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Really Long Books That Are Worth Every Page
Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday
@RyanHoliday

Really Long Books That Are Worth Every Page

Oh man, there is nothing I love more than a big, long, thick biography. Last month, we talked about short books you could finish on a plane, well I’m talking about the opposite of that now, the ones

Apr 6, 2026
1.1k29
ProductivityLife LessonsSociety And Culture
It is your moral responsibility to get rich
Dickie Bush 🚢
Dickie Bush 🚢
@dickiebush

It is your moral responsibility to get rich

I grew up the poorest kid at my school. But I spent my 20s rewiring my financial mindset. And I learned that building wealth comes from creating value for the world and capturing a piece of it.

Apr 6, 2026
90523
FinanceCareerEntrepreneurship
200 Powerful Claude Prompts
Shubh Jain
Shubh Jain
@shubh19

200 Powerful Claude Prompts

That Replace Hours of Manual Work Category 1: Coding & Debugging Prompts 1–50 1. Code Review Review this code as a senior engineer. Identify bugs, security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and

Apr 6, 2026
186
AI ToolsAISoftware Development
Stepping Outside the Fiat Frame: Gold Is What Remains When Money Stops Telling the Truth
🇦🇺Craig Tindale
🇦🇺Craig Tindale
@ctindale

Stepping Outside the Fiat Frame: Gold Is What Remains When Money Stops Telling the Truth

They say the currency is unsound, political, debased, endlessly managed. They say it is manipulated at the source and diluted at the edge. They say it cannot be trusted except as a temporary

Apr 5, 2026
36738
FinancePhilosophySociety And Culture
Sudo su
Sudo su
@sudoingX

120B Parameters on $70K Hardware Lost to 27B on a $900 GPU. Here's the Data.

i tested two $70K datacenter flagships head to head then compared the same test on a $900 consumer GPU. the results broke how i pick models for autonomous coding. everything is reproducible. the

Apr 5, 2026
60634
AIAI ToolsSoftware Development
If I launched an IOS app today and needed $1k MRR fast, I'd do this
Arthur
Arthur
@arthuryuzbashew

If I launched an IOS app today and needed $1k MRR fast, I'd do this

I launched my iOS app 2 months ago. Here's what I learned so far. No fluff. No guru stuff. Just what actually worked and what wasted my time. If you just launched something and need to get to $1k MRR

Apr 4, 2026
27524
Product LaunchMarketing And SalesReddit
Turns out, the internet is bad.
Horse
Horse
@TheFlowHorse

Turns out, the internet is bad.

I just learned something I probably should have already known, and honestly it made me feel like a normal person again. Quick backstory. For the last month or so, whenever I sat down at my desk to

Apr 3, 2026
13914
ProductivityPsychologySocial Media
ALL YOU NEED IS ONE WIN
Digi (Delusional)
Digi (Delusional)
@digiii

ALL YOU NEED IS ONE WIN

"You only have to be right one time" - @mcuban It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your

Apr 3, 2026
44375
Personal GrowthProductivityPsychology
How to Build 90% of a Full-Stack Project Using AI (The Right Way)
Shubh Jain
Shubh Jain
@shubh19

How to Build 90% of a Full-Stack Project Using AI (The Right Way)

Most people using AI to build software are doing it wrong — not because the tools are bad, but because they're treating a system that needs context like it's a search engine. You type "build me a SaaS

Apr 3, 2026
103
AI ToolsSoftware DevelopmentSaaS
Turn Claude into your personal financial coach (full guide)
Loshmi
Loshmi
@loshmi

Turn Claude into your personal financial coach (full guide)

Turn Claude into your personal financial coach (full guide) Most people pay $150 an hour for a financial advisor who meets them twice a year and tells them to diversify. You're making the same

Apr 2, 2026
11228
FinanceAIAI Tools
You Are Just 3 Decisions Away From a Completely Different Life
Darshak Rana ⚡️
Darshak Rana ⚡️
@thedarshakrana

You Are Just 3 Decisions Away From a Completely Different Life

You already know what you need to do. Quit the thing that’s draining you. Start the thing you’ve been “researching” for 14 months. Have the conversation you keep rehearsing in the shower but never

Apr 1, 2026
63710
Personal GrowthPsychologyProductivity
What AI Can’t Kill
Jon C. Phillips
Jon C. Phillips
@joncphillips

What AI Can’t Kill

The four layers that survive every model update. The day I launched Hyperfocal, Adobe announced Firefly inside Lightroom. Adobe just showed the world they’re building prompt-based photo editing

Apr 1, 2026
3116
AIStartupPersonal Branding
The Claude Code Engine, Nobody Understands
Kr$na
Kr$na
@krishdotdev

The Claude Code Engine, Nobody Understands

Most developers treat it like autocomplete. Underneath, it's an autonomous agent runtime with features 90% of users have never touched. I went through the full source-level leaked architecture and

Mar 31, 2026
1476
AI ToolsAISoftware Development
24 Leadership Principles From The Greatest Business, Military, Political and Sports Leaders
Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday
@RyanHoliday

24 Leadership Principles From The Greatest Business, Military, Political and Sports Leaders

People think that leadership is something that just happens. One is anointed a leader. One is promoted to leadership. One is born into leadership. And of course, this is not the case. “Leadership,”

