Essays, conversations, digests.
I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.
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Lenny's Newsletter · Lenny Rachitsky
Notes on idiocy, in the age of something smarter.
The Looking Glass · Substack · Julie Zhuo
Do you see the same truth? That's how C.S. Lewis defined the essence of friendship. And that's what we gathered 130 people in New York to honor for Omacon two weeks ago. Seeing the same truth: A love of computers. Bespoke computers. Malleable computers. Our computers. It's the kind of magic you can only really summon in person. We do our best online, but you instantly realize what an impoverished medium it is for creating real connections once you're all together in the same room. So that's wha…
DHH · HEY World · David Heinemeier Hansson
A bunch of random things I have been thinking about, some of which are probably wrong
Elad Gil · Substack · Elad Gil
Sam Altman on conviction, the long game, and making decisions fast
Z Fellows
All this technology, in everyone's hands, has just produced so much stuff. It's had so many effects, in every direction.
Justin Jackson
If you don't hire people better than you, the organization gets bigger, not better. But how do you hire for something you don't understand?
A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen
When I was 20, I used to cold outreach like a maniac.
Do Fuong · Substack · Do Fuong
PLUS: Bieber Takes Over Coachella, Jensen vs. Dwarkesh and Allbirds AI pivot.
SatPost by Trung Phan · Substack · Trungphan2
The San Francisco Bay area has morphed into a massive AI supercluster with 91% of market cap
Open source promised that users would be free to change whatever code they were running. The reality, however, is that hardly any of them ever did — it was simply too hard. Now, with AI, it suddenly isn't. This is very exciting. Being able to add features to any local open-source application and then use that bespoke fork for your own benefit is an incredible step toward the original open source promise. This isn't just about regular users, either. Even if you are a programmer, you might not be…
7 lessons from designer, inventor and angel investor Soleio on what separate excellent from mediocre
The Z Fellows Newsletter - April 13, 2026
PLUS: Claude Mythos, Andy Weir's Writing Journey, AI-powered Masters App.
Lenny's Newsletter · Michelle Rial
The Bootstrapped Founder · Arvid Kahl
Imperfect Thoughts · Substack · James Nguyen
Jason Fried · HEY World · Jason Fried
Kenneth Chong
Jake Vu · Substack · Jake Vu
SatPost by Trung Phan · Substack
Paul Graham
