gregorvand

Well it's not a comic book, but we have been trying to totally rewire the email experience to be enjoyable. We learned from a lot of users that often the tone of emails gets them down, so our 'digests' effectively show you the important parts of the email, without any of the tone of the sender that may be the underlying issue. The product is https://wyntk.ai. Feel free to ping me gv@wyntk.ai for an invite.

Set up filters for any specific senders you feel are going to be the likely cause of stress. These filters should virtually hide the email from you, not even a visible label with an unread counter.

It's funny how, as a wise phrase I've heard before, "nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems"

After a few weeks of whoever might have emailed you, but you didn't see it, or maybe they never emailed? But at least you can continue your life and still see messages that probably matter.

Email sucks in this way, it's hard to fully ignore it, but you can fully ignore certain senders - which I have absolutely had to do in the past.

Time + the above strategy will really help, I think.

-- Disclaimer, I work on 'better' email products.

15 years also seems like a long time

I know at least two people leaving Carta within one year of joining (recently) and CTO within 2 years suggests something amiss (looking more at the company here than anything) The article is frustrating since it tries to be transparent and 'what i've learned' but doesn't really give anything away to the relatively short tenure.

To be clear, I love BYD cars. This just made me chuckle.

TeleMessage CEO LinkedIn bio - reads like a terrible AI hatchet job:

"At the helm of TeleMessage, my leadership is defined by strategic innovation and a steadfast commitment to advancing telecommunications solutions. With a focus on SaaS products, our team has successfully navigated the industry's evolution, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of technological advancements. My role encompasses not only the oversight of our direction but also the cultivation of a culture that values ethical standards and collaborative success.

Our achievements are anchored in a proven track record of delivering results and solving complex problems with efficiency. Spearheading business development and marketing initiatives, we have established a reputation for excellence within the telecom sector. The acquisition of TeleMessage by Smarsh in 2024 stands as a testament to our team's dedication and my leadership in driving growth and fostering a united vision."

"Then came his eureka moment: “I discovered that no one had ever gone to every country in the world completely without flying [in one unbroken trip].” (A British man, Graham Hughes, has set foot in every country without flying, but took two breaks from the journey for personal reasons.)"

It's great to call it out here. But with all due respect, if you have let this company do this for 10 years...

Why not do what most profit-conscious companies would do and just say "we notice unusual activity and.."

I take your point the majority are more middle aged / elderly working in these. However I personally know two sets of young guys running stalls and they love it. They’re from working class backgrounds and appreciate the freedom of running their own company. I think we’ll see a natural regeneration of hawkers, it only happens when the current want to give up or rents tip above their limits.

Great idea. I thought about this when I rented an electric Renault car, and found that in regenerative braking mode… brake lights do not come on when lifting the foot off the accelerator. A friend in a car behind said he found it confusing and wondered what I was doing. Such a bizarre design flaw not to have brake lights come on when this happens.

Having lived in NYC, Hong Kong and Singapore, the best system around all of this is ..

Singapore hawker center.

Turn up to somewhere ~10 mins or less from your location. Have a great meal for $5 (US) or less.

Continue

No delivery fees, delivery emissions or waste. Talk to people... The list goes on.

oh thanks!

Thanks. I am Scottish originally and understand a lot of Scots. I guess I said 'virtually' since Gaelic is probably the only 'official' other language in Scotland but I agree Scots and Doric should be recognised as such.

The article mentions not covering Doric or Scots since they are considered virtually second languages

Too specific for this map but there's also an intriguing case of town in England called Corby, where people speak mainly with a Scottish accent https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28225325. Pretty fascinating.

with all respect to the man himself, not sure tom blomfield needs to think about that part..

It took 5 days but yes it’s fixed at least for those who did not factory reset

Hi Warren, great article. Would love to connect on what we're doing (also in Singapore). Please drop me a message gregor@vand.hk

Fun! Nice work and will be great to intro newbies to SQL

My father managed to survive it (he's now in his mid 70s). He says start at 40. It's very easy, just a blood test.

His catchphrase 'most die with prostate cancer, not of it. What is there to lose?'

Thanks to you and everyone bringing this to the top. I have admired, followed, ridden the coat tails of DW for years. I lived in the city for many years. I hope the archives give inspiration for decades to come on real financial activism.

Have already moved to Cursor and realised I was only paying Github for Co-pilot - have downgraded immediately. No affiliation to Cursor, but the results are just a lot better and I don't need to be paying $20 to them AND $10 to co-pilot :/

After each field is filled out, it sends a request with the full form body. Unsurprisingly, I keep getting an error by the end of filling out each field, with 'too many attempts' and cannot proceed.

Is this a bug or some odd validation that is hard to pass?

This is very hard to understand

Can you still see all instances with their IDs on a shared cluster when you connect?

Behind the scenes, 10+ companies are working on passkey export / import

Great write up though, thanks for this

The book 'Billion Dollar Fantasy' covers the whole story of FanDuel vs DraftKings. It's clear why they 'needed' funding for this to work, how they came to these terms however is not detailed in the book or clear other than they had no other option.

There's a reason price plans are 'pay as you go' - so that they don't take on any risk for things like this. Moral of the story: never go for pay as you go by usage plans if this scenario is not mitigated through a third party. By no means am I trying to suggest a get out for Netlify here - more a rule of thumb for anyone worried the same could happen to them.

Play Joe Goddard's 'Lasers' as background music while using this and it turns into a pretty fun experience.

Not trying to knock the progress here, impressive. As a drummer, 'drum solo' is about as boring as it gets and some weird interspersing sounds. So, it depends on the intended audience.

FWIW the sound effects also are not 'realistic' to my ear, at the moment.

But again, the progress is huge, well done!