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No self-respecting marketer is without an email list.
Somehow I went about a decade without a personal one.
That's fixed. I'm writing again, and the announcements list is where things land first.
Join me if you're so inclined: claycollins.io
Somehow I went about a decade without a personal one.
That's fixed. I'm writing again, and the announcements list is where things land first.
Join me if you're so inclined: claycollins.io
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The primary failing in most startups: employees who will not prioritize customers over their coworkers.
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Clay Collins retweeted
If there's ever a #hex movie, dear god please cast Zach Galifianakis as Richard Heart.
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We assume anything that gets smart enough will eventually become conscious.
Maybe not.
A chicken is nowhere near as intelligent as Claude Fable. A chicken is conscious.
Maybe consciousness has nothing to do with intelligence. Maybe it requires a body, a birth, and the possibility of death.
We’ve been correlating two things that might not be related at all.
Maybe not.
A chicken is nowhere near as intelligent as Claude Fable. A chicken is conscious.
Maybe consciousness has nothing to do with intelligence. Maybe it requires a body, a birth, and the possibility of death.
We’ve been correlating two things that might not be related at all.
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In an enormous number of categories, paying 15 to 20% more gets you a product that’s 2 to 3x better. The price curve and the quality curve are not the same shape.
Steak. USDA Choice runs 15 to 25% more than Select. Choice has roughly twice the marbling. Select often has none you can see.
Olive oil. UC Davis tested the top-selling imported “extra virgin” oils in US supermarkets. 69% failed the international standard for extra virgin. Rancid, stale, or cut with refined oil. The real thing on the next shelf costs a few dollars more a bottle.
Tires. Consumer Reports found that among new tires in the same category, wet braking distance differs by almost 50 feet between the best and worst models. Three car lengths. The good tire costs about 20% more.
The cheap version isn’t 20% worse. It’s much, much worse. You save a little and give up most of the quality.
Pay the last 20% if you can afford it (and I realize not everyone can).
Steak. USDA Choice runs 15 to 25% more than Select. Choice has roughly twice the marbling. Select often has none you can see.
Olive oil. UC Davis tested the top-selling imported “extra virgin” oils in US supermarkets. 69% failed the international standard for extra virgin. Rancid, stale, or cut with refined oil. The real thing on the next shelf costs a few dollars more a bottle.
Tires. Consumer Reports found that among new tires in the same category, wet braking distance differs by almost 50 feet between the best and worst models. Three car lengths. The good tire costs about 20% more.
The cheap version isn’t 20% worse. It’s much, much worse. You save a little and give up most of the quality.
Pay the last 20% if you can afford it (and I realize not everyone can).
One thing I've learned in life is that it's worth paying extra for the nice butter.
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Clay Collins retweeted
Thinking about the time a group of men brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus and demanded her public execution and Jesus didn't go for it.
Someone needs to teach Jesus how to be a good "conservative" Christian.
Someone needs to teach Jesus how to be a good "conservative" Christian.
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If anyone wants to try this: testflight.apple.com/join/HGAMMyJr
Vibe coded a push-up app this week.
My form here is crap! (Been doing pushups all day to test this thing so getting tired).
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There's a moment right before an outcome is sealed where most people lose themselves. I call it the psychology of finality.
Every skill has two versions: the one the calm version of you produces, and the one you can access when it really counts. Finality is the gap between them.
The overhead tennis smash at match point. The piano recital after a month of perfect run-throughs at home. Naming your price in a negotiation and having to sit in the silence.
Most people flail.
The smash goes into the net. The hands shake and the wrong note rings out. The silence gets filled with a discount.
Nothing changed about their ability. Only the finality changed.
Smart people get stupid. Calm people get frantic. Prepared people forget everything they prepared.
The most successful people I know are the most grounded when things are about to become final.
Everything is hitting a crescendo, and they hit the routine shot.
There's no shortcut. No book, no mindset, no breathing technique.
You get grounded in final moments by having been in a lot of final moments.
That's the whole secret.
Every skill has two versions: the one the calm version of you produces, and the one you can access when it really counts. Finality is the gap between them.
The overhead tennis smash at match point. The piano recital after a month of perfect run-throughs at home. Naming your price in a negotiation and having to sit in the silence.
Most people flail.
The smash goes into the net. The hands shake and the wrong note rings out. The silence gets filled with a discount.
Nothing changed about their ability. Only the finality changed.
Smart people get stupid. Calm people get frantic. Prepared people forget everything they prepared.
The most successful people I know are the most grounded when things are about to become final.
Everything is hitting a crescendo, and they hit the routine shot.
There's no shortcut. No book, no mindset, no breathing technique.
You get grounded in final moments by having been in a lot of final moments.
That's the whole secret.
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Clay Collins retweeted
You built an agent to help with your own work.
Now someone in your community asks, "Can we use it too?"
Your side project could use a name.
Meet .c
headlessdomains.com/blog/c-domain-…
Now someone in your community asks, "Can we use it too?"
Your side project could use a name.
Meet .c
headlessdomains.com/blog/c-domain-…
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Clay Collins retweeted
Bought a Handshake name at @Namecheap and can’t renew or manage it?
For .c .1 .zen .yolo .ez .use .coffees .giveaways, Namebase can’t process those claims.
The route is HeadlessDomains.com/recover - submit the exact name + purchase evidence for manual review. Submission ≠ approval or activation.
headlessdomains.com/blog/namecheap…
For .c .1 .zen .yolo .ez .use .coffees .giveaways, Namebase can’t process those claims.
The route is HeadlessDomains.com/recover - submit the exact name + purchase evidence for manual review. Submission ≠ approval or activation.
headlessdomains.com/blog/namecheap…
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The most dangerous confusion in politics: thinking the state is the people.
Millions of voters make this mistake. Power moves to the state and they celebrate like it moved to them.
They hear "the government is taking the power back" and think it means they are.
It doesn't. The state winning power and you winning power are not the same thing.
They're usually opposites.
Millions of voters make this mistake. Power moves to the state and they celebrate like it moved to them.
They hear "the government is taking the power back" and think it means they are.
It doesn't. The state winning power and you winning power are not the same thing.
They're usually opposites.
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For years I didn't distinguish between loving to build software and loving to build software for other people.
Turns out they're further apart than I thought.
I've been vibe coding a product for six months. The codebase is mature. The product is good. And at every fork in the road, I've had to choose: build it for me, or build it so it could serve thousands.
Every single time, I chose me.
I'm proud of what I built. But the distance between what I have and a shippable product, with support, docs, onboarding, and marketing, is enormous.
We've been taught to trust our own taste. Build what you love and the customers will follow.
I don't believe that anymore.
Building what you love is a hobby. Building what they love is a business.
It's naive to confuse the two.
Turns out they're further apart than I thought.
I've been vibe coding a product for six months. The codebase is mature. The product is good. And at every fork in the road, I've had to choose: build it for me, or build it so it could serve thousands.
Every single time, I chose me.
I'm proud of what I built. But the distance between what I have and a shippable product, with support, docs, onboarding, and marketing, is enormous.
We've been taught to trust our own taste. Build what you love and the customers will follow.
I don't believe that anymore.
Building what you love is a hobby. Building what they love is a business.
It's naive to confuse the two.
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