good reads
things i've read and keep coming back to.
building companies
Databricks & the Future of the FirmXDatabricks & the Future of the FirmBen Horowitz · X · Oct 27, 2026 · 27 minhow agentic automation and empowered employees could reshape firms, with Databricks as the example.Clay's $1-100M ARR Marketing + Growth PlaybookXClay's $1-100M ARR Marketing + Growth PlaybookDavide Grieco · X · Oct 30, 2026 · 14 minhow Clay's marketing and growth teams drove it from $1M to $100M ARR.
ai & agents
Principles for Building Effective Vertical AI ProductsMonacoPrinciples for Building Effective Vertical AI ProductsMihail Eric, Prashant Mahajan · Monaco · Oct 30, 2026 · 6 minthe principles Monaco uses to build a vertical AI sales platform combining engineering and GTM.The Rise of the Self-Driving CompanyMasadThe Rise of the Self-Driving CompanyAmjad Masad · Replit Blog · Oct 26, 2026 · 6 minReplit's vision of companies where people set direction and AI agents do the work.The Self-Driving Company Is Taking ShapeAgnoThe Self-Driving Company Is Taking ShapeAshpreet Bedi · Agno · Oct 29, 2026 · 5 minhow agents can take on ongoing product ownership, and Agno's path to a self-driving company.Proving and Improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAsarXivProving and Improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAsRandall Balestriero, Yann LeCun · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026studies whether models trained on different modalities converge on shared representations, using JEPAs.
writing & thinking
Becoming a Better WriterOroszBecoming a Better WriterGergely Orosz · The Pragmatic Engineer · Jan 18, 2022 · 16 minhow engineering leaders can write more clearly, more often, and with more confidence.Good and Bad ProcrastinationGrahamGood and Bad ProcrastinationPaul Graham · paulgraham.com · Dec 2005 · 8 minargues that good procrastination means skipping small errands to work on big, important things.