Dominic Hopton

Claude Code lets PMs fix bugs or build dashboards below the cut line. But is doing unprioritized work true productivity? I suspect no. It’s only meaningful if it generates business results; revenue or usage.

As a PM, there’s a risk of AI side quests distracting from doubling down on the main one.

”promiscuous“

Why did they get deleted?

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Just like cars, the real money is in the maintenance & servicing contract!

What happened at Block will likely happen everywhere else - companies now find themselves with an overstock of talent, and they are not structurally ready to absorb additional capacity.

People will achieve more with less - but this also opens the doors to building entire new businesses.

Big Corp Anti Pattern: Person loaned from team Y to team F, but now team Y needs something, so they get a loaner from Team J on to Team Y.

No-one works anywhere on anything with any ownership of anything.

It's a real paradox. Everyone always wants more resources, but then when they get them they realize that everything comes at a cost. I don't see a great solution for having enormous firms being tremendously productive, so the only logical maneuver is for them to contract.

I am considering going 'No notifications' across all my notifying apps.

Super hyped by people who think it’s amazing, because they’re true experts (they are), many powerful capabilities.

But also annoying and cultish.

The real solution is to some how level up to private jet money

And you’re recording it at 120fps, right?

Sticker 'cause it's cheaper 😉
Laser etched on metallic plastic!
Or something

the capabilities of the models when they have an example to crib from is unreal

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Butter on toast is a classic combo; what is better and underused, however, is mayo on bread. This gets you 95% of the way toward a Japanese egg sando, with greater clarity of vision. Open a shop that just does this and I’ll gladly patronize (you will close within 3 months). Mayo, the Better Butter.

What if I'm looking at it on the web/windows -- if this is in xttrs, surely thats opaque?

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What happens if i annotate a file on say Dropbox - where does the comment go?

(I love this idea)

I keep saying everything in AI is bi-modal extremes.
Works? Everybody is fucked (Because no jobs, no money)
Doesn't Deliver to it's high expectations? Everybody is fucked (Because no money, no jobs)

I suppose in both cases the after is also extreme:
Works? Star Trek
Doesn't deliver? Models Useful.

If it’s not a “tool”, what is it?

the first time I’d ever seen a shovel? For. Sure. Just like when i recently learned about the hugely long hedge trimmers with the 90deg twist at the end. “what’s the catch?” (it’s heavy, unwieldy, doesn’t really have the force to cut the branches at the top… still useful!).

There’s *always* a catch

I would wonder what the catch was…

Drawing of a duck looking at a flier for curling lessons

duck pulling a curling stone

A duck pushing a curling broom

That same duck on a podium winning first prize with a medal and crown

A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this

i say level it up to “the robot”, or even “robo”.

I moved my speakers up to be at ear level not on the desk pointing roughly at me. So much better enjoyment of music. Would recommend. (they’re mounted to the monitor arms with a weird contraption, and I screwed the speakers to the contraptions)

I want 40” @ 8k. I have a 40” 4k computer display, and it’s a great size, but I want the 2x font rendering.

Maybe he watched The Matrix one to many times?

Did something break safari performance in macOS 26.3? between ChatGPT.com lagging on typing (like, hanging for ~500ms), and now racefans.net hanging for 250ms on scrolls, it feels like something is broken.

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