Joel Kang

I'm over Spotify -- the one thing I use it for, offline mode, is just so broken. How is it that I'm listening to a podcast on the tube and rewinding it 10s means I have to sit in silence for the next 20 min.

I propose we reframe this as "find the market" which still supposes the market exists somewhere, but allows for wrong turns, double backs and doesn't imply already having a product.

Maybe the phrase "go to market" has created a whole generation of failed startups and burnt out founders.

It conjures up the illusion that you have a product ready to "go" to the market, as if the destination is clearly ahead for you to *go* to.

The vibes are off Is vibe coding really a new thing?

In which I simultaneously agree and disagree with kaparthy about #vibecoding joelkang.com/waypoints/th...

First time founders look for product-market fit. Recovered founders look for market-capability fit.

It feels like we're reaching some inflection point where the only escape velocity is ✨taste✨.

Money can't buy you taste, but having taste can make you a lot of money.

If you're a Gen-Z on tiktok, you're being berated that (your) sense of style has been algorithmically coerced into a commodity aesthetic.

We're literally watching regression to the mean play out in real time through the push and pull of statistical technologies.

There's something really interesting going on right now:

If you're an AI-aware millennial, you're being hyped that the *doing* is much easier now--the floor of what is possible is being raised.

a very poignant battlecry about the way we interact with (digital) things by @wattenberger.com wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...

And what a gorgeous page with cute little dolls!

It's not vibe-coding; it's declarative english

TECH EXEC IN 2005: We believe the world is a better place when people are able to communicate online
THAT SAME TECH EXEC IN 2025: The greatest existential threat to humanity is the ability for women to talk back to me

How is it the year of our lord 2025 and people are still scrolljacking their websites?!

#Führermusk #Krasnov #trump

I had to bring this here because it’s so good

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Elon Musk's original Tweet: Defund NPR. It should survive on its own. Amended to "Defund Space-X"

Fixed it for you, Elon.

There's something very dystopian/ironic/funky about tech companies doubling down on AI, which is basically a system of knowledge distillation, while simultaneously funding an ignorance-based realpolitik.

What's life,without a little,adventure?

Ah yes, the good ole "should I put a space or a comma here" syntax.

But yes, a long desired feature nonetheless.

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.