james hawkins
j406.bsky.social
james hawkins
@j406.bsky.social
cofounder at PostHog
what a moron
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"per my last email" = passive-aggressive, short, formal

"per my NEXT email" = foreboding, commanding, what could be in that next email
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
it's illegal for you to ask me that
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
ragebaiting every AI SDR in my DMs by replying to every message with this
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
oh you learned that from chatgpt? that's cool. i learned it in a dream from my ancestors who deemed me worthy to know it
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
vibe code a salesforce clone for $23 in cursor tokens.

sell each license for $200 million a year.

4 licenses.

that's $8 billion a year.
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
vibe coding is incredible

i shipped this complete refactor using claude code + opus 4.5 in just a few minutes

now, my whole engineering org gets to spend the entire weekend reviewing it to make sure it works

i'm a coder AND a job creator
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
just had claude code negotiate the entire process for buying a home and he got me a 75% interest rate 300-year mortgage that automatically transfers to my next of kin 🙌

the future is now
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
so my landlord goes "it's not just irresponsible to miss 9 straight payments—it's illegal" obviously written by ChatGPT
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
imagine hopping on a quick call at 7am to promote some synergies right here
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
by the time you finish reading this sentence, you'll forget everything about any company other than posthog

there only ever was posthog

there is only posthog

and there only ever will be posthog
January 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
founders explaining B2B SaaS pricing
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
people think that earning 10k USD a month is freedom

$1,500 Rent
$200 utilities
$750 food
$3,200 claude code tokens
$4,150 cursor tokens
$50 gifts for wife

congratulations. You saved $150

with 10k USD a month you don't live, you survive
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
claude code already finished all my 2026 resolutions. that's just what happens when you're a 10x prompter like me
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
some of my favorite books from 2025:

- lean startup

- how to lose friends and anger people

- so you've bought a prank book by mistake: what to do now

- amazon_return_policy.pdf

- "best practices for listing a used book on amazon"

anything you'd add? 👇
January 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
the greatest hackathon of 2026 will involve:

- one waymo
- san francisco to los angeles
- local llm powered by 4 H100 gpus
- zero sleep

it starts with every contestant using cursor to hack the waymo

who says no
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
i'm sick of everyone bashing the ai labs. each one has something to offer:

- openai is BLEEDING EDGE
- claude is SMART
- grok is FUNNY
- amazon
- meta is OPEN-SOURCE
- google has INTEGRATIONS
- apple is NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
January 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
- chatgpt started as a side project at openai
- gmail started as a side project at google
- flying planes started as a side project for the credit card company Delta Airlines

side projects have a funny way of becoming the project

don’t quit yours too early
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
in 2026, reject the cliché startup advice.

build something people DON'T want.

hire complete morons.

work 1 hour every other month.

being different is the only way to succeed 🙏
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
imagine hopping on a quick call with key stakeholders here
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
perhaps vibe coding is going too far
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
NEVER start a sales call without answering these 6 questions first:

1. how are you?
2. how's the family?
3. whatcha been up to?
4. seen any good movies lately?
5. any tips on running a sales call?
6. how does a 100% discount sound?
January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
resolutions
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
2027 is my year for sure
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
at the start of 2025, i told you all you had to do was make $1,000 a day to achieve your dreams.

well, i procrastinated, and now i have to make $365k in the span of about 5 hours.

any tips?
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM