Notes
Short notes while I build — mirrored from what I post, so they have a home of their own. Longer blog posts are on their way.
Are we going somewhere and is this normal for a new website?
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What happened to Polymarket?▸
They were in the news a lot for the last two years, but I don't hear much about it anymore. Did people stop betting, or moved to Kalshi or so?
I read that https://infiniteslop.ai was written on the phone 🤯▸
Any of you have experience with phone coding? Can it be productive relative to MacBook?
Do you know the feeling that the weekend is over but you ask yourself what happened to it?▸
Sunday night blues is real
The best way to become a millionaire fast is to move to a high-inflation country and just wait……▸
How to win the attention game?▸
I don't understand why people don't like statistics.▸
It's fun right?!
Wearables like smartwatches are great.▸
They give you insights into your sleep, HRV, heart rate, recovery, activity, and more.
But I keep wondering:
Once you know your own baseline, how much value does all that data actually have? 🧵
In the beginning, the insights can be really valuable.
You learn that you’re not sleeping enough, alcohol affects your sleep, or your recovery is worse after intense training.
But after a few months, you probably know your patterns.
So what’s the point of checking the same scores every morning?
Maybe the real value isn’t in showing you your score every day.
It’s in telling you when something is different from your normal.
“Your sleep has been worse than usual this week.”
“Your recovery is unusually low.”
That seems much more useful than another 82/100 sleep score.
And there’s a bigger question:
Do wearables actually help us become healthier?
Or do we eventually start optimizing for the score itself?
At some point, maybe the best wearable is the one you barely think about — but that tells you when something genuinely matters.
What do you think?
So Omarchy apparently is a new operating system? ▸
I didn’t hear about it until today.
Has anyone experience with it?
What really would be fun is if Optimus could join you for a training ride on the bike?▸
Or become your running partner who keeps pace, tracks your stats, and never complains?
Would that feel useful… or weird?😅
My guess is that there will almost certainly be rules about what the robots are allowed to do.▸
Can it leave the house alone?
Can it enter public spaces?
Who is liable if something goes wrong?
And do you think your Optimus will be allowed to walk to the supermarket for you?
Or not allowed to leave someones home or property?
And what wil the relationship be between humans and these robots ?▸
Treat them like happy family members?
Or have them just for doing the boring tasks?
What’s your guess?
Would you buy an AI robot like Tesla’s Optimus?▸
A humanoid that cooks, cleans, carries groceries, and maybe even becomes your running buddy?
Curious what the real-world rules will look like…
Btw. Why are the .lol websites suddenly so popular?▸
What’s your go-to milder place in or close to Europe for longer winter stays; especially if you’re an expat, solo entrepreneur, or indie hacker.▸
And why does it work?
If I can work remotely, I want a practical winter base; good climate, reliable internet, decent facilities, and a community that works well for solo builders and expats. What’s actually worked for you?▸
Looking for places in or near Europe (non-EU is fine) with milder winters, solid infrastructure, and a nice atmosphere.▸
Ideally somewhere that feels welcoming for expats, solo entrepreneurs, and indie hackers.
That summer energy vs winter drag is real for me.▸
I’m not a fan of long, dark, cold winters if I can avoid them, so I’ve been thinking about better options.
Summer in certain European places is honestly great for getting stuff done.▸
Then winter comes and it can get cold, grey, and a bit draining.
Anyone else notice that shift hard?
In some parts of Europe, summer just makes everything easier.▸
Mild days, long light, and I end up getting a lot more done.
A 9-5 can quietly drain your mood and leave you in full bore-out.▸
Founders face a louder kind of hard — constant pressure, no off switch, everything on the line.
Which one actually feels heavier?
Sooo, AI takes over….▸
are we going to be the pet or the cow?
Let’s do some maxxing!▸
Vibe-maxxing or life-maxxing or something-maxxing!
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Hi!▸
Looking for people here to meet and discus topics like
-build in public
-AI and vibe coding
-sport
-investing
Say 👋
I have a lot of respect for people who build in public.▸
It’s scary!
