Links

Worth Reading

• The 18 Mistakes That Kill StartupsPaul Graham

  Paul Graham on the 18 root causes that kill startups — most trace back to one thing: not making something people want.

Worth Listening

• Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solvedinterview

  Boris Cherny is the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. What began as a simple terminal-based prototype just a year ago has transformed the role of software engineering and is increasingly transforming all professional work.

• This Is Water — David Foster Wallace, Kenyon Commencement 2005speech

  On the value of a liberal arts education, the default setting of the human mind, and why conscious attention is the hardest — and most important — thing.

Worth Watching

• Deep Learning for Computer Visionlecture

  The foundational ideas behind how machines see — CNNs, backprop, and the architecture decisions that made modern computer vision possible. Dense, but worth every minute.

• General Magicdocumentary

  The untold story of the most important company to ever come out of Silicon Valley — and why you've never heard of it.

• Taking on the Challenge — Jeff Bezos, Amazontalk

  Bezos on the decisions that built Amazon — why long-term thinking, customer obsession, and a willingness to be misunderstood are the foundations of any durable company.

• Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Addresstalk

  "Stay hungry, stay foolish." Three stories about connecting the dots, love and loss, and death — 15 minutes that hold up.