Some key takeaways: 1. Anton’s team discovered a breakthrough in AI “unsticking itself”—allowing the AI to keep improving and fixing its own bugs. 2. The biggest bottleneck in product development is shifting—from “Who can build it?” to “Who knows what to build?” 3. Community
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Sugar-coating broccoli: hiding vision behind user desires
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.@ivanhzhao on why sometimes you need to hide your vision behind something people actually want—what he calls “sugar-coating the broccoli” https://t.co/sYn9asuoOj pic.twitter.com/dLfjUhXvgb
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 7 mars 2025.
@ivanhzhao on why sometimes you need to hide your vision behind something people actually want—what he calls “sugar-coating the broccoli” -
Training AI Models on Personal Content and Episodes
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Yes, trained on all of my newsletter posts and podcast episodes.
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Lennybot reaches 200 daily conversations with voice feature
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Lennybot is seeing about 200 conversations/day and 1,500 messages/day. Some people talk to it for hours. If you haven't tried it, I encourage you to try the Voice feature: http://
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Notion’s Bold Restart: Scrapping Everything to Rebuild Success
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Some key takeaways: 1. Don’t be afraid to start over: Notion’s early years were extremely challenging. Ivan and his co-founder made the drastic decision to scrap everything, fire their small team, and rebuild from scratch. This bold pivot (including a move to Kyoto to code 18
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Ivan Zhao’s Untold Story: Notion’s Journey and Strategy
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.@ivanhzhao (CEO and co-founder of @NotionHQ) doesn't do many podcasts, so you're in for a treat.
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 6 mars 2025
Ivan shares the untold story of Notion's "lost years," its near collapse during Covid, why he intentionally kept the company small to move fast, the joy and suffering of building a… pic.twitter.com/a51X9QERAw.
@ivanhzhao (CEO and co-founder of @NotionHQ
) doesn't do many podcasts, so you're in for a treat. Ivan shares the untold story of Notion's "lost years," its near collapse during Covid, why he intentionally kept the company small to move fast, the joy and suffering of building a -
Making Money Writing on the Internet: Reality Check
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didn't know that, and I get it. My wife told me often "you can't make money writing on the internet."
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Perplexity AI reaches 1 million users milestone
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How fast did @perplexity_ai reach 1 million users @AskPerplexity
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X Community Notes Puts People Over Tech Company Control
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The core principle behind X's Community Notes from product lead @kcoleman
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 3 mars 2025
"When we first shared the core principles with people at the company, it seemed maybe a little bit crazy.
Community Notes is not going to a tech company deciding what shows. It is the people deciding… pic.twitter.com/xiemeTIGwkThe core principle behind X's Community Notes from product lead @kcoleman "When we first shared the core principles with people at the company, it seemed maybe a little bit crazy. Community Notes is not going to a tech company deciding what shows. It is the people deciding
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Open source leadership requires difficult decisions and transparency
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Some key takeaways: 1. Leadership in open source requires making difficult decisions:
a. Sometimes unpopular choices are necessary for long-term success
b. Maintain transparency and open communication
c. Be willing to defend core principles even when facing criticism
d. Focus on