You can fail, which is very likely, and everyone can see it.
What helped you step over that line and just do it?
The competition for attention is real and strong.▸
It all comes down to getting people’s attention and keep it as long as possible.
Whether it’s with good content or nothing else that can generate traffic.
It also looks like organisations and individuals are willing to pay for that. That is what the whole advertising market is built on of course.
But seeing it up close ow is interesting and helpful in a way.
AI can produce for us. And 'they' can do that at an enormous rate.
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You have those days when you are building a lot, making large steps and fell good about it at the end of the day. I like those days!▸
And you have those days where you look at what you made and then spend days to improve it, debug it, and make it better. Yesterday and today I spent time on the latter 😅
Where did all the volatility go? Boring!▸
I guess it’s waiting on interest rates going further up. Although im not looking forward to that. It is going to happen but no one knows when.
Although some tweets from certain people can also work😅
Anyway, enjoy the ride!
On so many topics people have strong opinions or we think we have it right this time.
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Many of us believe that drinken one or two glasses of alcohol a few days per week was healthy. Recently more and more evidence shows that that’s not the case.
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After you reach 40+ do you still start with new high-skill sports such as ice-skating and tennis?
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What do you like more: observation or participation?▸
An all you can eat restaurant is such a strange but successful format.▸
Most people, including adults, can’t control themselves and eat way too much.
People mix all the food they can find.
It’s the opposite of ‘fine dining’.
For me the attractive part is that you can regularly leave the table and walk around. That’s fun!
When was the last time you went to an all you can eat place?
Is Opus 12 going to feel like the iPhone 12?▸
Just a small iteration that no one really notices?
Or is it going to be something else. And if so, what else?
One of my projects finally gets a name: EnduranceProof.▸
Endurance sports have been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Now I get to dig into what actually makes you faster — and share a fresh deep-dive every week.
https://enduranceproof.com
Hi Everyone!▸
I would love to connect with people with the same interest en grow and learn together!
🏗️ Building in public
🤖 AI and LLMs
🚀 Startups and indie hacking
💰 Investing
🥎 Sports & sport science
What is the success rate of a builder, indie hacker, solo-entrepreneur over a time period of 1 to 2 years, of succes is defined as being financial independent from an employer?▸
I like to calculate risks 😃
Don’t forget to spend time with your family and loved ones. Luckily I had a great day with family. ▸
I read the book last year; the 5 types of wealth from Sahil Bloom, and then you re-realise how important it is to do that.
So, spend your time well
Apparently it’s Saturday today 😅▸
Are you guys working today, or take the day off?
Question for entrepreneurs, solo-entrepreneurs and other small businesses: What is it you pay to much for per month?▸
I went to Norway last year. It was so beautiful.
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Enjoyed a nice evening 🏊 in a nature lake about 25 min from my 🏡 . So nice to have that in the neighborhood. ▸
When you move, pay attention to a green environment.
Can’t tell that often enough
Is there room for another endurance sports science platform/ website?▸
I hope so….
Another ATH today!▸
The weather is so nice today but so warm at the same time, that going outside is not the ‘it’s nice outside’ as expected▸
I know I’m still a small account. But anyone out there that wants to connect on AI- building, sports(science) and /or investing?▸
Is buying Google adds still a thing? ▸
How effective is it compared to other strategies?
I’m in doubt. I’m building a platform with some branding. ▸
Should I create a separate X-account for that or not?
I see many people that built a product or so create a new X-account for that.
Should I do that too?
It’s interesting. I have friend in IT that work a lot with AI now as well. But I also have friends who have different jobs and have no clue about the current capabilities of AI. The difference in understanding of the transition or shift we are experiencing is huge!▸
Sometimes it is almost like some people don’t want to know what’s happening with AI and look the other way.
Hopefully Opus 6 is going to be more frugal with my tokens than Opus 5 and Fable 5. ▸
I don’t want to upgrade my Claude Max plan.
