Please Build More Silly Things - by Varun Shenoy
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Hacking on fun things with curious co-conspirators is a superpower
Please Build More Silly Things Hacking on fun things with curious co-conspirators is a superpower Varun Shenoy Feb 03, 2023 34 4 6 Share Lightbulb ideas from young people tend to fall into one of three categories: hacks, projects, and startups. Ideas can start in a bucket, and end up in another as time passes. Let’s walk through them in reverse order. I should also note, that when I refer to “build” I generally mean making something with code /engineering, but I think a lot of the thoughts here can extrapolate to other definitions. Startups are thesis-driven ideas. Some form of the future nece
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