Claude code run in a VS Code terminal window pops up a diff in VSCode before making changes. Not sure if that helps. I do have the Claude Code extension installed too.
I find the flow works bc if it starts going off piste I just end it. Plus I then get my pre-commit hooks etc. I still like being relatively hands on though.
I understand the emotional aspect of feeling like it’s out of reach for you.
Thing is, if you focus on your own skill development and apply it at even a small scale, very few people do that. Then you go for a job and guess what, the company has resources you can leverage. Then you do that, and ultimately you could be in a position to have the credibility to raise your own capital.
Not at all. The majority with the current AI craze not really about credibility or skills. It's like a kitchen.
Take a genius chef but give him rotten ingredients. He sweats, he tries, but the meal is barely edible. That's the $100 exercise, but only experts recognize the talent behind.
Take an unskilled cook but give him A5 Wagyu and prepared truffles. The result tastes amazing to the average person who will claim the chef is great (the investors).
It's about access to capital and selling a story ('ex'-Googler doesn't make you competent), not skills.
Great chefs in dark alleys go unnoticed.
Mediocre tourist traps near the Eiffel Tower are fully booked.
Look at Inflection AI. Average results, yet massive funding. They have the "location" and the backing, so they win. It's not about who cooks better; it's about who owns the kitchen but who sells a dream that tomorrow the food will be better.
We don't talk about small funding, we talk about 1.3 billion USD, just for that specific example, yet a tourist trap (using name-dropping / reputation instead of talent)
Snake-oil is rewarded as much as, or even more than real talent; a lot of people cannot see the difference between a chef and the ingredients, this is what I think is sad.
Further, to the quote you selected, a glass of wine’s perceived taste improves when you hear the story and see an old or prestigious label on the bottle.
The context does actually change how people experience things. For me visiting a museum is something I do when I’m particularly curious or observant, and the atmosphere typically makes me more so.
Looking forward to the OpenAI (and Anthropic) IPOs. It’s funny to me that this info is being “leaked” - they are sussing out the demand. If they wait too long, they won’t be able to pull off the caper (at these valuations). And we will get to see who has staying power.
It’s obvious to me that all of OpenAIs announcements about partnerships and spending is gearing up for this. But I do wonder how Altman retains the momentum through to next year. What’s the next big thing? A rocket company?
Peter used to say, that every successful company could look back at a defining moment early on, where they would have died had it not been for the courage, and the tenacity, and maybe the insanity of one visionary person who put it all on the line, even though it seemed like a huge mistake at the time.
A moment where all the metrics and the numbers didn't mean anything.
It was all about the emotion. It was about belief, rational or irrational.
The whole idea of succeeding by “grit” makes way too many people too idealistic and unrealistic.
Don’t get me wrong, Peter Drucker (hopefully that’s the Peter you are referring to) had some great actionable advice. But believing in yourself and having grit is about as banal as “thoughts and prayers”
You know what? This is indeed where courage, tenacity, and risk-taking make a difference.
But what makes the difference in whether or not we hear about it is pure luck and survivor bias.
If their luck was just right that with all that push in the right time the deal came through or the product sold, then we hear about what a great success it was, and how important was their grit.
And many smart determined people with all the courage, tenacity, and risk-taking in the world have also taken the big risk, but dice did not roll their way, or the hill was just so steep it didn't work, so we hear nothing of them. And their number likely vastly exceeds the few for whom it did work.
At one point in Tesla's path, Musk was down to a net worth of $200k or so. He laid his entire fortune on the line. How many of us would be willing to do that? Not me.
I did say, "I'm not sure there's anything aspirational there."
But clearly it does have a chance at success, as evidenced by Elon. Or, as it always turns out, it's difficult to fail anywhere but up when you're wealthy.
This is distorting my words in such tiny, pedantic, strawmanful ways I don't see a point in replying properly. I'm clearly not going to be the person to break through your illusion.
In that discussion you seemed to agree that there's not much we can or should do about it; you seemed to be indicating that you were just contemplating the phenomenon, rather than complaining or arguing that something needed to be done.
For what it's worth: the “celebrity” effect works both ways. Sure, some members of the community may be more willing to give them a pass. But other users will be more motivated to downvote and/or flag, even if the comment is relatively benign.
At a young age and knowing I could easily get a job and rebuild? Why not? $200K to get back is a year a two in Silicon Valley just working in a tech company.
By 2010 with a combination of divorce and over investing in real estate before the financial crisis I had a negative net worth of over $200K at 36 years old and absolutely no money in the bank. I really didn’t stress at all. They were just numbers.
I had a job, a home and parents who could help me out a little when needed mostly for unexpected expenses because my credit was also shot by 2013 with 5 foreclosures/short sales.
At 51, remarried for 15 years and grown (step)kids and working remotely, and a lot of other quality of life changes, we are good.
Young and knowing your future earning potential? That’s. I different than paying $200K for college. That’s only slightly more than the average new grad makes working at any of the BigTech companies their first year.
What else was he going to do? Hoard it in a High Yield Savings account?
If the article is correct and they are 144A then they will also be a little less liquid. But yeah, I have to imagine everyone involved knows what’s up. Just happens to work for everyone (for now).
It’s typical for the foundation to settle before building on top of it.
Additionally do agree there is immense commercial pressure.
I’m quite curious how it all shakes out across the majors. If the foundation is relatively similar then the differentiator (and what they can charge) will determine their returns on this investment.
As a user, I love the competition and the evolution.
I find the flow works bc if it starts going off piste I just end it. Plus I then get my pre-commit hooks etc. I still like being relatively hands on though.
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