Álvaro Trigo 🐦🔥

By far THE most annoying part of running a business for me is collecting receipts for my accountant Every month my accountants hounds me for invoices and receipts of every single expense I did, doesn't matter how tiny like $0.50, sometimes also for income (I don't know why) Most companies charge monthly so that means collecting 12 invoices per year at least One reason I am canceling so many SaaS is not even the cost, it's just that I hate bookkeeping so much so I think if I don't spend the money, I don't need to collect invoices and receipts for every single payment every month (also I like extremely high profit margins like 99.99%) I'm down to just about 10 companies I pay now, like Cloudflare, Hetzner, Backblaze etc. so that means only ~120 invoices to collect per year cause most are paid monthly Yes I have an automatic email filter that forwards invoices to my accountant but many companies do NOT send you an automatic invoice by email So you're talking about logging in to 10 websites, them sending you a 2FA code by email, opening your email, entering the code, trying to find wherever the Billing page is hidden, going to Invoices, opening the invoice, clicking Download to DPF (if it even exists) This week I tried to improve this, my accountant uses Xero, so I made a Xero API key, gave it to Claude Code, and asked it to login and figure stuff out, then it just asks me which expenses still need a receipt and a note, I find it and drag the PDF or screenshot into Claude Code and it resolves it Next step is letting it login to all my vendors and also download the invoice by itself which seems very very possible Much easier!

networking as activity is mostly cope. e.g. the conference circuit, the warm intros, the moving to sf discussions or whatever, oh & the “grabbing coffee” economy.. all of this is overwhelmingly negative selection esp with vc (lol). the ppl worth knowing are usually too busy doing the thing to be farmable, & the ppl available to be networked w/ are available cuz they have literally nothing better going on. do the work, then publish it loudly enough that the right ppl can find you w/o you having to chase. one way broadcast > two way schmoozing. this is why x matters a ton now more than ever before.

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Researchers have identified a consistent chemical difference in the brains of people with anxiety disorders: significantly lower levels of choline-containing compounds. A groundbreaking 2025 meta-analysis by UC Davis Health scientists revealed this biological marker through proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) data. The study found an average 8% reduction in total choline (tCho) in the prefrontal cortex, a key region for emotional regulation, decision-making, and cognitive control, as well as across broader cortical areas. Analyzing 25 datasets involving 370 individuals with anxiety disorders (including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder) and 342 healthy controls, the researchers documented this reduction as a transdiagnostic feature consistent across different anxiety conditions. This represents the first meta-analysis to identify a reliable chemical pattern in the brains of people with anxiety, pointing to measurable neurochemical alterations rather than purely psychological factors. Choline, an essential nutrient obtained from foods such as eggs, salmon, and soybeans, plays a vital role in brain cell membrane integrity and neurotransmitter synthesis. The authors suggest that heightened arousal and chronic stress in anxiety disorders may increase choline demand, depleting levels faster than dietary intake can replenish them and potentially impairing the brain’s ability to regulate the fight-or-flight response. While the findings open promising avenues for nutritional interventions, experts stress that dietary or supplemental approaches should complement, not replace, established treatments. [Maddock RJ, Smucny J. Transdiagnostic reduction in cortical choline-containing compounds in anxiety disorders: a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry. 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03206-7]

Working at coffee shops is fun until you run out of battery in the middle of your flow and then you have to settle for a sub-optimal chair/table combo to be near an outlet 😩

HRG at 11am vs 11pm We started the day with plans to workout, but ended up shipping for 12 hours straight 😮‍💨