Had a great conversation over office hours today. Should the company try to predict which pipes in the plumbing will break or turn the water on high for a little while and the weakest pipes will reveal themselves? Always great to catch up with YC alums :)

You know when you offer to be helpful to someone but then really don’t try to help at all? Yeah they know too. I’ve learned to be more careful about saying the nice thing if I don’t intend to follow up by actually being nice. In the tech world lying is rampant but people always remember who the liars are.

Shoutout for Manus - it’s become my primary AI app. @ManusAI_HQ

I was reminded today how great it is to have amazing cofounders. Cheers to @justinkan @eshear @kvogt @ammonbartram @luckwi I wish all startup founders have the chance to work with such great people. Happy 4th!

I'm rewriting the Series A Guide. Markets have changed in the last five years and advice should change along with it. If you've raised an A in the last 6 months, I'd be grateful for 30 minutes of your time. DMs are open.

I want to get smarter about fighting open air drug markets in SF - know who I should talk to? Particularly interested in people in the Bay Area.

Boom - excellent team!

Anything too easily given is not very valuable.

As I was reading about how Aluminum cracks a thought occurred to me, this sounds awfully similar to humans: “When aluminum is bent, it undergoes a process known as work hardening (or strain hardening). This process occurs as the metal is plastically deformed, causing dislocations in the crystal structure that make the material harder and less ductile. While work hardening can be beneficial in some contexts, making the material stronger, it also makes aluminum more brittle… This increase in brittleness means that any additional bending can cause the material to crack rather than deform further.”

My 3 year old walking on carpet is a ninja. You’ll never hear her coming.