70% of startups fail because they scale too early Fascinating statistic from the book The Originals. That stat feels high, but the sentiment is definitely true.

A startup is only as valuable as the people that use it. Be obsessed with your customers and making them happy.

Product-market fit happens when a burning problem is fully solved by an exceptionally simple experience

- Computers scaled logic - Internet scaled networks - AI is scaling intelligence In first principles, AI will be the most transformative technology. These are also additive, making each even more impactful. AI will create immense value and solve countless problems.

imo the React team missed an opportunity for the useEffect callback to take the change in data of the dependency array Unless there's a better pattern, it seems like the only way to have the details of an effect run once even though data can continue to change is more state