everyoneβs obsessed with moat, moat, moat.
One pattern Iβm noticing: founders whoβve raised (or are raising) seem far more focused on moats, while bootstrapped folks are heads down on the now, fixing real customer problems today, using AI as leverage
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looking for active builders, who's building things?
I want to follow your journey! Need to be around other people shipping
working on new personal website and testing meta tags
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it's Christmas morning... new fonts from klm type foundry
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started a daily log on my personal website.. sharing behind the scenes of whatever happens
organized chaos and ships
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lmk if you wanna join!
want to join a Ship10 challenge? ship + learn ai tools for 10 day sprint
- build new side quest, feature, or skill
- ship something (big or small) 1x per day with a proof of work link
- miss a day = boot
- private group (WA), low effort, no need to chat, feedback optional, mostly for accountability
the worst part about getting into a late night work burner is _finally_ resting your head against the pillow, and suddenly realizing you booked a fitness class that starts in 4 hours⦠and carries a penalty for no-show or cancelation
on the principle, i refuse to cancel!!
150 indoor bike rave classes. Err, i mean cardio sessions
wrote a few more words on the topic here
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.com $12-15 per year
.co $26-37 per year
guess who owns dozens of .co domains
Restarting my newsletter and if you feel like it, subscribe
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McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots β 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
entering second week of december without snow in the village
is this normal for whistler? looks rough
When you burn all ships, don't tread water. Swim towards shore.
If no shore exists, pick a direction. And of course.. leave nothing for the swim back
The biggest lesson I keep relearning:
if you donβt finish drafts or publish your ideas, even the 1/2 formed ones, someone else will beat you to it. Seizing the opportunity... Often with something less polished and your magic (key insights + angle)
Hereβs some French house music in your timeline
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Vancouver sports clubs arenβt allowed to win championships
True
When reading your slogan, βpositive actionβ gallops to mind
Those 3 areas are rooted in mistrust, so maybe thereβs a term that leans into an intentionβ¦ Without using the word intention and intentional, bc of course thatβs been carved out too
Category design harddd
Digging further, those terms have been carved out by Big 4
My conclusion is this new category design term isnβt a word, but a feeling.
Built in βproof of work and soulβ
Thx for the share. So many of us have moleskine reflective notes that mirror the resonate computing manifesto
When it comes to finding a term, or when I dump my spaghetti scribbles, lord ChatGPT reflects two key words.
Resonance and shepherds
tldr, share more work publicly, support other builders, rt, buy from and/or hire them
Some of the most inspiring artists, builders, designers, musicians, dancers, athletes, thinkers, founders, etc, are mostly not on the socials & hidden in various corners of the internet.. many starving, only sharing a small % of work
Why do people do this and try to ruin the internet
Calendar spam to capture $$
still enough time to create some magic and 2026 momentum
10 business days left in the year before most businesses shutter down
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afternoon work heater with these sounds falling through my mind
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