How to be an outlier (without getting lucky):

@socra_ed Building socra into a massive success is what I want to do for the rest of my life, and I’m always excited when I wake up that I get to build this sky scraper with you!

@mcuban Do you want them to not hide the database credentials for the systems they’ve been granted read-only access to? Do you want them to post the raw transactions?

@socra_ai is based

I dove headfirst into the slop that is the Google Ads API for the last 4 days. I’ve never been more confident that Google is terminally ill and failing in slow motion. With that said, we can now run all of our ads from a simple config file instead of using their horrendous UI, so that’s nice. Might have to productize it…

AI systems will soon be able to interact with and automatically improve most anything stored digitally. This includes code, documentation, etc. But it doesn't include human-to-human tribal company knowledge (e.g. "go ask Jim, he's the only one who understands the system"). AI can't improve what it can't see, so it is imperative that companies document their tribal knowledge ASAP or be left in the dust.

This is unsettling if true.

@SullyOmarr This is why we’re building @socra_ai. Hierarchical collaboration and planning with humans and AI in real time. It improves our thinking processes by a significant margin and provides structure for the LLM to have context of the entire project, not just the individual item.

@millergodev It’ll feel forced at first, and you’ll have to make sure you stay clear of common Twitter pitfalls and engagement tactics. But yes, this could be the way. At the very least, forcing oneself to focus and think slightly more.

@BenjaminDEKR I just keep thinking how big of a lead Roomba fumbled in this space. All they had to do was keep iterating on the product, but no. They had to keep the thing dumb as hell and focused on mapping peoples’ homes for targeted Amazon suggestions.

@BenjaminDEKR The fact that this preposterous idea might be someone’s job soon 😂

@BenjaminDEKR I’m sure that’ll be a different optimus model altogether. Honestly though, they’d probably have different attachment options for different…cleaning needs. Like how vacuums have different attachments to clean those hard to reach places

@BenjaminDEKR Virtual maid would be a pretty sweet gig. Maybe you could provide that extra personal touch to keep you from being replaced 👀

Obsession is my super power, in my opinion. It’s the reason I am an outlier and I find great enjoyment in improving at things. It’s the reason why I wouldn’t even consider taking a day off from socra - I absolutely love it. Does it lead to some negative behaviors sometimes? Sure. Would I trade it for anything? Definitely not, because it makes me quite happy. My version of peace is the creative flow state I get from deep focus, and I love it.

I am not a “center” type of person. When I was a small child, I had obsessive focus on one thing at a time. Like paper airplanes (there were hundreds in my house at one time) to Rubik’s cubes, to cup stacking, sports, and so on. I excelled at each because of the obsession. Call it obsession or propensity for doom scrolling, but it helped me be very not “center” in a great way usually in my life.

@cwizprod1 The modern day abstinence argument 😂 To scroll, or not to scroll.

@cwizprod1 I would argue that terminal boredom is almost exclusively internally biased. It’s a habit, a part of the person, something they do, day and day out in any situation. But what if someone is content being bored? Or maybe that’s an oxymoron.

@cwizprod1 Or I have a propensity to doom scroll, and I should recognize that this circuit exists, and avoid it when possible!

@cwizprod1 But damn, if 95% of my feed is engagement bait, that means I have to scroll through 20 posts to find even 1 worthy of engaging. It’s increasingly becoming like finding needle in a haystack IMO