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A good friend of mine who is a Director of Product asked me what AI tools do I use to make standups “more efficient.” I said: standups are the inefficiency. All these new AI tools aren't here for you to optimize rituals; they here to make your question why they exist.

@jcfesc59 ChatGPT in 2030:

@duh_jerrell No machine can replace me until it learns how to drink.

Your job probably shouldn’t exist. At least, not in its current form.

Why AI means new systems and new systems mean new work workwithco.substack.com/p/the-system-i…

was talking to a friend who just got laid off from a big tech co. classic mid-manager role. he's scrambling, updating linkedin, networking hard. i told him maybe the move isn't more external noise right now. maybe it's listening. to the world's real signals (what's actually valued now?) and his own (what does he actually want?). that quiet internal work feels more important than the frantic external performance.

@412kaption27239 the question of our time

@duh_jerrell Here lies the philosophical question if Altman didn't build it would someone else of? If Jobs didn't build the iPhone would someone else of eventually

sam altman was surprised nobody built chatgpt earlier. i wasn't. we're culturally trained to play the 'right' game, not the one with obvious leverage right in front of us. constraints breed a different kind of sight.

talent moats are drying up faster than the california reservoirs last drought. used to be your google title was a golden ticket. now ai commoditizes so much baseline skill. the value is migrating upstream. are you?

had coffee with a founder friend yesterday. he's stressed about competitors copying his features. i told him stop worrying about being copied. worry about being outpaced. speed and building a real community around what you do. that's the moat now.

i see ppl obsessed with being seen. building huge online presences. and then i have friends who just want to build cool shit in private. work in the shadow. maybe that desire for privacy isn't fear. maybe it's just a different, quieter way to be free in a loud world.

@EXM7777 automation

I trained ChatGPT to build n8n automations... I made a guide showing you guys how to do the same, here's the process: - prompt to identify high-leverage automation opportunities in YOUR business - interactive tutorial that builds the automation step-by-step - troubleshooting framework for when you get stuck you can now build complex workflows in under 2 hours reply "automation" + follow me and you get it for FREE

are we still capable of outside-the-narrative innovation? we might need to adopt a new mindset to compete... readsignal.substack.com/p/adopt-the-de…

most of the digital platforms in our lives are training us out of the very skills needed to thrive when we log off and face the real world. and it's making us fragile read more: readsignal.substack.com/p/the-algorith…

the most vulnerable job is the one where ai sets a new, much lower, 'good-enough' price point for the majority of the work, devaluing the human performing it. it's about repricing, not just replacing. writing a blog on this now...

judgment is the last skill that scales. - ai can code - ai can summarize - ai can generate but only humans: - choose what matters - know when to stop - call bullshit early if you're not training that muscle, you're becoming interface filler.

break up with the idea of being a "founder" you chase the idea, you inherit its priorities. you focus on the wrong metrics because the idea rewards optics, not outcomes. readsignal.substack.com/p/breaking-up-…

was chatting with a friend the other day. quit big tech. now fully immersed in the 'digital nomad' thing - juggling 3 online businesses, changing countries every few months. he sounds constantly on, perpetually exhausted. can't quite tell if he's found 'freedom' or just traded one kind of cage for a more brightly colored one. it made me think: maybe the 'digital nomad lifestyle' isn't the aspiration we think it is. maybe it's just an escape. people arent necessarily chasing sunsets and passports. they're running from orgs and systems that failed to provide value, recognition, or a place where they felt rooted and genuinely contributed. the 'freedom' becomes the byproduct of the flight, not the primary goal.

Warren Buffett retires after 60 years. His moat? Compounding judgment. Not flashy decks or buzzwords. Just consistent, clear decisions. A reminder: in a world chasing hype, steady judgment wins.

there’s a weird comfort in watching public models get better every week. it forces a different question: what problem do you understand deeper than a billion‑parameter model? that’s the only moat that matters.