Andrew Wilkinson

This guy from The Netherlands emailed me asking if I'd come on his podcast. I didn't want to, so I used my usual line: "I'll only do it in person in Victoria." Welp, the SOB called my bluff. Flew 12 hours, mic in hand. Well played, @WouterTeunissen. It turned out great:

If you want a brutal cold eyed view of the state of making money in tech land today (but super informative): I recommend @jasonlk Jason Lemkin, and I recommend this @gregisenberg Greg Isenberg podcast with Andrew Wilkinson @awilkinson. very informative. open.spotify.com/episode/2kNjag…

The Codex Mac app rocks. Visually I find it way easier to manage 10-15 tabs than Claude Code Mac or Terminal. The battle rolls on! I was a hardcore Claude Code user and when @gregisenberg and @danshipper pushed me to try it I was skeptical. Impressed. A few pieces of feedback that would make Codex sing (CC: @sama and @fidjissimo): 1. Not having the AskQuestionTool available in work mode (only plan mode) is a travesty! Being able to quickly reply vs get a wall of 15 text based questions that I have to type answers to totally takes me out of my flow. (I updated my settings so that it always switched to plan mode whenever it needs my input, but many users won't do this). 2. I can't explain it, but something about the way it updates on its activity / loads / visually thinks, makes it feel slower. 3. Giving the sub-agents names (like human names) is actually distracting. I would prefer to be able to infer what the agent is/does based on its name (Legal Whiz, NextJS Master, etc). 4. If you could solve preference/environment syncing across multiple Macs, that would be incredible. Current Git-based solutions are very hacky and cause all sorts of errors. If I change my settings on my Mac Studio, I'd love it if it synced to my MacBook. 5. It seems weird that it can't control its own integrated browser and use it to click around sites (unless I'm missing something?) Great work! Super impressed!

Most founders spend years polishing what they say and almost no time on how they say it. But that’s only half of the picture. Body language is what makes investors trust you, customers believe you, and teams follow you. On May 20, I’m hosting a workshop with Mark Bowden on the nonverbal skills that make leaders more credible and persuasive. We already sold out, and just added 10 extra spots. Grab one here: luma.com/6rfjsqge

@gopal_lex Oh crap will fix

hey @awilkinson i came to neverenough.com to signup to the newsletter and i did and now i was just tryina read the essays and that pop up of signing up keeps coming back n its really annoying might wanna fix that.

Just took @awilkinson personality test on a whim to see what kind of "Career Interest" align with my personality. Well I just got a life assessment. Haha. Next step is brainstorming business ideas that suit my interest and personality type. Get your free assessment here: app.deeppersonality.app

Update: $61

I want to love Codex, but holy mother of god did they cover the GPUs in molasses? I swear to god it takes 25 min to do something that Claude Code could do in 5 minutes (and yes, I'm using fast mode).

Moving to Bali will not cure your anxiety. Getting rich will not fix your depression and loneliness. Perfectly organizing your desk until it looks like a Wes Anderson movie will not rid you of OCD.

A miniature horse stepped on my phone and deleted this post earlier. Anyway, I’ve lost a lot of good friends in the last few years. Unfortunately it's something you go through in life. It's part of it. You turn to your friends, family, community. I had a really good friend Tom. It's hard to talk about Tom cause he was such a good buddy. Met him in third grade. We were like brothers. A few years ago at the beach, I noticed he had a little something on his back and I said Tom you should have that checked out. It's probably nothing, but see your doctor. He did a biopsy. Turned out it was not good and they gave him three months to live. How do you process that? How do you make sense of that? I decided I would not leave his side for those next three months. We had this incredible party that celebrated his life. We ordered his favorite food. We made his favorite playlists. We all danced with him and hugged him. Those three months happened quick. He was still alive. Six months later. He's still alive. He's embarrassed that he is still alive. He's been avoiding us for months. Nine months, 10 months. He's still alive. Now he wishes he were dead. December 20th 6:15 PM at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California. He was still alive. He's not leaving his house because he feels like a fraud. We spent a lot of money on refreshments for his death party and I sprained my ankle dancing that night. You're supposed to be dead. All those $50 gift cards we gave you. Two weeks later, I’m having a party at my house. He shows up wearing braces. The next day he takes a private jet to The Bahamas, I think oh, don't judge. Don't judge. Maybe he was looking for a place to spread his ashes. No he got a timeshare in The Bahamas with his new fiancé. Three months from that day. He did die thankfully. It wasn’t from that disease. It was a random accident. He was hit by some asshole driver in a Hummer. I was texting and driving. I did not see him. Oh I hit him hard too. Those braces caused $17,000 worth of damage to my car. $17,000. How do you process that? You can't, you can't. You have to accept it. I left the braces on the bumper and a month later it straightened itself out.

Fun pod with @gregisenberg on everything I’m doing and with AI + how I’m chasing the Openclaw dragon (70% debugging / 30% productivity bliss 😂)

@AlexAndBooks_ You bet! Mac Studio coming shortly!

@awilkinson THANK YOU @awilkinson, you're the man!

I’ll buy a Mac Studio + Pro Display for whoever gets the most likes/RTs on a post or thread about my insane new personality test, Deep Personality. It screens for: • Ideal job • Relationship fit • Life satisfaction • Anxiety / depression / PTSD / autism • And a lot more Go.

Hudson’s Bay once owned 5% of the Earth’s land surface and now it’s a kiosk in a Canadian Tire

me as i read 40% of what claude wrote back and type in “continue”

@mideenigmA Watch the pod ;-)

@awilkinson are you guys still buying companies right now - if yes what kind of- asking because of all the ai disruptions?

Really fun interview:

"If I can be optimistic at 99, almost dead, surely the rest of you can handle a little inflation." –Charlie Munger

USING Claude Opus 4.7 TO CENTER A DIV

@toddsaunders Business

@awilkinson Personal or business

Has anyone here (operating at scale) successfully automated their accounting/consolidated? DM me if yes.