Example: your code works, but it’s unusable until a good UX is built.Example: your policy works, but it’s unpopular unless it’s explained properly.Example: your medicine works, but you need to give it a catchy name to get it prescribed.These are really all the same problem. Making it work is the backend, making it pretty is the frontend. Do both or fail.That said: it’s easier to add frontend optics than to invent backend substance, which is why the advice to focus on substance first actually is good advice. ...

The conventional wisdom is: substance over optics. And that is generally good advice. But sometimes optics is the substance. ...

RT Solana (@solana)Towards the Solana network state. ...

Fun times with @arifkazi_, Superteam, and the entire Solana ecosystem.Arif (@arifkazi_):Solana Network State ft. @balajis https://t.co/ebU7NNL0y4 ...

Network State - The report focuses on the Solana network state [1]

RT Bobby Ong (@bobbyong)Visited Network School today with @tmlee and got to see firsthand what @balajis is creating.Good vibes, strong community, and a powerful vision.Very bullish on where this can go and excited to watch Balaji and @yash_luna grow this startup society https://t.co/u6hLsH3OQr ...

I’d argue the will to power is often misunderstood. It means power over oneself — self-discipline — not really power over others.Also: Nietzscheanism is useful as a defense against Bolshevism. But that’s aimed outside the tribe. Within the tribe you should be cooperative, not Nietzschean.War for the West (@War4theWest):@balajis Counter-Nietzschean thought right here.So leadership isn't just about 'the will to power'? ...

The man who wants to be CEO, because he gets to be important, should not be CEO.The man who does not want to be CEO, because he gets the importance, should be CEO. ...

Too many are interested in “tech” (by which they mean money) but they aren’t interested in tech (by which I mean math). ...

Fundamentals over founderitis.A few decades ago, the concept of becoming a tech founder wasn’t even understood as something you could do. In the 80s and the early 90s, you saw businessmen on TV, but there was no well-understood playbook for starting a company. Kids were encouraged to graduate and get a salary-paying job.This started to change by the mid/late 2000s. And since then, the Internet has done a good job of encouraging entrepreneurship. Perhaps too good. Perhaps we’ve overcorrected. Perhaps we have ...