In the morning, before starting, I wake Claude up with a “good morning” so he can start the 5-hour time frame 😄
I have to get smarter in my token use in relation to the requested task.▸
Burn through my tokens to fast with fable 5 as default model.
How do you manage that?
There are smart ways to do that automatically right?
Next week is going to be an exciting week again. ▸
Want to minimise the distractions to sports, food and sleep 😃
Let’s see how that plan works out.
Let you know next Sunday 😊
Fable 5 safeguards are flagging way too much!▸
What happens if the prices get auto-downgraded to Opus 5. Do you still use the Fable-token-rate or does it change to Opus-token-rate as well?
I have some project where prompts get flagged 9/10 times!
Everyone else also switching between Fable and Opus like this?
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It's too easy for me to forget the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle).▸
I keep on going to make things better forever, which keeps me from reaching the original goal fast.
Any tips to fix this?
I had the Apple Watch 6 for a while. But at some point it made me nervous. ▸
Then I changed to Garmin Vivo smart 5, but the UI is terrible and I never fully understood every corner in the menu.
Now I’m thinking to go back to Apple Watch.
Should I wait a few more months for the new version? Or are there other good alternatives?
I think the combination of AI and quantum computing will be a new era.▸
One that we cannot image yet.
One beyond human comprehension.
If we are all still there, get a bag of 🍿
Took a day off today. That happens very irregularly. I don’t look at week days or weekends. When I’m in the flow I continue, but when I need to think or need some different perspective, it helps me to get out in nature and get some distance. ▸
The next day i always feel energetic and inspired again.
How do you cope with those days?
Build first, then sell?▸
Or sell first, then build?
Is it all about being fast now?▸
Building a brand takes time and take a different approach than building something lean and mean and shipping fast.
I question scope creep is an easy trap to fall into, whatever you’re building, right?
Now that AI is replacing everything we know. Is there something that’s gonna replace AI in the future too again?▸
The way this happened in similar cycles before?
Or is AI the endgame?
As an Indie hacker / early founder: how are you registered tax-wise? especially in early stages when you don't know if things are going to work out.▸
Are you registered as a company? small individual entrepeneur? Or not (yet) registered at all?
When you love being active and doing sports, don't let a injury stop you from being active.▸
Keep doing what you can.
- If you have an injured elbow, you can still do leg-day or run or cycle.
- If you hurt your knee, you can still go to the gym and do a bunch of exercises that doesn't involve that knee.
- If you have a sore ankle, you can still do leg-extensions.
The point being: a full stop ruins what you have build up, recovery needs activity too.
And when your injury is over you can start working on solving any asymmetric performance that might exist (for example, when training you non-injured leg).
Keep going and have some variation in your sports. It reduces risk of injury en gives you alternatives when you have one.
What is the largest point of no return we’re facing at the moment?▸
And what are the consequences?
don't forget to go outdoor today!▸
Don't let anyone stop you in following your dreams.▸
To many people reflect back and found out that happend, and maybe a long time ago.
Keep those youthful and sometimes, irrational dream, passion and goals.
I’m building something.▸
A few things actually. It’s more like a platform or a community for a large niche. I don’t even know exactly where it’s heading.
I don’t know how to monetise it or whether that will ever be possible. But I’m still continuing with it. For the passion of the subject and the energy I get from building with vibe coding.
Is that stupid?
It looks like everyone is building and shipping with their business model in mind right from the start.
I’ll share more if it in the coming weeks or months!
If you ever have the opportunity to buy a house, pay attention to the environment.▸
A park, some nature is extremely important.
It will be a place where can get some piece of mind, a place where you do exercise or have a quite evening stroll.
You might not appreciate it now, but your future self will.
If you go to the gym regularly, remind yourself that you are doing this for yourself. 100%▸
No one knows your injury history, your medical history, what you're recovering from, or what you are training for.
Enjoy your me-time, or a social gym session with friends.
