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the problem with writing an essay is you really think you know what you're going to say and then you say it and it's ordered wrong and then it's too long and then it doesn't hang together and then it doesn't have its meat anymore and then... sadly, AI cannot yet help with that↗

a few years ago, I started out skeptical that many non-engineers really wanted to make/mod their own personal software -- but I've come around, think I was wrong. range of desires from: - I feel so powerful - no one will make me the workflow/personalization I need - can I just PM…↗

Friction ## The economic consequences of finally getting around to it My Bank of America “relationship manager” keeps emailing me to move money from an essentially zero-interest checking account into a savings account. My mother texted me about it again yesterday. I help my com…↗

·@saranormous·Oct 12, 2026·essay·bank-of-america·baseten·instinct·meta

if anyone is looking for more background on EUV, I liked this book on ASML↗

·@saranormous·Jun 19, 2026·media·asml·book·euv

1/ @w_conviction wrote up some startup ideas we're interested in, as a beacon for founders 👇 *Embedding Generation & Eval *Dev-in-a-Box *AI Static Analysis *AI-Native MMPGs & Social *Intelligent RPA & Process Mining *Flexible Lead Enrichment *AI Video Generation & Editing↗

There is a big “if” here, but in the category of big if true, given we are attacking services, the starting market size for the AI opportunity is larger than the entire current software market. -@gradypb at Sequoia AI Ascent↗

·@saranormous·Mar 23, 2023·essay·ai·market-size·sequoia·software