Ali Yahya

@andy8052 thank you ser

@alive_ dude you're looking jacked gj

@Bonecondor various places in Japan :)

@alive_ where? i must know the location

Japanese art and attention to detail have no equal

@daranda Examples of distribution advantages (#1) that are not bundled killer apps (#2): - an already thriving ecosystem - existing relationships with partners - integrations with other critical infra

@alive_ 1 and 2 are arguably the same thing

We now have too many blockchains, and the truth is that most of them will fail. Why? Because most “high performance” chains are hardly different from one another and fast blockspace has become commoditized. In 2026, a chain needs one of three things to succeed: 1. A distribution advantage 2. A vertically integrated killer app 3. A 10x+ improvement on some critical dimension (e.g. privacy) Otherwise, there’s very little reason for anyone to use it or build on top of it. Performance alone is no longer enough.

@davidad 🫡

@alive_ especially if you don’t put spaces around them! or— for even more signal— if you space asymmetrically

ok, everyone is now so neurotically removing em dashes from their writing that their tactical overuse—especially when clearly unnecessary—is now a kind of Proof-of-Human. the reverse reverse psychology of AI writing

@HankYeomans Maybe read the original post more carefully. You completely missed the point :)

@alive_ I promise you it’s ok to read and learn things for ourselves instead of complete nonsensical offloading.

Why is this a PDF?? We now all have a genius world class educator in our pocket. This “guide” should be a skill file that gets your agent to walk you through everything you need to know interactively. That is how most education should work going forward.

@HankYeomans The point is to ask the agent to teach you—to walk you through the new ideas the way an infinitely patient private tutor would.

When you do this there’s nothing “educational” about it. You simply passed a doc to an agent or whatever.

@sonofalli - load bearing - civilizational - the real shift

Obvious AI tells in your writing: - em dashes - not just x, but y - and honestly? - “leverage” “delve” “palpable”

@Scav Yes!! There is no better markdown reader/editor for both desktop and mobile Support for bidirectional wikilinks is also excellent. They allow agents to easily traverse your knowledge graph

Is anyone actually still using Obsidian?

@PeterL4e Welcome back Peter!! 💪🚀

I am thrilled to announce my return to a16z as a full-time General Partner. Having made a full recovery from cancer and navigated some of life’s most taxing personal hurdles, I am returning with a sharpened sense of purpose and a deep optimism for the future, both personally and professionally. My time away reinforced that living to one's fullest capacity requires doing what you love with the people you trust. While I’ve continued to support my boards and founders, I’ve realized my greatest impact happens when I am 'all in.' I believe he current pace of innovation in infrastructure is unmatched, and I couldn't be happier to be back in the trenches with my colleagues and close friends on the a16z Infra team.

@binji_x 🫡

making a groupchat for people who like ethereum lmk

Anduril looksmaxxing 👀

@lydiahallie Yes! This is great

@alive_ we have a Skill Creator plugin! claude.com/plugins/skill-…

@egalano 🫡

@alive_ You're totally right...now it is a skill. Tutors you through making your own skill in ~20 min: github.com/egalano/build-…

@benfielding haha seriously

@alive_ has no-one at anthropic read the diamond age??