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@andrewparker quora was my favorite site on the Internet for one magical year

I *love* Q&A sites. Both as an investor and a user. I'm sad this is the end. For fact-based answers (not opinions), I don't think humans will ask humans again online. AI is more patient, zero latency, 24/7, non-judgemental, and (increasingly) smarter.

@msg tokenmaxxing is better w friends tokenmaxxing.sh

@sapochat I miss old bali

@taylor_ we need to bring back those hacker house remote work things but not in bali

QA ain't glamorous but the more AI writes, the more human verification matters imo 10 hours in, we've marked 74 / 335 complete

@sapochat as long as they got starlink im good

@taylor_ idk you could be QAing here

@camillenvargas I see your black sesame and I raise you some adzuki beans also hell of a run, looking fwd to seeing what your next adventure is

Some personal news. This is my last week at Zora. Before joining Zora, I had worked in various industries including gaming, consumer IoT, and components manufacturing—none of which I'd had previous experience with and much of it not very sexy to talk about. Hardware engineering was my way into smart home and IoT; my interest in mixed reality and game design is what led me to Unity. My edge was in learning new technologies quickly in order to form a more legible story to the market, making the unknown exciting to new audiences, partners, and investors. In doing that role well, I consistently found myself closer and closer to the product. At Unity, I was plucked from product marketing into a new org called Consumer Experimentation where I worked closely with some of the most creative engineers, designers, data scientists, and researchers in their fields. It was my first spike in building our portfolio’s strategy from -0 to 0, 0 to 1, 1 to 1000; it's where roles truly became fluid. We designed new user experiences, ran faster research studies, and tested product concepts in early markets. When I joined Zora in October 2024, I again found myself in an industry I knew very little about. My time here was a lesson in aggressive launch cycles, ruthless iteration, and, to the founders’ credit, timing the market almost impeccably. Through peak intensity came camaraderie. I'm forever grateful to jacob, dee, and tyson for bringing together the talented creatives and product builders who are now some of my closest friends. After some consideration, I've decided not to jump into a new role just yet. I have criticisms of how marketing is evolving, of the new media meta, and of the role stories play in our lives—criticisms I’d like to pressure test independently. AI has raised the ceiling on what I can do, and the things I'm best at don’t map cleanly onto any title I've held. Rather than continue in what's comfortable, it's once again time to dive into an unknown. Thank you deeply to everyone who's been a confidant, advisor, and friend. Excited for what's next :) If you’d like to connect, DMs are open—lately I’ve been deep in reproductive health, hardware design, rewilding in architecture and fashion, black sesame ice cream, and mexican train.

ofc! im the human, were a team of 2 im the sole designer + front end dev for all my companies. ive never used figma, i only design in the browser so i can feel the product directly and iterate on it myself. what i call qa is the final pre-launch phase where i use the product in all the ways to feel the tiny bits that suck and refine them automating it would make the product worse imo

@taylor_ @BobbyThakkar @RangerNetHQ Can you say more ? Do you have humans going through the polish or is it a homegrown skill / util etc

@BobbyThakkar @RangerNetHQ looks cool, i should check out! the way I do QA, i dont actually want it to be automated tho. its the process where we add polish, improve copy, fix edge cases etc

@taylor_ Use @RangerNetHQ for this

@pnickdurham @credistick mind blowing

super good. cool to see a unifying thesis across org and VC individual/firm economies. "In 2010, SpaceX put the first Dragon crew capsule in orbit using their Facon 9 rocket. The capsule executed maneuvers and then successfully splashed down in the Pacific. At this point in time, SpaceX had raised about $260M. 12 years later, Bored Ape Yacht Club would raise a $450M seed round for (???)" how quickly we forget

