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7/ So my other friend and I are just sitting at Lake Tahoe waiting for the desert weather to calm down. We still plan to have the real Burning Man experience — with bikes, art cars, and the magic of the playa, not… whatever this is.
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
7/ So my other friend and I are just sitting at Lake Tahoe waiting for the desert weather to calm down. We still plan to have the real Burning Man experience — with bikes, art cars, and the magic of the playa, not… whatever this is.
6/ Since the gate gets closed periodically, that can range from 30 minutes to 8 hours. Plus at least 3 hours just to get from the highway to the gate turnoff. And apparently even the main road itself is blocked in some places right now.
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
6/ Since the gate gets closed periodically, that can range from 30 minutes to 8 hours. Plus at least 3 hours just to get from the highway to the gate turnoff. And apparently even the main road itself is blocked in some places right now.
5/ Luckily, everyone from our camp in the buses is safe.
Black Rock City (the temporary festival city) even has a website where they post weather updates and current entry wait times.
Black Rock City (the temporary festival city) even has a website where they post weather updates and current entry wait times.
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
5/ Luckily, everyone from our camp in the buses is safe.
Black Rock City (the temporary festival city) even has a website where they post weather updates and current entry wait times.
Black Rock City (the temporary festival city) even has a website where they post weather updates and current entry wait times.
4/ including the main Ukrainian installation “Chorna Khmara” (Dark Cloud), which had been shown in Kyiv on Mykhailivska Square and brought all the way here.
Everything was flying — planks, tarps, rebar. Some people got injured, some even went missing.
Everything was flying — planks, tarps, rebar. Some people got injured, some even went missing.
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
4/ including the main Ukrainian installation “Chorna Khmara” (Dark Cloud), which had been shown in Kyiv on Mykhailivska Square and brought all the way here.
Everything was flying — planks, tarps, rebar. Some people got injured, some even went missing.
Everything was flying — planks, tarps, rebar. Some people got injured, some even went missing.
3/ He went ahead to help with setup, and I stayed at his place on Lake Tahoe waiting for the official opening.
And here’s the weather this year: hurricane-force winds over 50 mph, which on the second day of build basically destroyed everything —
And here’s the weather this year: hurricane-force winds over 50 mph, which on the second day of build basically destroyed everything —
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
3/ He went ahead to help with setup, and I stayed at his place on Lake Tahoe waiting for the official opening.
And here’s the weather this year: hurricane-force winds over 50 mph, which on the second day of build basically destroyed everything —
And here’s the weather this year: hurricane-force winds over 50 mph, which on the second day of build basically destroyed everything —
2/ Back then, my friend Oleg and I even bought a bus just for the event so we wouldn’t have to rent an RV. Since then, Oleg fixed the bus up nicely, and I came back this year hoping to finally experience a “normal” Burn.
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
2/ Back then, my friend Oleg and I even bought a bus just for the event so we wouldn’t have to rent an RV. Since then, Oleg fixed the bus up nicely, and I came back this year hoping to finally experience a “normal” Burn.
6/ If the state seems absent and social norms are ignored, they’ll turn to whoever promises safety and order.
And too often, that means the populists.
Liberalism without security is a fragile illusion. If it doesn’t evolve, it won’t survive.
And too often, that means the populists.
Liberalism without security is a fragile illusion. If it doesn’t evolve, it won’t survive.
July 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
6/ If the state seems absent and social norms are ignored, they’ll turn to whoever promises safety and order.
And too often, that means the populists.
Liberalism without security is a fragile illusion. If it doesn’t evolve, it won’t survive.
And too often, that means the populists.
Liberalism without security is a fragile illusion. If it doesn’t evolve, it won’t survive.
5/ But in that one moment, something shifted. I still don’t support the far-right. I reject their rhetoric and their proposed “solutions.”
But I now understand their rise. If people are exposed to this kind of raw aggression regularly.
But I now understand their rise. If people are exposed to this kind of raw aggression regularly.
July 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
5/ But in that one moment, something shifted. I still don’t support the far-right. I reject their rhetoric and their proposed “solutions.”
But I now understand their rise. If people are exposed to this kind of raw aggression regularly.
But I now understand their rise. If people are exposed to this kind of raw aggression regularly.
4/ And for the first time, I saw what many Europeans likely face far more often than I do.
