also: claude code

a friend pointed out these three:

- google has taken the crown in image, video and llms multiple time, openai no longer the greatest and the only

- sonnet 4.5 and opus 4.5 releases for coding

- vibe coding truly happened only in 2025

"Oops! We ran into an issue while authenticating you. If this issue persists, please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com."

One of the best ads I’ve ever seen. Characters, soundtrack, tempo, meaning -- everything is perfect.

A YC founder I’m in the same WhatsApp group with said "I've seen roughly 10x the volume of high quality senior+ applications after doing this a few times now"

Advertising pay up front or doing candidate outreach as outlined in this blog post?

Doing candidate outreach as outlined in the post vs traditional recruiting methods

Thanks!

Thanks Bobby! Appreciate your kind words :)

Thank you! Which one did you like the most?

The most insightful book I’ve discovered on writing nonfiction is Ayn Rand’s lectures. She covers all steps of the writing process and outlines everything you need to know to write well.

The second best advice is by PG in Writing, Briefly.

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Nonfiction-Guide-Writers-Readers-... PG: http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html

OP here: happy to answer any questions about my setup. Just to clarify - the core idea is not shortcuts but how you can use them to integrate changes in your life like reflecting on how you feel or how well you understand your learning material.

More thoughts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24702678.

This is by far the most interesting thing about the article, and I'm a little sad to see most of the comments here are about typewriters and keyboard layouts and not about exploring whether shortcuts can change the way you think.