But go
How much long will the AI models, their prices, efficiency, etc, be part of our daily conversation?
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We all know that ones environment is important for a healthy lifestyle and that your environment should encourage healthy behavior.▸
But when I'm in the supermarket at the checkout and see what other people bring home, I see so much unhealthy and processed food; while the healthy food is there as well, right in front of you. Inviting you to buy it!
In most European countries the fruit and vegetables are quite affordable.
What should be done about this? And should something be done about this at all?
On one side: we wish everyone to live a healthier life. It comes with some many benefits. energy level, doctor costs, quality of life, etc.
On the other side: There is freedom of choice that we want to keep, right?
But also: Do we want the government to intervene with 'sugar tax' or 'healthy-food labels'? Or tax certain unhealthy food?
That also begs the question: what is unhealthy food? How do we define that? And does portions size matter, especially when healthy food becomes unhealthy only when eaten to much of it?
Anyone here who can solve this? 😀
Some surprising representation here tbh. But if this is close to the truth, what does it mean?
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Maybe the different AI models will end up like the car brands.▸
They all get you from A to B
However, some are safer than others.
Some make less mistakes.
Some get you there faster.
Some are more comfortable and/pr user friendly.
What do you think? Does this metaphor makes sense?
If you are hitting the gym, go easy on exercises and movements you haven’t done before. I would almost say you can’t be too careful, especially if you’re above 40. Don’t go all in right away.▸
Get familiar with it. Get it right first. The days after you will feel muscles react to it (DOMS; delayed onset muscle soreness is fine) Don’t worry too much about that but injuries you should avoid at all costs.
Most important is to stay in the game
If whatever is created by AI has little more value than the tokens that it cost to make it, then where ís the real value?▸
Will real value go back to “made by real humans”?
Guess we’ll have to see. But we’re definitely in a very fast transitional phase!
It looks like AI is overshadowing all other interesting discussion topics at the moment▸
Things move forward fast. What we thought would happen 2 years from now is actually happening this week.▸
Great time to be alive! Developments on the hockey stick happen faster and faster.
It has never been easier and there was never a better time then starting your business now.▸
If you can bring value to the company as an employee then you can also do that for your own company.
Do it!
What’s better? Reading a book or writing one? I like the idea of both.▸
Absorbing what other people wrote down can be very inspiring.
On the other hand, writing is one of best ways to organise your thoughts and is a concrete product of your thinking and thoughts, which can be very productive.
I would like to do more of both.
Any ideas for good books?
What’s the difference between an entrepreneur (that started a business from scratch) and a founder?▸
Founder sounds cooler I have to say and implies growing business that passed the startup phase, while an entrepreneur’s business is not necessarily growing.
Do more people share this view?
It has never been more difficult to extrapolate far into the future than now.▸
Historically there are phase-transition that ate hard to predict.
The rise of AI makes it almost impossible to imagine what the world will look like tomorrow
I read a lot about AI-slop being made everywhere. AI-slop-text, AI-slop animations.▸
I truly believe there is a market for quality content where there is a human-AI co-creation.
My knowledge, skills and passion lies around topics like sports, methodology of (public) health science, investing and vibe-coding all kind of things.▸
Any ideas?
Love to hear some
Hi everyone, I'm trying to become more entrepreneurial 😀; would like to start some projects and work out some idea's. have been vibe-coding for 9 months now and love it!▸
Sorry, Your Robot Has Hit Its Token Limit▸

Anyone who spends serious time with AI — vibe coders, power users, people deep in a project — knows the feeling. You’re in the zone. Building something. Making progress. And then, suddenly, nothing. The model stops. A cold message appears: “You’ve hit your session limit” or “You’ve reached your weekly token limit.”
Can AI Break the Cycle of Rising and Falling Empires?▸

Ray Dalio has written extensively — including in his book Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order — about the rise and fall of major economies and the military power that typically accompanies them. He examines the close relationship between economic dominance, the world’s reserve currency, inflation, and the steady accumulation of government debt.
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