Dylan Bland

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Dylan Bland

@dylanbland

Love web, gaming, cars, business, politics and philosophy. Formerly @MightyApe and starting to have a clue about what’s next…

Auckland, New Zealand. Katılım Ekim 2006

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Elon Musk@elonmusk·20 Eki

Much, much harder to be a quarterback than an armchair quarterback

sandra djajic@TakoTreba

Just read that Starbucks lost $30B after hiring a McKinsey consultant as CEO. Guy spent his career advising founders how to build companies, but never built one himself. 17 months later, he’s gone. They bring in the Taco Bell CEO… and the market cap jumps $20B overnight. Turns out running a company is harder than advising one.

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Blake Burge@blakeaburge·15 Eki

Major cheat code for life: Be patient with yourself when you’re trying to become someone you’ve never been. You’ll feel lost, unsure, and tempted to quit. Don't. Change feels chaotic because your old self is fighting for survival. Expect it to be a battle. But also expect to win.

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Ryan Holiday@RyanHoliday·14 Eki

To find a mentor, you have to show yourself as somebody with the hunger to learn and excel. You have to show yourself as somebody who listens. Somebody curious. Somebody who is worth teaching. Somebody who is coachable.

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tobi lutke@tobi·13 Eki

This is clearly correct

Sahil Bloom@SahilBloom

Everyone needs to hear this…

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Akash Dahe | आकाश दहे@kopargaonkar_·10 Eki

I like quiet people. People who are simple, read books, can watch a 2 hour documentary about bees, are crazy smart, but still stay low-key and private.

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Leila Hormozi@LeilaHormozi·7 Eki

5 reasons why you should go for it: - You’re gonna die. - Fuck your mood. Follow the plan. - The price of authenticity is being disliked. - Your new life will cost you your old one. - The only way out of uncertainty is through it.

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Joey Swoll@TheJoeySwoll·9 Eki

If you’re a small business owner like me, remember, good friends will ask you for free stuff, GREAT friends will buy and support you. If you have a friend that is a small business owner, don’t ask them for free stuff. It may not seem like much to you, but trust me, every penny counts to a small business owner and giving away free stuff isn’t “free”, it still costs them money. Instead, buy and support them or at least offer to buy and let THEM offer to give you free product. I’ve had friends and family that I haven’t talked to in years message me telling me, not asking, but TELLING me to send them free @Taste_FlavorCo. I’ve also had a lot of friends and family buy TASTE without telling me til after they bought or texting me photos of their Taste order arriving and trust me, as a small business owner, THAT is the best feeling. Thank you to everyone here who has also supported me and TASTE! If you too are a small business owner please comment your business and let’s grow together!

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Marc Randolph@marcrandolph·5 Eki

FYI. Voice memos drive me crazy. They shift all the work from sender to receiver. You hit record and ramble for 3 minutes while I’m stuck listening with no way to skim. You’re trading YOUR efficiency for MY time, and if you keep choosing your convenience over mine, don’t be surprised when I stop opening your messages altogether.

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Ryan Holiday@RyanHoliday·2 Eki

It’s very rare that someone does not become better by surrounding themselves by great people. Socially. Professionally. Spiritually. It’s very common that a potentially great person is ruined by not-so-great influences.

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David Cramer@zeeg·26 Eyl

I'm so sick of authentication in 2025. I spend no less than 30 minutes a day authenticating to services. Passkey is awful, yubikey has gotten replaced by it, we havent removed the infinite OTP flows, corporate SAML is a tire fire. This thing needs completely gutted.

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Dylan Bland@dylanbland·15 Tem

@jasonfried @lexfridman @dhh That is such a lovely and generous thing to say about a business partner.

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Jason Fried@jasonfried·15 Tem

Loved this 6 hour conversation between @lexfridman and @dhh. Listened to the whole thing on a long drive this weekend. It's well worth it. It's also nice to see so many people discovering the David I know — whip smart, energetic, persuasive, funny, reflective, self-aware, reasonable, and principled. A gifted linguist as well. Watching this interview reminds me how fortunate I've been — and am — to build a company, a team, many products, many books, and plenty of ideas together. So many experiences of a lifetime. What a run, and we ain't done!

Lex Fridman@lexfridman

Here's my 6 hour conversation with @dhh, a legendary programmer, creator of Ruby on Rails, author, and race car driver. This was a fun and inspiring conversation on everything from the future of programming & AI to the nature of happiness & productivity to the value of family, getting married and having kids. X limits video length to 6 hours. So this full convo doesn't fit (by a few minutes). So, the first 6 hours are here on X. The full version is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode highlight 1:21 - Introduction 2:32 - Programming - early days 19:57 - JavaScript 30:16 - Google Chrome and DOJ 38:03 - Ruby programming language 45:14 - Beautiful code 1:03:15 - Metaprogramming 1:06:36 - Dynamic typing 1:13:55 - Scaling 1:26:47 - Future of programming 1:44:18 - Future of AI 1:50:13 - Vibe coding 1:58:45 - Rails manifesto: Principles of a great programming language 2:23:11 - Why managers are useless 2:32:32 - Small teams 2:38:39 - Jeff Bezos 2:53:57 - Why meetings are toxic 3:01:43 - Case against retirement 3:09:00 - Hard work 3:14:38 - Why we left the cloud 3:17:48 - AWS 3:27:07 - Owning your own servers 3:33:19 - Elon Musk 3:43:01 - Apple 3:54:48 - Tim Sweeney 4:06:22 - Fatherhood 4:32:04 - Racing 4:59:08 - Cars 5:04:26 - Programming setup 5:19:35 - Programming language for beginners 5:32:53 - Open source 5:41:46 - WordPress drama 5:53:03 - Money and happiness 6:01:56 - Hope

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Dylan Bland@dylanbland·3 Tem

@KirbyCheatFurby I was 13 when it came out and it was as incredible as you imagine. The fully 3D world and the controller were unlike anything you could experience elsewhere. It was a truly special game.

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Anthony@KirbyCheatFurby·3 Tem

i don't know how to describe it, but something about super mario 64 feels like... ethereal. otherworldly. it's got a very odd feeling to it compared to other 3D mario games, like you're stepping into another dimension when you play it it must have been CRAZY for a kid in 1996

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Ryan Holiday@RyanHoliday·26 Haz

3 Questions You Need To Answer Before You’ll Have The Life You Want:

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@ChrisKeall Wow - it’s amazing how much more the outside you can. Love it

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Chris Keall@ChrisKeall·11 Haz

Inside (and outside) Auckland’s first electric ferry

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Dylan Bland@dylanbland·5 Haz

Evie and I are excited for the first new Nintendo console in 9 years! The price of progress I suppose, but I do miss the old days of N64 where you were playing within minutes. Switch 2 greets you with hours of setup and downloads to get started.