Struggling to fundraise is one of the most valuable things that can happen to a company. I've been watching this up close with a founder who executes like crazy, yet can't seem to raise the amount he wants. His well-funded peers/competitors are running a concave trade. They all have legible stories in hot markets, showing 100x+ markups their investors raise new funds off of, and burn that incentivizes no focus/discipline because capital on the balance sheet demands to be spent. Beyond a certain raise amount ($276M by Dan's math), this is incredibly dangerous. But by struggling to raise capital, this founder has been forced to run the convex version of the trade. Execution is the only path to survive. As a result, he never misses a number and retires a little more risk every quarter. Meanwhile, he's barely diluted. Nothing in the org is bloated. He'll never have to grow into an inflated val and lose sleep over 80% growth being existential because it's a downround. Nobody copies his strategy because it appears the capital markets hate it, but they don't hate it, resolution is just a little fuzzy. When resolution is 20/20, a big raise will happen on his own terms, will be barely dilutive, and, ironically, optional.

@raihan_ any other cool members I should follow

@taylor_ welcome to the underscore family.

new chapter deserves a new 𝕏 handle gtmcknight -> taydotfun -> @taylor_

@buddyhadry oh no how do I undo

@taylor_ Dude I hate to break this to you but you accidentally put an underscore in that instead of just taylor

@nickgraynews it's such a good idea, happy it's spreading

@taylor_ thank you for making and submitting your /friends page! It is great

@pondorasti @aidenybai temu claude extending fabel 5 usage til 2027

@aidenybai bruh

Introducing /improve-react Find bad React code in your codebase, triage, and fix I've found it really effective with GPT 5.6 Sol / Fable 5 (if you have $)

@trevin @illo_skill been using illo on our latest project and loving it dont give in, perfect name for it

A company is still coming after me about @illo_skill and a trademark violation over the word “illo”. They keep ignoring the fact that “illo” is a term used for over 20 years to be shorthand for illustration. Unreasonable demands like changing my skill invocation word away from “/illo” and adding their brand to my illo-skill.com site with a disclaimer stating there is no affiliation to them 🤦‍♂️

@downloadlos my wife gets nauseous in nearly every single nyc uber tbh we never complained, we just thought everyone drives like shit excited to see if speaking up fixes

It’s so crazy When I tell an uber driver the way you’re driving is making me nauseous They say okay and instantly stop what they were doing No explanation needed So they like, know that they’re doing a shit style of driving Harsh stop and start, random accelerations and decelerations Are they bored? Is it from exhaustion? Is this Mario kart ?

@coreyhainesco @peter_csoka abs love the idea but this font is killing my eyes all over the site, needs to be used more sparingly imo

@peter_csoka Been watching! This is the main use case right now but have many more: pricingpages.com

Genius onboarding move by Firecrawl 🤯 They're rewarding users with free credits by doing basic things like starring their GitHub repo, following on social media, and joining their community.

@trevin yep same and have no probs

Despite what people say, i don't pay attention to the context window usage and don't manually manage it. Autocompaction happens and that's fine.

@LifeMathMoney I didn't know cardamom milk was a thing but I love anything cardamom so want to try this

I've been drinking 2 of these EVERY SINGLE DAY for the past month or so. It is amazing. I get 50g protein right after waking up and it also has a whole bunch of calcium I always loved milk products and I hated that I had become lactose intolerant in the last few years. This is lactose free, high in protein, low in calories, and delicious as hell. I'm not being paid to say this. I like this product so much that I'm advertising it for free. If you're struggling to meet your protein, get your hands on 2 boxes of these and DRINK IT

@E_Bruxxx facts. some of our 5k checks were the most helpful/active folks

One thing I always tell founders raising their first angel/pre-seed round is don't put a minimum check size on angels. Too many founders looking for $50K minimum checks from angels. Bad idea. Some of the most influential angels at the earliest stages are writing ~$5K-25K checks, but they'll unlock a shit ton more value than someone writing $100K who disappears after wiring the money. They'll open capital doors. Make the intro to your lead investor. Recruit a killer early hire. Land your first customer. Get you in front of the right people when it actually matters. Have seen it firsthand with some of the best first-check writers on the planet. Maybe the check wasn't massive, but the impact was. Find your early Houdinis. The people behind the scenes waving the magic wand accelerating the trajectory of your company. Those are the people you want on your cap table in the trenches.