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Mike Bal

@mikebal.com.bsky.social

Talented generalist. Curious builder. Pursuer of delightful experiences. Father. Drummer. Batman.

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Beautiful!

05.03.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So my pigs keep breaking out when they decide they are hungry enough.

At first I thought it was the fence kind of leaning after the ground froze.

Pretty sure they send the little one through and she knocks the ground wire off the grounding bar… #homesteading #kunekune #pigsaresmart

15.12.2024 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally getting around to seeing Deadpool 3. Hilarious. Weird. Also weird.

11.12.2024 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me to my almost 12 year old: Why are you wearing my socks?

Him: they’re not **your socks** if they fit **my** feet.

Me: … you can’t just… that’s not how it… K.

10.12.2024 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like some of the ideas in it but not following to a T

09.12.2024 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Piglets just roll up and use my ladder as a back scratcher. #homestead #pigs

09.12.2024 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m blown away by how bad Microsoft is at design. It’s not just the UI. It’s everything from core usability to the detailed execution.

02.12.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice, I think there’s a Parker lie to Joe at pretty close to there. You ever go to blue mounds?

28.11.2024 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yeah we found an acreage like 1 mile into Minnesota

28.11.2024 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the biggest challenges of owning outdoor/farm animals in Minnesota is prepping for winter. All of a sudden things lie fresh water become a challenge. #homesteading #hobbyfarm

27.11.2024 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Done and done βœ…

27.11.2024 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Co-pilot will be for corporate developers based on their ecosystem of extensions.

They will use β€œSparks” to capture and keep more Indy devs engaged.

As a non coder, I’m a big fan of how Cursor helps me learn concepts while doing.

Haven’t tried WindSurf yet

25.11.2024 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems to be hitting custom feeds

25.11.2024 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hate is the only wrong choice.
We have so much Star Wars now that it should be totally normal to say, β€œI love ____, but ____ wasn’t my kind of Star Wars.”

25.11.2024 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People pay more for β€œwant” than β€œneed”

25.11.2024 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think we are exceptional but it’s hard to deny how much changed for us.

We saw computers become a household norm.

Went from Dos to sophisticated operating systems.

Are watching AI t step in for SaaS

AR, VR, interplanetary travel…

Whoah.

25.11.2024 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Building Rocketships How I helped launch the product book I wish I had 10 years ago.

Looking for a really great book on #product leadership and growth? β€œBuilding Rocketships” is now open for pre-order and I helped launch it :)

www.leadingproduct.link/p/building-r...

#productmanagement

25.11.2024 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel your pain ;)

25.11.2024 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I missed the character limit. Makes people more thoughtful.

25.11.2024 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not β€œonly” but I’m asking here to get inspiration from builders. I have lots of user/customer interviews planned.

Good product leaders balance insights from everywhere imo.

23.11.2024 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What are your favorite checklist experiences and interactions?

Working on something new and want context from every perspective.

#product #design #ux

23.11.2024 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Idk about auto posting but there’s a cool tweetdeck style app called DeckBlue which might be extendable

23.11.2024 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I gave a talk today at Turing on "LLMs as Computer Users".
Slides: www.figma.com/deck/rsWK4sR...

18.11.2024 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So true! Also β€œwhat would make more sense to you?” Or β€œwhat would your ideal look like?”

22.11.2024 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lenny’s Podcast is gold.

21.11.2024 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m starting to think about letting the model define the relationship.

Take teams collaborating in slack -

Links to other tool’s GitHub, Jira, etc

Channel context around projects or initiatives.

Conversations related to tickets/features.

It could probably optimize and organize better than us

21.11.2024 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone have any kits, lists, or feeds you are loving?

21.11.2024 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I even mean fundamental data objects - not just telemetry/analytics.

The relationships give context - which is why I’m a fan of the knowledge graph structure.

21.11.2024 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think now it switched away from data in functions and more to data in context. Create a system where a model can select the right data to create the best outcome. #product #ai

21.11.2024 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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