Sam Broner

I just learned the same Evan Wallace created esbuild and Figma.

I mean??

Perhaps unparalleled contributions to and demonstration of web performance.

Is anyone building an "AI gardener" for Obsidian workspaces yet?

- Sort _inbox notes into the right directory
- Autotag & link based on context
- Surface or fix incomplete notes
- Better search

It'd save me a 60 to 90 seconds a week if google drive could give me a shareable link to uploaded media before the content finished uploading.

Google probably doesn't want to solve this given the UX & systems problems, but like... it'd be better

Excited to speak at @proofoftalk in Paris next week! We'll discuss why stablecoins are the best way for fintechs to build new products & the hurdles remaining for adoption

I'll be joined by @diogomonica @reeve_collins & Christian Rau in a conversation moderated by @Timccopeland

Last month we had one of the most exciting months in fintech history: the month fintechs embraced stablecoins

What happens next?

Tomorrow I'll share my thoughts on investing in stablecoins at @thestablecon with @HadickM @nic__carter @matt_homer & @ShenLucinda

Tune in!

One of my most persistent gripes with google maps is it doesn't know what a bodega is. When is this getting fixed?!

Gdocs - by having the "refine" button move from the right button tray to the highlighted text and allowing a delayed UI change, you're making me click the emoji button instead of the comment button.

It's very annoying!

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The past month has been among the most important in payment history: the month fintechs embraced stablecoins.

Legacy payment companies are bootstrapping an onchain economy

I break down the important recent announcements and share my thoughts on what they mean for the industry.

The line outside Paper Son Coffee on 2nd and Folsom

Anyway, we’re going to hang after the rush, but I love the feeling of being proud of a friend from afar. I’m glad I got to see the success up close.

Go visit Paper Son Coffee on 2nd and Folsom. Say what’s up to Alex.

So, I’m in SF at a new hotel, start the walk to work and low and behold there’s the shop. I walk up and he’s in there, prepping for open!

I knock, we chat, I’m running late, and we plan for me to come back the next day.

Today, I show up and here’s the line, 40 people out the door!!

I have a friend I haven’t seen in years, but remember fondly.

A couple years ago I saw a post saying he was quitting tech and going to start a coffee shop, Paper Son Coffee…

Can someone do weekly LLM reviews like they're wine reviews or at a dog show. Scored with no denominator so scores can go up as models improve.

eager, more boarder collie than golden retriever, keeps tone well, slop forward

Code: 17.5
Writing: 22.1
Logic: 18.3
Humor: 9.6

Please don't make me build this and turn it into an e-ink display. I don't need that in my life right now.
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What's important is making sure that users can access treasury yield onchain.

I want more safe yield onchain! There should be a competitive market. Yield bearing stables, directly issued onchain treasuries (pls!), yield passed through via providers -- all can compete for PMF

To spell this out:

1. transactions likely happen with non-yield bearing stables
2. users are mostly indifferent to yield on fiat-reserve stables *via a provider* or *via a wrapped yb asset*
3. Strategy Backed Synthetic Dollars (SBSDs) are useful, but they're investment products

Yield-bearing stables are good, but aren't needed *as long as users can access safe yield*

Users will always prefer to spend fiat-backed stables & save yield-bearing stables. If you're saving stables, you're likely comfortable saving somewhere like Coinbase or in a lending pool

One way to look at stablecoins is that we're 10 years in (Circle & Tether founded in 2013/14), another is that we're only 1 year in to widely available, high quality onchain activity.

Goal: <1 second, <1 cent, and a wallet in every pocket

Deep research, but with a finish by time so I can read the research before my meeting.

You don’t need to read everything! Give me a well sourced vibe.

I'm loving this prank where delta flight attendants have to ask the 30 people in first class if they want "our signature warm nuts"?

Every year I'm shocked that I cant just tell all my financial services to work with each other to do my taxes.

Why am I getting sent paper reports? Am I just doing this badly? Is there a way to streamline this?

and so begins the greatest 4 days of sport in the year.

Oh no, writing sucks! It's too hard!

Argh! I should only podcast to avoid grappling with the reality that shaping intuitions into arguments takes effort not charisma. Grr, now I have to wrestle with my incomplete thoughts until theyre legible to a stranger with unknown context!

It's just weird that all airplane seat designers are <5'7" and use rare 11" mini laptops.

First we get network effects. Then we win.

Original post - where the most common DM response was, "Dude, only 14 dates!"
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For those who are following along closely, I have taken your feedback to heart.

Kira and I have been on four (4) dinner or show dates this year. ~2x the pace of last year. Each has been romantic & fun. Severance, White Lotus, group dates & home cooked meals are not included.

Sam Broner Generally Happy. NYC. Writing about my interests: CRDTs, local-first software, UX+AI, art...

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Vibe coded some improvements to my personal website (Thanks Cursor 🫶)

- Subscriptions via Beehiiv (go subscribe!)
- Faster rendering, especially images via nextjs images
- Tag sorting
- Removed cruft

Anything I should fix? Anything I should change? Sound off!

• One (client) to many (servers + capabilities) - easy to integrate many services
• Clear capability model - tools, resources, and capabilities (things the LLM on the server is good at responding to)