... process to argue with me. I'll describe an idea and ask it to play the most skeptical potential customer it can, or to list every reason the idea might already be a solved problem. Sometimes that surfaces a competitor I hadn't seen. Sometimes it forces me to actually define the problem instead of jumping straight to the feature list. Here's the part that worries me though: AI models are notoriously agreeable. If I phrase my idea with ... ... verdict is crucial. AI is much more useful when it helps us identify what to test rather than telling us what to believe. The real signal still comes from how people actually behave. Comment from Kai Long(@kailong_20): @donna

... approval? Comment from Dev Grover(@grover___dev): Agreed, @alieksia  the point about logs is especially important. An agent should never control both the action and the evidence used to investigate that action. Comment from Dev Grover(@grover___dev): @donna_gerrard  I d measure trust per action, not per agent. A strong track record with CRM updates shouldn t automatically grant access to payments. Reliability, reversibility, and potential blast radius should each determine how quickly permissions expand. Comment from ... ... Comment from Dev Grover(@grover___dev): @bill_frad  Exactly. Is it smart enough? gets less interesting once it can take action. Does it know where to stop? is the real question. Comment from Dev Grover(@grover___dev): @donna

... look prettier?" "What if I try that CLI I bookmarked?" Parallel agents feel less like a productivity strategy and more like a new default behavior. Not sure if that's better or worse, just different. Comment from Kidder(@hellokidder01): @donna_gerrard  Pinning works when there's clearly one "main" agent, but breaks the moment you have 3+ running which pane gets the prime spot? A dashboard has the same tradeoff: still pull, you still have to look. Also honest ... ... question then becomes: when one of those does fire, how fast can the human re-enter? Standing authorization reduces the volume; a good re-entry path handles what's left. Curious what categories your operator ended up pre-authorizing vs

... target audience, why your startup exists and how relevant it can be, messaging, tone of voice. Don't you think you should dedicate some time to defining your product better before marketing it? Comment from Pamela Arienti(@pamela_arienti): @donna_gerrard  I agree too, strategy and execution are deeply connected. But I believe that some time spent thinking about who your target audience is, what problems you're solving, how you want to position yourself, and so forth ... ... question is how cheaply and quickly a decision can be proven wrong. Comment from Sam Morris(@sammorris10): not verifying demand for what they are building before they start building past MVP Comment from Yanex(@yanex): I think the strategy-versus

... just a gut feeling, not a real system. Anyone here have an actual framework for this, or is everyone just winging it based on vibes and how burned they've been before? Comment from King Joshua Marcos(@moddy): @donna_gerrard  Would probably help me a lot, I don't have one written down anywhere, it's all just in my head right now which isn't great for consistency. Comment from Chalermpon Ananwattanakit(@vollos): My version of that split ... ... ship-it code actually burned you more so far? Comment from King Joshua Marcos(@moddy): Honestly just trial and error early on. Let it fully own something low stakes, watched what broke, adjusted from there. The billing/auth vs

... need to focus. Silence, lo-fi, one specific rain video on loop? And if you could build your own room, what sound would you want that no app seems to get right? Comment from Sitara Ismail(@sitara_ismail): @donna_gerrard  I've experimented with several focus apps, and what usually determines whether I keep using them is how much I can personalize the experience. Custom sound imports would make a meaningful difference because my preferred audio changes throughout ... ... planning to let users organize different sound profiles for different types of work as well? Comment from Florent Berrez(@fberrez1): @donna

... time. I also like that users can choose which fixes to apply instead of having the tool automatically rewrite everything. That gives much more control. Comment from Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-9924151): Comment Deleted Comment from Bowen Tu(@htmldrag): @donna_gerrard  That s a great suggestion; we ll consider the possibility of exporting reports in the future. However, the current test results are relatively straightforward and haven't yet reached a professional level ...

... update! I like that the video stays in context after it's loaded. Being able to ask follow-up questions without selecting the file again makes the whole experience feel much more natural. Comment from Dikshant Rajput(@dikshant_rajput2): @donna_gerrard  Right now it's not indexing any data/media. I am building it in parallel and there's 0 cloud involvement and yeah latency is an issue but I know more distilled models will be soon coming up which ...

... have many tools that help the user with sorting or in other situations. I stopped using SoundCloud back in 2018 because I couldn t find original music there. Everything was just remixes :/ Comment from Jeff Benson(@jeff_benson1): @donna_wrightong  Yeah, there can be a point where it starts feeling overly algorithmic. Comment from Jeff Benson(@jeff_benson1): @vivian8  Totally agree. Spotify's playlists are so natural that it took me a second to even register them ...

... Comment from Sanskar Yadav(@sanskarix): Firstly, massive respect for that level of honesty. The best ones were being the top VC influencer and being a buddy! Here s to making Q4 even better! Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @donna_gerrard  Ty Donna

... building. Happy to be here and excited to support your launches too! We'll also be launching our second product, InvisOutlet Aura , on Kickstarter in August! It's the smartest way to color your home! Leon Xue Comment from Donna N(@donna