Amandeep Singh Manik 👳🏽‍♂️🇺🇸

No way to hide this now. Gearing up for our biggest product launch yet in less than 30 days 😳 Baby boy Manik! Still hasn’t hit me that life will never be the same.

@petergyang It's a slippery slop

Here's a common trap with AI if you're not careful: 1. You ask it to generate some markdown files (maybe to build some skills). You skim them and they look ok. Sure, there's a bit of slop in there, but you're too lazy to edit them manually. 2. Over time you ask it to generate more markdown files. Except now it's referencing the previous files to write the new ones. 3. What started as 5% slop becomes 10% and then more. Before you know it, you've got a pile of AI-generated slop that feels overwhelming and have no idea how any of it actually works. 🥲

@dsa @Jason so cool @dsa

Thanks for having me on, @jason!

@kevinyien @kevinyien is so back

i’ll be at sessions this week doing my favorite thing — nerding out with users if you’ve been sitting on a wishlist of galaxy brained ideas you want stripe to do for you or have a really annoying bug you just want fixed, come find me (or send a dm!) p.s. i’m going to be posting a lot more than usual this week, apologies in advance, there’s just going to be so much good stuff to share

@kevinyien did you get the fish balls?

turns out changing the nav at a grocery store is hard too

@fahdananta Our wealth flywheels next to each other.

Decode this to understand the master plan for the Opendoor mobile app

@cjc All of us need more fiber. So works?

modern web design is just different flavors of oatmeal

@fahdananta I read it and actually knowing you a tiny bit, i just knew it was all about async bet. Lfg!

Dang, this was long. Congrats to anyone that actually read it through

I want to share the story behind why I joined Opendoor (It might be a little long. I'm not media trained, so this will be straight from the dome and I'm just going to hit send at the end) The last 4 years I was basically retired. I started a small fund and was having a great time investing. I live a pretty modest life so I never really planned to work again. Over the years so many companies reached out. I met with the execs of large public companies, celebrities and athletes that were starting software companies, and so on. Some I really considered, but always ended up say no. It wasn't about the money, they offered insane amounts but I just liked my simple life. I'd drop my kid at school, bike to the studio space I share with a bunch of my friends, spend the day reading, investing, coding, grab a coffee, and head home. I've always been fascinated by asymmetric risks. Usually I do it from the sidelines like any other retail investor. I've also seen how often consensus is flat out wrong. I was at Shopify as a lowly PM when this short seller report came out in 2017 calling the business a pyramid scheme. It was crazy to reconcile what I was seeing in front my eyes, a company operating at maximum excellence, hypergrowth, etc and everyone else repeating whatever they heard. Turns out they were wrong. I saw this a few times over. Before Shopify, while I was building my first startup, everyone thought we were idiots. These were credible people with serious sounding job titles at hot tech companies. We ended up getting acquired by HubSpot. Turns out they were wrong. When Carvana got decimated, and even today, people love the narrative that it's a fraud. Turns out it's a great business that people just don't understand. I was deeply invested in the business and knew the business was turning around while at the same time the media was publishing fear. Turns out they were wrong. After Robinhood got decimated, same thing, people were unable to consider that the business can change and evolve. I posted an experiment and my P&L on twitter and people DMed me calling me an idiot, over indexed, going to 0, and so on. Not just the anon accounts but real people I know and respect. Turns out they were all wrong. I guess I'm not just fascinated by asymmetric risk but I'm addicted to situations where I think everyone else is wrong. At Opendoor, it's incredible man, I get to actually do the work, not just watch from the sidelines. I get to work with people that are at the top of their craft and fully committed to the mission. So, when the opportunity came up. It was an instant decision. I "un-retired" and am all-in on the biggest bet of my life. We'll see how it works out but you already know where I placed my chips. At the end of the day, none of this shit matters. We just have to ball out, have fun, and pursue excellence. I'm not doing this for the money, I already have more than I can spend in my lifetime. I'm doing this for the love of the game and most importantly, I'm doing this because I think everyone else is wrong.

@tkexpress11 @psyf01 head of eng @niahealthco, and ofc, @fahdananta

Touched down in Toronto! Who should I meet?

@BrandonMChu lol, dude the feeling is incredible.

This is some real dad shit, but it was my wife’s night to put the kids to bed, so I went to Costco and just strolled around at night when it wasn’t busy. Was incredible. Hands behind my back and all.

@fahdananta I'm dying inside doing it daily for two weeks.

The hardest thing I’ve ever done is dropping my kid at school and walking away while he’s pleading me to stay This thing is going to turn me into a battle-hardened villian

Serverless voice agents are here. Two years ago, we worked with OpenAI to plan the ChatGPT Voice Mode launch. Voice agents were different from web apps: • sessions last minutes to hours • what’s said next depends on what was said before • UX breaks even with moderate latency • CPU/memory usage isn’t uniform Scaling voice agents is more like scaling a multiplayer video game. To do it right, you need tech for load balancing, capacity management, deploying updates, and observability. We’ve seen voice AI devs spend time building this in-house over and over — a clear sign that deployment and scaling are undifferentiated problems. So starting today, you can push your agent code directly to LiveKit Cloud and we’ll handle the hard parts for you. Try it out — and DM me your feedback.

@IlyaAbyzov Holla at me!

Working on Torch 🔥 Unified health record + LLM in one iOS app. Syncs records from hospitals, labs, Function, One Med, PDFs etc. Makes it simple & fast to get all your health data in one place + get LLM help making sense of it. Reply/RT for TestFlight invite. More below ⬇️

@kevinyien I thought it was a thoughtful way to use tabs as filters with color affordances (dots).

this section on the posthog homepage has to be one of the clearest / boldest / best ways of showing your product suite succinctly (now and future) — love it

@nikunj My favorite post! I agree; I’d watch everyone IG style look at competitor fundraises. We’re all human I suppose. 😃

Kingdoms are built on customers, not capital..

@fahdananta I literally would go down the hallway and wait till everyone walked in. It halted my brain for a final hearing all the chatter.

Noise

Episode 15 of How I AI takes you inside one of the most powerful OSS AI agent frameworks out there—built at @blocks Jackie (VP Eng) and Brad (Principal Eng) join me to demo Goose, Block’s custom agent that automates workflows across sales, data, and engineering. What can Goose do? Better to ask -> What *can't* Goose do: - Turn messy CSVs into beautiful reports - Use AI to collect payment or update inventory - And yes, plug into any MCP Whether you're building AI agents or running a roadside produce stand 🍓🍏🥬 this one is for you. Big thanks to our sponsors: 🎩 @coderabbitai – Cut code review time and bugs in half. 📚 @MavenHQ x Lenny's List – hands on AI education curated by @lennysan and me!

@fahdananta I love it. Mo life.

What are the best resorts and destinations in Canada? Looking more for adventure travel than luxe/spas

@damienghader @lovable Prompt

There is a simple blueprint to prompting AI the right way. and it's not what you think. Drop "prompt" below, I'll DM you 8 steps that will change the way you build your apps.

@damienghader @lovable System

We're cracking the code on custom design systems inside @lovable. Reusable components, pixel-perfect polish, real brand DNA. Agency-grade UI, shipped in minutes. Drop “system” and I’ll show you how we’re doing it 👇

I wonder in the rise of critical thinking delegated to LLMs, we’ll see a rise of “thinking gyms”. A place with machines / games to bring critical thinking back. Delegated thinking the new obesity?