Maybe I’ve been shielded. I drive a high-end car, people hesitate to escalate. I take taxis. I rarely use the metro. My experience has been curated, limited.
Maybe I’ve been shielded. I drive a high-end car, people hesitate to escalate. I take taxis. I rarely use the metro. My experience has been curated, limited.
July 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
4/ And for the first time, I saw what many Europeans likely face far more often than I do.
Maybe I’ve been shielded. I drive a high-end car, people hesitate to escalate. I take taxis. I rarely use the metro. My experience has been curated, limited.
Maybe I’ve been shielded. I drive a high-end car, people hesitate to escalate. I take taxis. I rarely use the metro. My experience has been curated, limited.
3/ This isn’t something you expect in Europe. In the Europe I know, conflict is handled by institutions: police, courts, reason. Not intimidation. Not fists. Not ego-driven rage in public spaces.
It’s a different culture, dramatically different.
It’s a different culture, dramatically different.
July 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
3/ This isn’t something you expect in Europe. In the Europe I know, conflict is handled by institutions: police, courts, reason. Not intimidation. Not fists. Not ego-driven rage in public spaces.
It’s a different culture, dramatically different.
It’s a different culture, dramatically different.
2/ often amplified by the far-right for political gain.
But then I spent a few days in Brussels.
A random oriental guy in downtown chased me with his car. Tried to block me. Shouted insults. Provoked a fight, right in traffic. Creating a dangerous, chaotic situation.
But then I spent a few days in Brussels.
A random oriental guy in downtown chased me with his car. Tried to block me. Shouted insults. Provoked a fight, right in traffic. Creating a dangerous, chaotic situation.
July 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
2/ often amplified by the far-right for political gain.
But then I spent a few days in Brussels.
A random oriental guy in downtown chased me with his car. Tried to block me. Shouted insults. Provoked a fight, right in traffic. Creating a dangerous, chaotic situation.
But then I spent a few days in Brussels.
A random oriental guy in downtown chased me with his car. Tried to block me. Shouted insults. Provoked a fight, right in traffic. Creating a dangerous, chaotic situation.
6/ In short — it’s not that you can “skip learning to code.”
But you can start getting results faster without sweating the small stuff — like which loop to use or which functions to declare.
But you can start getting results faster without sweating the small stuff — like which loop to use or which functions to declare.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
6/ In short — it’s not that you can “skip learning to code.”
But you can start getting results faster without sweating the small stuff — like which loop to use or which functions to declare.
But you can start getting results faster without sweating the small stuff — like which loop to use or which functions to declare.
5/
- Technical detail in your request. Sometimes down to specific methods to call or how the logic should be structured.
- How to read and refine the result. If the AI gives you broken code and you just say “make it work,” it might get lost.
- Technical detail in your request. Sometimes down to specific methods to call or how the logic should be structured.
- How to read and refine the result. If the AI gives you broken code and you just say “make it work,” it might get lost.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
5/
- Technical detail in your request. Sometimes down to specific methods to call or how the logic should be structured.
- How to read and refine the result. If the AI gives you broken code and you just say “make it work,” it might get lost.
- Technical detail in your request. Sometimes down to specific methods to call or how the logic should be structured.
- How to read and refine the result. If the AI gives you broken code and you just say “make it work,” it might get lost.
4/
- Libraries you actually want. The AI often grabs the first match, which might not work or be optimal. You still need to Google to find the right one.
- Libraries you actually want. The AI often grabs the first match, which might not work or be optimal. You still need to Google to find the right one.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
4/
- Libraries you actually want. The AI often grabs the first match, which might not work or be optimal. You still need to Google to find the right one.
- Libraries you actually want. The AI often grabs the first match, which might not work or be optimal. You still need to Google to find the right one.
3/ Here’s what you still need to know:
- Basic syntax of the language. At least approximately.
- Decomposition. If your task is too broad, it always fails. You have to eat the elephant piece by piece.
- Basic syntax of the language. At least approximately.
- Decomposition. If your task is too broad, it always fails. You have to eat the elephant piece by piece.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
3/ Here’s what you still need to know:
- Basic syntax of the language. At least approximately.
- Decomposition. If your task is too broad, it always fails. You have to eat the elephant piece by piece.
- Basic syntax of the language. At least approximately.
- Decomposition. If your task is too broad, it always fails. You have to eat the elephant piece by piece.
