leading ai @ everlywell • cofounder, zipdrug (acq’d)
los angeles, ca
Joined November 2007
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companies who don’t want to die will need to figure out how to court ai-pilled founder-types because the roi on specialists who narrowly execute is plummeting really fast.
best tool i’ve used for agentic development
chat threads break down beyond quick tasks. that's why the unit of work in Intent is a workspace with your:
- agents (who's doing the work)
- context (what info they need to do the work)
- files (what they're working on)
- changes (record of the work)
- browsers & terminals (previews/tools for the work)
new update makes this clearer in the UI.
Shipping a little vibe-crafted app called Earful!
Send voice notes to your bots by name. Works with Grok @Bot’s and any others via webhook - great for managing bots across work & personal accounts.
Talk via Action Button, widgets, or your @Pebble ring.
apps.apple.com/us/app/earful…
ai has sparked a renaissance of political memes not seen since 2016. the jesters are back and weaponized more than ever
we’re gonna be ok guys
adhd untethers the self from the passage of time. there’s no inherent sense of self-permanence, so you seek connection with time in your environment, which is maybe why we’re good at helping others problem solve, are uncomfortable with stability, and need constant white noise.
exciting to see. the biggest unanswered question for companies building agentic workflows has been where & how they’ll manage shared context.
ai makes the time value of money painfully clear, which will result in a greater allocation of resources to more impactful projects.
you have an idea for a better todo app, great, but are you now willing to burn $10k in token spend to build it?
“you can see everything” is psychological poison for anyone who tends to see life in black and white. it’s the most frustratingly gray movie i’ve ever seen.
s-tier ai setup:
-dedicated mac mini with dummy hdmi plug
-grok bot with full permissions for life ops
-intentdev.app to manage local dev agents
-tailscale for device network access
-screens 5 for screen-sharing
-iphone with above apps for remote control
"slop" is a word used by people who never rise above menial execution and who need their work to feel scarce. if you know that real value is created upstream, more slop clears the floor for more good work
the language of agent influence will probably be rooted in outcomes, proof of claims, customer sentiment - traditional marketing/sales narratives won’t be able to make up for bad product and practices.
building a startup is like building a bear but the store closes in 10 minutes, mom isn’t back from macy’s and won’t answer her phone, and the smoothie stand across the way is packing up their fruit
good design is contextual, and a big part of context is time. models know the principles, but they can't really attune to the moment, which is a bigger gap than people realize
Love this quote from Dylan and very much agree!
"And there's other things where designers, with lateral thinking and context and past experience, just have these skills that models do not have, and are able to make associations with real-world inputs that are moments in culture, or the feeling that you're trying to evoke."