Vandelay Technologies, Inc.

/vandelay900

smooth brain takes appreciated

I was reading this email exchange yesterday and it struck me how good the writing is, especially for an email. Super clear and concise, each sentence worth the space it takes up.

How does one become this good at sharing their thoughts?

https://www.techemails.com/p/mark-zuckerberg-peter-thiel-millennials
just kidding, it's pretty hard to beat this risk-reward imo

btc to $1M
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/f99d3dba-49e8-4d0f-684b-436729a66800/original
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> AGI will be the great equalizer for anyone not in the top 1% of capital and power
> i'm not really on track to be in the top 1%
> may as well gamble to try to get into the top 1%
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god it’s so insane Apple built all of Siri so early and then completely fucked up the last step once the tech actually got good enough
the long tail of AI use cases is absolutely insane

something I’m just starting to fully absorb
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I can confidently say this is the most beautiful song in the world
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/56d53f00-809e-478b-0441-2b9ac80b7c00/original
all caps is played out, all lowercase is cliché, Random Capitalization for emphasis is In
good money to be made investing in non-tech businesses that leverage AI much better than their competitors
pretty funny that artichoke extract kind of saved my life (rd 2)

if you are ever having slow digestion in your small intestine it’s basically a miracle
how are people still saying things like "harder to get into than harvard" in the year two thousand and twenty five
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/2b4f3129-7394-4ee8-b7fa-b02248209d00/original
i'm noticing more and more instances of overly complex copy that focuses more on the business' perspective than the user's need

it is really hard when you are the business to dilute something into only what's important for the user
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/eb3dde57-8b2a-4d3e-36ce-1a36f48b3e00/original
there’s only 7 kind of crypto companies: trading app, wallet, L1, merch maker, Farcaster, podcast host, vape cabal
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/0d588dd4-1aea-4424-64a4-3d7ba565ac00/original
1 beer, walking home, listening to my favorite guy bobby d

life is good
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/17cd27d9-4388-463c-7d25-afcd99793c00/original
working on my napoleon complex (french guy with tummy problems)
"capitalism is full of businesses that are not doing anything that difficult. they're me-too products swimming in the river of beta."

damn had literally never thought of starting companies as beta to trends, only in the context of coins/stocks
I often wonder if I have gone too far in photoshopping and every photo is different. Later I figured it out. All this is not surprising because I am Cardcaptor Sakura.
https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/5dbb9b6d-c43b-4d2f-e6a3-8c22fc28b200/original
i remember when vercel v0 came out i was insanely skeptical it would work in the near term

18 months later and it's an obvious reality that you can vibecode a very good app in 1-3 prompts
having a job is lowkey goated when surviving an uncertain macro environment is the vibe