Robin Guo
@zebird0
Distributor of ideas @a16z | Building @speedrun | Writer of The Bird's Nest, http://www.robin-guo.com | Washed up head clicker
Anime is eating the world. I've always been an anime fan. The gateway was Naruto of course, but then Code Geass and Steins;Gate and FMA and many more surrounded me with intricate worlds, complex characters, and dramatic romances. It was a niche, nerdy hobby then, but no longer
With the proliferation of vibe writing there’s one turn of phrase I see so often now “It’s not X, it’s Y” “You’re not doing A, you’re doing B” Forget the hyphen; whenever I see an inversion I think vibe writing
There are years where nothing happens and weeks when years happen
Tiktok for games is coming
i vibe coded a little game called Coldplay Canoodlers you're the camera operator and you have to find the CEO and HR lady canoodling 10 points every time you find them 👇link
Airpods are the single greatest consumer wearable invented in the last decade
People been meme-ing on the grok waifus, but the gamers know that waifus are a serious business Mihoyo makes over $5B annually from waifus, and they’re spending hundreds of millions in dev to get them right Nerd culture slowly going mainstream, much like Fortnite 8 years ago
After 7 months in stealth, excited to share what I’ve been building: @ShopAtorie, we’re leveraging AI to rebuild one of the world’s most broken systems: the $2T apparel supply chain. We also raised a $2M pre-seed led by @a16z @speedrun, with @flexcapital, Eric Woersching…
Waifus are eating the world
Try out Companions in the Grok app! Update the app and enable Companions in Settings.
One frame-shifting idea I read today: Social media algorithms are not good or bad; they're simply reflections of your internal self. If you see slop it's because you unconsciously spend more time and clicks on slop. Resist the urge. Improve yourself.
A short memoir to NY and SF: NY builds up, erecting monuments of steel and glass. SF spreads out, populating its valley. NY works hard and parties harder. SF works hard and works harder. NY runs on finance and leverage. SF runs on software and creation. Both are monotheistic to…
We've seen recently the trend of the founder-creator, the CEO that announces product launches on Twitter, goes viral on TikTok, and builds a cult of personality. But what about the founder-writer? I would love to see more people chronicle their journey in more thoughtful…
How would you handle being sentenced to freedom? To choose, yourself, devoid of structure and incentives and mimesis, what to do?
Soham was dishonest and exploited the remote work system. But it exposes a new direction of labor The 40 hour work week was a remnant of the industrial era. When time directly translated into more output. That’s becoming increasingly less true in the AI era, where skills and…
NYC: Are we dating the same guy? SF: Did we hire the same guy?