... business model is essentially "buy beloved but slightly tired software , strip it for parts, and jack up the subscription price until grandma stops taking notes in Evernote" swooping in to buy Airtable. And what do we, the brilliant American titans of industry, do? We roll over, show our bellies, and thank them for the privilege of taking our unicorn off our hands. But wait, it gets better! This isn't just any acquisition. This is their first buy after their ...

... derive from movies and shows about people who actually built something. These days the struggle and the passion pull me in more than almost any other genre. The last one to get me was Made in India: A Titan Story (2026) the story of a small team building India s first world-class watch. What stayed with me was the number of times they were on the cusp of shutting down before they made the slimmest watch in the world ... ... BlackBerry (2022) - Lessons of what not to do Air (2023) - Lessons what to do Jobs (2013)/ Steve Jobs (2015) - Obvious Harishchandrachi Factory (2009) - Story about how India's first motion picture got made in 1913 Made in India: A Titan

... There are so, so, many email apps out there: Superhuman, Hey, Slashy, Cowork gmail plugin, Spark Mail, Proton mail, Spacemail, Titan, Shortwave, Alfred, Canary, Spike, Tuta, Skiff, Icloud, Zoho, Yahoo (if it counts even). But has any one of us tried it before? Why/Why not? Comment from Peter Shu(@peterz_shu): @sarveshsea  You're right. people would be suprised at sometimes how the most borign things have the higherst switching cost, because they are so ingrained in your routines ... ... from Dev Grover(@grover___dev): have never used coz tbh never felt the need of one Comment from Michael Pehl(@michaelpehl): Using Thunderbird for years, also Roundcube. Running my own email servers. Comment from Sarvesh Chidambaram(@sarveshsea): I try alternatives

... track this week? How far off are we? And is this going to roll into what's coming next? We're calling it The Nut Report. It's built for service business owners on Housecall Pro, Jobber and Service Titan, and it's almost here. I'm showing up on Product Hunt early before the launch because I want to be in the room with builders and early adopters who get it. People who know that the best products ...

... training)? I think the mistake here is conflating the purpose of open source. It's not to have folks visit docs for traffic, revenue or community - it's to provide a 'free as in speech, not as in beer' alternative to closed source software. Comment from Alper Tayfur(@alpertayfurr): This is a really important tension people aren t talking about enough. Open source used to monetize through attention: docs traffic, consulting, ecosystem tools, community visibility. If AI becomes the interface ... ... more power over open source than ever. If no one will donate because of no traffic, then sponsors will gain the upper hand. Look at how Anthropic owns bun now. What happens when the large companies, the industry titans

... compute. Copilot sucks but that's a rant for the blog lol Overall I don't see them winning. Sam Altman has overpromised every time. Other labs like xAI have had recent scandals and people are looking at these titans of industry and instead of leadership they are finding irresponsible men with egos doing the talking. People mistake my expertise on the tech and the subject with my support for the commercial offerings of it. I am bullish on open ...

... events as brand marketing and lead gathering and then invite them to our dinners. Comment from Andr J(@conduit_design): @bencostantini  What is scarce? What is not readily available? 100 years ago it was a ride on the titanic. Today its getting into YC or having a flat in NYC. Or playing basketball in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Sometimes scarse isnt obvious when your experiencing it as well. Like that last The police concert everyone is talking about. Or watching Messi ...

... main reason for investing in the rocket race was the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @tsabary  I am quite suspicious about those rich. Remember what happened to the submarine (Titanic 2 case), when those rich people wanted to see the ship under the Ocean :D But I got you. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @kevin_rocha_islas  True, but maybe we will create such inhabitable conditions for the Earth, that ...