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Day 1 of founding another 16 companies as a side hustle (without spending any time on them):

Those building OSS - we just released a real-time lead scoring system. This means you can identify enterprise customers immediately, help them get started, and get the annual contracts you need to keep growing your OSS 😎

I will never give money to a startup whose name starts with "better" because I only give money to the best

I applied to YC W24 with an AI browser idea not much different from what Atlas is today. My cofounder at the time said "too hard to achieve." I believed them and we changed course. Biggest lesson: impostor syndrome often comes from others, not yourself. Always aim high!

Jessica's on the train home. What will she want for dinner? Black beans, I decided. So I made black beans. Then I checked my email and found a message from Jessica saying she'll be home soon and would I make black beans for dinner?

id stay farrrrr away if i saw someone coding at a bar

dating as a founder is hard you’re obsessed with what you’re building it consumes every thought, every hour you try to date, but small talk feels foreign you’re wired to build, not to “relax” you don’t want someone to fix it or compete with it you just want someone who doesn’t make you feel insane for caring this much because dating while obsessed isn’t about finding love it’s about finding peace in being fully seen for who you are—even when your mind is somewhere else

Apparently people in the SF Bay Area have stopped drinking. I heard about one big social event that made half as much from drinks in 2025 as in 2024.

Normal people eating 150-200 grams of protein daily will go down as as big of a disaster as the lead pipes that took down the Roman Empire.