Kill the backlog
Most backlogs never get done, and those that do probably shouldn't have. If something matters, apply intentionality to it and ship it fast. The faster you ship, the sooner you learn and build what your user needs.
Antonio Bustamante
retro 2022
Last year was a year of transformation for me. I focused on personal growth, mental health, and self-improvement. Here are the things that most inspired me in 2022, in case any can benefit you or can spark a new interest.
The disaster of fake decentralization in crypto (and how to fix it)
I can say one thing for sure: centralization is a symptom of a lack of access to technology. Do you care about crypto? Make it decentralized AND easy to use.
Remote doesn't work for everyone
Remote doesn't work for everyone but flexibility does, and that's alright, but let's acknowledge it first.
Sensawunda to build amazing companies
The true value of a company is on the human side: the people that work in it and the glue that holds them together: their culture.
A sensawunda as the genetic makeup of a company will always attract and retain talent that is curious, that innovates, and that challenges established patterns.
Boring crypto is good crypto
The blockchain – and crypto in general – is infrastructure and infrastructure is a means to an end. Infrastructure should be "boring"; when I say boring, I mean it doesn't provide aggregate value by itself. The blockchain's intrinsic value is the rails by which wealth can be transferred and the underlying contracts.
Can I say I made this with a straight face?
also titled "A rave review of AI-generated art".
It's the first time in decades that the art community will face again the question of "What is merit?". It happened with Warhol in the 1950s and 60s when he and other contemporary artists embraced mass production and used it to create