Moravec's paradox: "We're more aware of simple processes that don't work well than of complex ones that work flawlessly"

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@atown has the perfect formula going on with @tryemerge 1) Remixability Easy to prompt, easy to share. Constantly generating fresh outputs that can bring attention and usage back to it 2) Impulse buy territory Few people would question a 25cent purchase. Toy vending machine/ blind box logic works extremely well here 3) Ability to pay with alt coins This is the future, its just not evenly distributed yet https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/pmZbrBBIA6wT/emerge

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Who else here is using n8n for workflow automation? I recently built an automation pipeline that: * Watches a google drive folder new media * Transcribes the audio of each new clip * Using trained examples of the client's previous posts, it then writes new social posts based off the transcripts, and keeps formatting consistent. *Copy is written to a Google Doc so they can review before signing off and posting *Pings their team on Slack. So far it's saved them 12 hours a month.

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Following 37 Signals move to open source Campfire, their Slack/Discord alternative a few weeks ago, Small Bets, an online community centred around supporting entrepreneurs followed suit by open sourcing their modified fork, which they've been running for over a year. This fork elevates Campfire beyond Slack and Discord IMO, and makes it an alternative communities should experiment with if they're looking to move away from platforms that either come with hefty seat subscriptions at scale, or are a privacy nightmare. The trade off is that you have to host it and take on the responsibilities that come with that, but it's worth it if you're looking to build a more self sufficient home for your community. For those who are concerned about the future of channels here on Farcaster, it's worth noting that it is technically possible to incorporate one inside Campfire via webhooks. I'm writing a larger piece around how this can look and operate, possibly being a "best of both worlds" client that allows channel operators to hedge against any uncertain future they might have on Farcaster. Overall I think its important to show what a hybrid client can look like. Especially one that allows for communities to grow at their own pace, without changes being foisted on them by external devs and VCs. https://github.com/antiwork/smallbets/blob/master/campfire-mods.md

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A reminder that @felt helps to make sure any account you want to see more of doesn’t get buried by the algo. Personally a big fan of how how mini apps work on desktop, allowing you to scroll multiple feeds at once. The mobile experience isn't bad either.

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Where there is a will there is a way

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When it comes to coding with A.I agents, one prompt that has cut my error rate down considerably is asking it to check its context window before it applies any revisions. Night and day results

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It's thinking like this that gives Bluesky the competitive edge for brands to invest their time in long term. Farcaster had the right idea with channels, but since they dropped support to improve them they sadly now sit in this limbo state. It all leads to unnecessary confusion and friction for those who want to plant a flag here and engage with this ecosystem. Having said that, the Merkle team changes things up every few weeks around here, so maybe they're re-evaluating how they approach brands outside of an airdrop first perspective 🤷‍♂️

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What’s happened to Notion is a sad yet predictable scenario of a business getting very popular while trying to do too many things outside of its core product. The core product suffers as a result, and now those things they invested in that nobody outside of the core team asked for ( mail, calendar and ai) need to be paid for, hence the bait and switch. It will be interesting to see if they walk some of this back or double down on this strategy. In 2025 there are other options that do what its core product does.(Obsidian and anytype come to mind). Ultimately they have the most to gain from Notion fumbling the ball here.

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I've been using Hide Feed as my go to CSS blocker when I venture to rabbit hole sites like YouTube. Can't recommend it enough if you're trying to lock in, but need to reference something without getting distracted. Checked my stats for the first time in ages. Crazy to think this is roughly how much time I've saved over the last 5 years on Youtube alone. https://www.hidefeed.com/

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Anthropic is wising up to the fact that in order to overcome the barrier of adoption at the school level they'll have to make models that don't just provide an answer, but instead emphasize the Socratic method to engage critical and deep thinking. Claude for education is a step in that direction. This video gets into it some more, but my takeaway is that by tackling this head on they'll have institutional adoption within a much shorter time frame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJZnlnT0rPA

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Reading the Mythical Man-Month (published in 1975) it's clear how people still conflate experience for performance. Gergely Orosz has a really good follow up on how the roll of the 10x engineer has evolved since then, as well as modern workflows to alleviate certain bottlenecks. https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-10x-engineer-evolution/

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One of the many impressive things DeepSeek pulled off was how it structured it's team. They took ambitious people and prioritized them over those with past successes. This space can learn a thing or two from that lesson as the blockchain space vastly undervalues the role passion plays in generating a breakthrough, and instead leans heavily on those with "senior" in their title. "DeepSeek's moat, as Liang says, is not its current innovations but a team capable of generating innovations anew." https://youtu.be/hFTqQ4boR-s?si=oX3yISXGDbymnGPG&t=327

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Years ago I was working in Kenya where I saw start up tech companies enter low income neighbourhoods to try and help them overcome what they perceived as inefficiencies. I'll never forget seeing people in suits showing duka owners how they can restock their shelves quicker by scanning items, only for the owners to smile & shrug at these solutions. I left with clarity around two things: 1) The pace of life differs across the world, and the sense of urgency to replenish something immediately is felt more in western cultures. The duka owner saw their inventory supply as a minor inconvenience and could wait a day or two for the items to arrive. The community is also used to this pace and continues to survive regardless. 2) primitive tech (in this instance pencil & paper) will never fully be replaced by digital solutions, simply due to the fact that they don't need to rely on anything else to work. The more layers of abstraction the worse the adoption.

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Laughter is the ultimate trojan horse to get people to remember your product. It has lasting staying power and fuels word of mouth better than anything else. I can pull up a few examples to prove this, but I'll highlight just one here: Dollar Shave Club. For those unfamiliar it was one of the first viral online product videos, and it bucked the trend other shaving products had established which just focused on features and celebrity endorsements. Directly after this video's launch, they sold out of their entire stock in just 3 days and crashed their website in the process. As a result of taking a humorous approach, DSC ended up captured over 50% of the online market for razor blades, establishing itself as a major competitor against traditional brands like Gillette. Four years later they'd be acquired by Unilever for a billion dollars /lessoninthere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI

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