Leverage is the only way a smart person can go broke. You really can do smart things and have it end in disaster if you introduce time pressure and debt into the equation.
I've always thought it's so cool that the smartest person in the world on a topic I care about spends 2+ years of their life distilling their best ideas into an enjoyable read, and I can get this for just $20.
AI magnifies your strengths and weaknesses—if your deployment pipeline is broken or your code review process is manual chaos, AI will just help you ship broken code faster. Fix your fundamentals first, then pour gasoline on the fire.
There's a crucial difference between asking AI to categorize things repeatedly versus using it to build code that handles structured data through APIs. Yash used OpenClaw to build a Slack digest that pulls notifications via API endpoints—AI built the tool once, but the categorization runs on deterministic code (except for the final action/read/FYI sorting).
3mo ago
The best investment you can make is in yourself. But most people won't because it's not a leveraged bet, and you can't borrow money to do it.
3mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
