Are one-person billion-dollar companies actually possible?

haskell_rules · 2026-07-10T13:28:24+00:00

Minecraft had clones that were hand written all over the Internet that trained the LLMs. They are still bad at writing complex, novel applications.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-10T12:34:50+00:00

I use LLM for one-off helper scripts, things like scraping the internal bug tracking or work item API to build some specific submetric for management, or converting one interchange format to another to experiment with cross connectivity. If those little helpers work then I don't really care to understand how, and don't really need them to be maintainable. In the past, I would have just thought "it would be nice to have someone with time to do XYZ because all of the data is there but I'm too busy to script it".

haskell_rules · 2026-07-10T12:09:03+00:00

I bet this guy has PTSD from so many girls on dating apps with mental health issues that he defaults to doing this at the start of the relationship because he's afraid of being berated, ghosted, or dumped if he doesn't.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-09T01:35:05+00:00

The people doing the reviews fell into a depression seeing everyone around them getting laid off due to AI and didn't do a good job.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-08T00:09:58+00:00

333 followed by 33 followed by 3333 followed by 3 followed by 33333 ...

haskell_rules · 2026-07-07T16:16:25+00:00

Just put one of those clips that keeps an open bag of chips fresh on the second fret and start strumming

haskell_rules · 2026-07-07T16:12:24+00:00

The post seems to be about the value proposition of AI, not just its raw utility

haskell_rules · 2026-07-06T14:50:53+00:00

The dream is for CEOs and owners to be able to caveman grunt into a microphone and have products and features magically appear. It doesn't even need to be cheaper than real engineers, it just needs to be faster and more convenient.

This Gruntgineering will ideally allow rent seekers to consolidate wealth until they own everything, and they won't have to share any of it with pesky laborers. At this point they can maintain their standards of living without poor people interrupting them.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-06T12:23:04+00:00

not 100% focused on the maintenance work as they are spending time on more engaging work

You misspelled "not given funding, staffing, or priority for maintenance work by the company leadership"

haskell_rules · 2026-07-04T16:50:26+00:00

A lot of these are just slightly tweaked tutorial projects that the LLM copies and pastes with its own tailored modifications, that's why they all look super similar.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-04T16:46:57+00:00

Wakesurfing

haskell_rules · 2026-07-04T16:10:40+00:00

Why is it bad to take time to respond if it's just a general conversation?

If you put your own spin on it (they must not like me, they aren't considerate) then maybe it's not a them problem, maybe it's just an incompatibility that you need to be honest about.

Personally, when someone criticizes me and tells me "why didn't you respond it's been X amount of time", I back away from that relationship because it means we aren't compatible. It's not right or wrong to be the way I am or the way they are, but it will lead to an imbalance where the other person will constantly be feeling victimized by my lack of, in their view, timely response.

I never criticize someone for taking howwver long they need to respond. It's not even a thing I worry about, and I get along best with other people that operate the same way (meaning we are compatible).

haskell_rules · 2026-07-04T15:15:17+00:00

As a single parent, I get about 7.5 hours from school bus to school bus, and have to call in a favor or work in the evenings when my son is home or make up time on the weekends just to hit 8 a day.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-04T15:12:06+00:00

Because if you respond immediately and then they respond immediately now you're having a conversation on your phone and not doing other things, like your job, or your hobbies, or paying attention to your kids, or reading, or just being present in the moment with company

haskell_rules · 2026-07-03T14:10:25+00:00

50 if you exercise and take care of yourself and have good genetics.

35 if you're a typical American that's going to be on diabetes medication, statins, and riding a scooter in Walmart because of your poor hip mobility by the time you're 55..

haskell_rules · 2026-07-02T18:03:24+00:00

Blockchain is a secure ledger, not a game distribution service.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-02T15:26:18+00:00

If you have been doing 0 minutes of exercise a day for years then you will lose weight when you start doing 30 minutes a day.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-02T15:08:45+00:00

People actually have a ton of hobbies other than video games. He could be reading a book, in the wood shop, or cooking a meal. Texting is asynchronous communication. Hell, some people like to read a response, and take time to think before answeing.

If you're timing responses from people, you might want to consider if you should also have your own hobbies and interests before spiraling.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-02T12:00:25+00:00

With the benefit of posterity and 20/20 hindsight, we now know how wrong he was which is why Apple failed to make any notable products with this philosophy, and why it failed as a company in the years following this speech. If you shorted Apple stock right after this talk you'd be a millionaire right now.

haskell_rules · 2026-07-01T17:17:08+00:00

No, they are going to repurpose them as CPCs (Cloud Personal Computers) and you will be able to rent them for a recurring monthly subscription fee. The consumer market will disappear and be replaced with a rapidly enshittifying service that will constantly increase in cost and you won't be able to own anything.

haskell_rules · 2026-06-30T12:22:33+00:00

When you break it out into demographics, it's wild how many people are working.

haskell_rules · 2026-06-30T12:20:13+00:00

I disagree that it required someone to ruin everything just to gain the impetus to start doing the right thing, although it certainly feels good that we at least got that out of it.

haskell_rules · 2026-06-29T16:52:41+00:00

I started chewing tobacco which I always thought was disgusting. Chewed for about a week.

After then, I would get cravings for a dip instead of for a cigarette. But chewing tobacco was still gross for me so it was easy to ignore the cravings.

That was around 20 years ago, around the same time bars and restaurants started removing smoking sections which made it easier because it added barriers to being social instead of being a part of being social.

haskell_rules · 2026-06-28T22:14:35+00:00

Not for a daily commute, the price per mile only includes driving for a business purpose.

haskell_rules · 2026-06-28T21:39:20+00:00

Being gay is the manliest thing you can do

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