Alex Komoroske
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So much of the way that we tackle problems and build products is this builder mi
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Yeah
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Key terms: yeah, think, it’s
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And I told people, back at the very beginning of my career, I used to work from
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Key terms: told, people, back
I think they change a lot
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Key terms: think, change, llms
Now, LLMs can do all kinds of stuff
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Key terms: llms, kinds, stuff
Anytime that an industry gets really, really, really, really, really good at lik
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Key terms: anytime, industry, gets
That’s insane, as in
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Key terms: that’s, insane, realize
Let me follow that thread real quick because a lot of people are like, “Okay,” p
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I want to get to this idea of gardening versus building that is central to a lot
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This is a totally reasonable thing to do
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I was just listening to a couple podcasts, and a thread that came up in a number
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Key terms: listening, couple, podcasts
And I’m saying it doesn’t matter if I don’t know the answer because this thing,
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Is there an example that you can give from either from something you worked on o
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And this was the biggest unlock in my career actually was when I stopped my guts
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Yeah, because one of the hardest parts about an acorn when you plant it is makin
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So what I see a lot of things happen in large organizations, that people are jus
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The intuition of this is if you find in a social network, you want to see what’s
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Key terms: intuition, find, social
So these I also call now nerd clubs, and these are my secret weapon
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The third thing you do is you dribble in new perspectives
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And a community with no people talking is definitely dead
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Key terms: community, people, talking
I just love this playbook for starting to build a little bit of community within
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Key terms: love, playbook, starting
So for example, since the pandemic started, I’ve done a Peloton workout every si
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Key terms: example, since, pandemic
I feel like everything you do is on super speed, the way you think, the write an
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Key terms: feel, like, everything
When you’re busy and in the moment, it’s so easy to say, “I just got to do this
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Key terms: you’re, busy, moment
And so I just find that you can’t force it before people are ready to hear certa
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Key terms: find, can’t, force
Sure, yeah
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Key terms: sure, yeah, frame
And that if you got to the end point, everyone would high five because if it’s g
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That’s really freeing
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Key terms: that’s, really, freeing
I think we covered it
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One use case of WebSim that I found really fun that I used with Dylan is if you
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Key terms: case, websim, found
To me, software is alchemy
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Key terms: software, alchemy, it’s
Alex, you’re awesome
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Key terms: alex, you’re, awesome
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ability, about, actually, adjacent, again, alchemy, alex, also, anytime, awesome, back, because, before, beginning, biggest
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