Phil Beans

persona marketing without the quiz. if you sell on Shopify, ProductPair is a pretty fun way to turn your store into a personalized gift guide. shoppers enter the Instagram profile of whoever they’re buying for, and ProductPair recommends products based on that person’s profile. free to install on the Shopify App Store 🍐

Cybercab launch is no different than Model S launch.. Model S was a stupid car for stupid people - until you drove it. then came the thoughtful questions, relaxed facial expression, and a line of questioning to their spouse if they could buy one Tesla - it only takes one drive

i just remembered that it's Amanda Nunes fight week 🫨🫨

operation: Create a Self-Improving Website - In Progress step one was getting my site off of Framer and built in Codex (i love Framer but i need to access code) the next step - creating an agent that rewrites copy based on Google Analytics data. gonna try to create a site that keeps rotating copy until it sees better and better user behaviour through G Analytics. can't say it's gonna work, but i'm curious.. has anyone tried this before? any notes or guidance? productpair.app/

'we bring the art to the museum when we go' is what i just said to my buddy

i just had the Codex cursor come into my window and freaked the fuck out for a moment.. possibly a top 10 funniest moment of my life 😂

the original SaaS: Sweets As A Service

even a bean needs to grind before it's a coffee..

i spent ~3 years working on a programmable payments venture.. aside from the learnings along the way, i think the biggest lesson is that - if you're going after a massive thing, market cycles are real.. just look at where all the attention and capital has gone since we shelved the project in 2024.. ai everything, prediction markets, etc. and while the fintech explosion continues to accelerate - it's clear that our vision for programmable payments was far too early, because no one is doing it (other than some pilot programs by JP Morgan, KPMG, etc. but those are different use cases) the attention now is all about new payment rails this and that, stablecoins, digital banking improvements, etc. - yes, all that is moving. but the payment paradigm is still: money goes from Wallet A to Wallet B, with no risk management. i knew our chances were always going to be a long shot, and it's almost a gift that we stopped when we did, rather than spinning our wheels and burning capital for another ~2 years to get nowhere. programmable payments are definitely coming, and the idea is super cool, but introducing a new payment paradigm takes more than just relentless effort. i've added a page to my portfolio site with some learnings. to any interested fintech people, i'd love your thoughts on the project/concept/etc 🤙 philbeans.ca/projects/t2

yesterday i posted something mean about Waymo in Toronto and then deleted it.. hours later this post came out - and now i can't hold it in. Waymo is a failure, period. their extensive list of driving on sidewalks, turning into oncoming traffic, etc. - after this much time - is just embarassing. look.. i'm not a genius, and i truly respect the brilliant minds that delivered a pretty fuckin' awesome product - because Waymo is pretty fuckin' awesome, i've taken them in SF - but they've had all the time in the world to figure this out, and then talked so much shit about Tesla's vision only approach, only to produce an amazing technology that works well ~80% of the time. either talk less shit or figure out your product. their only saving grace is media bias hiding their endless failures from the world (which is a dark theme to get into, so i won't) - but Toronto will devour them for shit like this.

as if Steppenwolf takes you on a 32 bar musical interlude to just wrap with a four bar fade out on Magic Carpet Ride.. that’s some Kanye level type shit

the LaFerrari fund continues..

do you sail? do you have friends that sail? then you should absolutely use these gorgeous cards made from real sail scraps for the holiday season 👌 dayshaped.com/collections/ca…

Mickey Gall isn't doing so well but i have a feeling he might find the knockout....