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rfp: reading assistant that generates a character network graph, which tracks key points & connections between characters as they’re introduced. currently reading 'the dream machine' and i think a visual of this would be fun

i actually think the next great (vertical) erp will look like an analytics tool at first, a 'skin' on top of an incumbent platform while a full feature set is being built out. gradually, then suddenly, it will overtake netsuite

seems appropriate that upfront (vc summit) and frieze (art fair) are both happening in LA this wk. vc's and art dealers, dif flavors of the same profession: talent identification, hype building, & asset pricing. who's hosting the crossover happy hours? 🎨💸

nearly half a decade ago, i told my mom she should apply for a systems eng role at anduril… now she regrets not listening to me 😪

productive 1 hour walk = hit 10k steps, listen to 6 gong recordings on 3x speed, wrap up w speech to text notes

moved back to sf after 3 yrs in nyc (not an april fools joke)

great work by my friend Simon Guo 🦝 in explaining Ring Attention, a new method for scaling LLM context windows beyond 1M tokens by splitting attention calculation across GPUs coconut-mode.com/posts/ring-att…

cherry blossoms blooming, leaves drifting in the breeze, people reading books in the sun. pac heights is alive & im writing for the first time in a while. feels nice to be back in sf

getting 'enterprise-ready' as a founder means rewiring your brain's dopamine function to work on longer timelines & to not over interpret positive signals. the only things that matter are signing and $ in bank

teddy roosevelt on being in the arena, from the foreword of amp it up 💯

ai whiteboard that generates or updates flow diagrams / schematics based on what people are saying on zoom. does this exist?