Will you guys just kiss already?

We're about to enter a period where not reading or writing becomes as ubiquitous as smoking once was. We can hope people will eventually realize this is bad for them, as they did with smoking. But this is far from certain; the cost may not be as obvious.

Humans are so narcissistic they think just trying hard is enough.

One of my biggest learnings in 2026: STOP WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. A lot of people reach out to me asking what field they should get into, what they should learn, what path they should take, and stuff like that. And I think people overcomplicate this way too much. When I first started learning about systems and databases, I used to doubt myself a lot. People around me were becoming amazing design engineers, some were getting really good at TypeScript, and others were building crazy stuff with Rust. And I'd wonder, am I even going in the right direction? But eventually, I realized something. People act as if the universe will punish them for making the wrong decision. As if there's some reward for choosing the "right" path and some punishment for choosing the "wrong" one. That's not how it works. Let's say you pick path X. You start learning, building, creating things, and genuinely enjoying the process. But then you see someone doing incredibly well on path Y, and suddenly you start questioning everything. People don't even let their own decisions breathe because they're so obsessed with wondering whether some other decision would've been better. And that's the problem. I genuinely believe that when you put a ton of effort into something and are really, really curious about it, opportunities you could never have imagined will start opening up for you. You could've taken a hundred different paths in life. Each one could've opened up a completely different set of possibilities. Different experiences, different people, different opportunities. There is no single magical path. So stop asking everyone what you should do with your life. Instead, ask yourself what genuinely interests you. What makes you so curious that you could spend hours figuring it out without even realizing how much time has passed? And once you figure that out, just go for it, man. Go deep into it. Build things. Ask stupid questions. Experiment. Get things wrong. Figure things out along the way. You don't need to have everything figured out before you start. And most importantly, stop looking at what everyone else is doing and wondering whether you should've chosen their path instead. You have no idea what opportunities your own path might open up if you just give it enough time, effort, and curiosity. You don't always have to find the right path. Sometimes you just have to pick one and make something incredible out of it. That's it, that's literally it.

BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is offering buyouts to 60,000 workers as part of the company’s efforts to cut costs amid AI adoption, per Bloomberg. Personnel on select teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK at a vice president level and below will be eligible. This reflects ~27% of Microsoft's total workforce.

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