Alexis Rondeau

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Bookmarked from Noah Kagan @noahkagan

Didn't want to spoil my rationale but a few things:

  • I want traditional bookkeeping, not modern hipster webflow web design
  • The 2024 copyright on the hipster version shows me they don't pay attention to details
  • The hipster site doesn't show who they are - weird
  • Hipster site uses free google calendar stuff which actually concerns me
  • There's 0 people on the hipster site, just buzz phrases
Bookmarked from Deedy @deedydas

I'm never going to consume news the same way.

"Claude, generate me a detailed interactive website covering the ServiceNow acquisition of Moveworks"

It generated this insanely good report in ~60s using the new web search. Consultants charge ->$10k and 4 weeks for this!

Bookmarked from GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg

I've been thinking about this "you can just do things" meme that's been going around.

At first, I dismissed it as another oversimplified X catchphrase. But the more I thought about successful founders, the more I realize it's capturing something profound.

Especially now, when AI can build your software in days instead of months and social platforms give you free distribution to millions. The barriers that used to make "just doing things" hard have collapsed.

We've created this elaborate mythology around building companies - frameworks, methodologies, validation processes, pitch decks, investor relations.

All of it designed to delay the moment when you actually have to do the thing.

And the friction to do things has never been less.

Takes 1 minute to create a v0/replit/lovable/bolt prototype.

Takes 1 minute to sign up to X.

What's strange is that most business advice actually pushes against "just doing things." It encourages endless preparation, validation, and planning. It treats starting as the riskiest move, when often it's the safest.

The magic of just doing things is that it creates data. Real customers. Real feedback. Real money. It turns abstract theories into concrete reality that you can adapt to.

Planning creates the illusion of progress while protecting your ego from the harsh reality of the market. Actually doing things forces you to confront that reality immediately.

This isn't an argument against thoughtfulness. But thinking and planning work best when they're wrapped around action, not substituting for it.

The most successful founders I know have this in common: they bias heavily toward action, even when they don't have all the information.

They understand that most decisions are reversible and the cost of delay is usually higher than the cost of being wrong.

So maybe "you can just do things" isn't just a meme.

Maybe it's the most actionable business advice on the internet.