, get real asap. Figma can only take you so far.