The non engineer knows he is not qualified to have an opinion on code. Yet the non designer thinks he is qualified to have an opinion on “UX” and aesthetics. Why?

Fiat money is debt and the borrower is slave to the lender. People cannot be free in a debt-based financial system.

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No matter how much everyone wants me to hate Gary Gensler, I can’t do it. I really like the guy.

Everyone, please stop saying UX

I love Apple headlines

ChatGPT has made me suspicious of all posts over 280 characters

I simply believe what every well adjusted man believed pre 1971:

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying ‘no’ to 1,000 things. – Steve Jobs

Think about this: Once AIs take off you’re not going to need to navigate terrible UIs anymore. The simple prompt / chat interface will be the first manifestation but it won’t be the last. Why? Because most people need help generating prompts. Empty canvasses overwhelm them and feel like work. So interfaces will have to evolve to help people think of interesting things to do.

Freedom is not the end. It is a mean to the end.

Everything changed when I started viewing the bitcoin price in SATS PER USD Currently: 3297

Saying: “I don’t understand how people could think x” is really saying: “I haven’t steelmanned their view on x”

Two ways hubris effects the product process: Engineers rush to produce solutions while Designers spend too much time perfecting solutions. Both will typically lead to mediocre solutions. Rushing to a solution means you didn’t take enough time to understand the problem. And spending too much time “perfecting” the solution means you aren’t leaving room for new problems to come from your “solution”. Humility fixes this.