2/ And now it’s been 19 days in a row that I’ve been coding something daily. For the first time in nearly 15 years. Mostly automating repetitive tasks I used to do manually. And just like in the old days, I can’t rest until the code works exactly the way I want it to.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
2/ And now it’s been 19 days in a row that I’ve been coding something daily. For the first time in nearly 15 years. Mostly automating repetitive tasks I used to do manually. And just like in the old days, I can’t rest until the code works exactly the way I want it to.
5/ Moral?
You can pitch disruption all day.
You can talk “out-of-the-box” in every damn keynote.
But if you can’t figure out how to bring beer to your team…
you’re not a founder — you’re a spectator.
Innovation isn’t always a breakthrough — sometimes it’s just a detour no one else noticed.
You can pitch disruption all day.
You can talk “out-of-the-box” in every damn keynote.
But if you can’t figure out how to bring beer to your team…
you’re not a founder — you’re a spectator.
Innovation isn’t always a breakthrough — sometimes it’s just a detour no one else noticed.
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
5/ Moral?
You can pitch disruption all day.
You can talk “out-of-the-box” in every damn keynote.
But if you can’t figure out how to bring beer to your team…
you’re not a founder — you’re a spectator.
Innovation isn’t always a breakthrough — sometimes it’s just a detour no one else noticed.
You can pitch disruption all day.
You can talk “out-of-the-box” in every damn keynote.
But if you can’t figure out how to bring beer to your team…
you’re not a founder — you’re a spectator.
Innovation isn’t always a breakthrough — sometimes it’s just a detour no one else noticed.
4/ I hand out beers to my crew — sales and marketing killers. They light up like we just landed a pre-seed at a unicorn valuation. I crack mine open, chill, watch the queue still stuck in analysis paralysis.
That’s my MVP for the night.
That’s my MVP for the night.
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
4/ I hand out beers to my crew — sales and marketing killers. They light up like we just landed a pre-seed at a unicorn valuation. I crack mine open, chill, watch the queue still stuck in analysis paralysis.
That’s my MVP for the night.
That’s my MVP for the night.
3/ And I’m standing there like: “You’re all founders, right? So why are you acting like sheep?”
I bounce. Walk out of the zone. First bar I see — in, out, five cold beers in the backpack. Walk right back in. No one blinks. look like I belong — because I do.
I bounce. Walk out of the zone. First bar I see — in, out, five cold beers in the backpack. Walk right back in. No one blinks. look like I belong — because I do.
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
3/ And I’m standing there like: “You’re all founders, right? So why are you acting like sheep?”
I bounce. Walk out of the zone. First bar I see — in, out, five cold beers in the backpack. Walk right back in. No one blinks. look like I belong — because I do.
I bounce. Walk out of the zone. First bar I see — in, out, five cold beers in the backpack. Walk right back in. No one blinks. look like I belong — because I do.
3/ No beer in. No beer out. You either drink their overpriced brew or die trying.
Now picture this: one sad little beer stand,
with a line longer than a Monday morning inbox. People waiting like Tim Cook’s gonna hand them equity with their IPA.
Now picture this: one sad little beer stand,
with a line longer than a Monday morning inbox. People waiting like Tim Cook’s gonna hand them equity with their IPA.
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
3/ No beer in. No beer out. You either drink their overpriced brew or die trying.
Now picture this: one sad little beer stand,
with a line longer than a Monday morning inbox. People waiting like Tim Cook’s gonna hand them equity with their IPA.
Now picture this: one sad little beer stand,
with a line longer than a Monday morning inbox. People waiting like Tim Cook’s gonna hand them equity with their IPA.
2/ Then it’s Night Summit. Official afterparty. Cool, right? Time to relax, grab a drink, maybe actually connect.
Except… it’s fenced off like a music festival in North Korea. Sign at the entrance says: “No alcohol beyond this point.” Translation?
Except… it’s fenced off like a music festival in North Korea. Sign at the entrance says: “No alcohol beyond this point.” Translation?
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
2/ Then it’s Night Summit. Official afterparty. Cool, right? Time to relax, grab a drink, maybe actually connect.
Except… it’s fenced off like a music festival in North Korea. Sign at the entrance says: “No alcohol beyond this point.” Translation?
Except… it’s fenced off like a music festival in North Korea. Sign at the entrance says: “No alcohol beyond this point.” Translation?