Mar 30, 2026
2504
Personal GrowthPsychologyLife Lessons
The 5 ways to scale your app
Ernesto Lopez
Ernesto Lopez
@ErnestoSOFTWARE

The 5 ways to scale your app

I've scaled multiple apps past $400,000/yr and it always comes down to the same 5 marketing channels, in this guide i'm going to show you step by step how to abuse all 5 to scale your app lets dive

Mar 30, 2026
74439
StartupMarketing And SalesSaaS
How to finally trust Claude's advice (using Karpathy's LLM Council method)
Ole Lehmann
Ole Lehmann
@itsolelehmann

How to finally trust Claude's advice (using Karpathy's LLM Council method)

Claude just tells you what you want to hear. Every time. You can’t trust it. So I built a skill that forces 5 AI advisors to argue about your question, anonymously review each other's work, and hand

Mar 30, 2026
2k63
AI ToolsAIContent Creation
The Only Moats That Matter
Michael Bloch
Michael Bloch
@michaelxbloch

The Only Moats That Matter

In a world where AI can build any software, replicate any product, and automate any process, what actually makes a business defensible? Most of the answers I hear are wrong. They're all bets on the

Mar 30, 2026
1.5k89
AIStartupBusiness
HOW TO ESCAPE MEDIOCRITY
Digi (Delusional)
Digi (Delusional)
@digiii

HOW TO ESCAPE MEDIOCRITY

The most important part of this entire idea is realising that you are currently stuck in mediocrity. Running a race that is not your own. BOOKMARK THIS IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Realising

Mar 28, 2026
48279
EntrepreneurshipPersonal GrowthCareer
Control your risk 100% - one formula changed my trading forever
Noisy
Noisy
@noisyb0y1

Control your risk 100% - one formula changed my trading forever

The formula that saved my portfolio from blowing up and helps make money when everyone else is losing Most traders on Polymarket focus on one thing - finding the right market but anyone can do that

Mar 28, 2026
17210
MonetizationFinanceCrypto And Blockchain
Stop Overthinking Every Decision. Your Subconscious Already Has the Answer.
Rian Doris
Rian Doris
@RianSweetDoris

Stop Overthinking Every Decision. Your Subconscious Already Has the Answer.

You've been agonizing over the same decision for days. Late nights replaying both options. Spending hours weighing pros and cons. Meanwhile, there's a network in your brain designed to solve exactly

Mar 27, 2026
3159
PsychologyPersonal GrowthProductivity
Be delusionally optimistic about what you can achieve in life
Tim Denning
Tim Denning
@Tim_Denning

Be delusionally optimistic about what you can achieve in life

Society mistakes delusion for stupidity. To be delusional is to believe in a dream that will never come true, that you keep alive because you can’t tell yourself the truth. I strongly disagree with

Mar 27, 2026
49315
Personal GrowthLife LessonsEntrepreneurship
Claude Code vs Codex: One Clear Winner
Layton Gott
Layton Gott
@Layton_Gott

Claude Code vs Codex: One Clear Winner

If you're building software with AI in 2026, you're choosing between two tools. Claude Code or Codex. I chose wrong at first. Then I switched. This is what I learned. I'm 17. My brother Logan and I

Mar 27, 2026
2819
AI ToolsSoftware DevelopmentAI
10 Insane Things I Did In My 20s To Become A Millionaire
Nicolas Cole 🚢👻
Nicolas Cole 🚢👻
@Nicolascole77

10 Insane Things I Did In My 20s To Become A Millionaire

By my early 30s, I became a millionaire because of the absolute hell I put myself through in my 20s. A short list of insane things I did: 1. No internet. When I was in my early 20s, I didn't allow

Mar 26, 2026
5210
EntrepreneurshipCareerBusiness
I Read X's Open-Source Algorithm (Part 2): 5 Invisible Systems That Silently Kill Your Reach
Tarang Agarwal
Tarang Agarwal
@tarang8811

I Read X's Open-Source Algorithm (Part 2): 5 Invisible Systems That Silently Kill Your Reach

This is Part 2 on how I gained 1K+ followers and almost 1M+ impressions in 30 days by reading the X source code and understanding what it wants or how it works In Part 1, I broke down TweepCred, the

Mar 26, 2026
165
XSocial MediaContent Creation
The 400 Trillion to One Mindset
Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk
@garyvee

The 400 Trillion to One Mindset

400 trillion to one. That’s how rare it is to be a human being. When you understand that math, how can’t you live your life? So what are you waiting for? Existence itself is such a rare and precious

Mar 24, 2026
14625
Personal GrowthLife LessonsPsychology
Clean Code vs Shipping Fast — The Truth
Stanlee | Web developer
Stanlee | Web developer
@stanlee0nX

Clean Code vs Shipping Fast — The Truth

We’ve been having the wrong argument for the past 3-4 years. The debate used to be simple: Do you build it right, or do you build it now? But that was before AI. Today, a junior developer can ship an

Mar 24, 2026
6517
Software DevelopmentStartupAI Tools
Lock the F*ck in and Make the next 6 Months Better than the Last 10 Years
Tim Denning
Tim Denning
@Tim_Denning

Lock the F*ck in and Make the next 6 Months Better than the Last 10 Years

I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s time to lock the f*ck in. A quarter of 2026 is nearly gone. And most of you haven’t achieved even 1% of your goals. This essay is your wake-up call. It’s

Mar 23, 2026
2k32
ProductivityCareerEntrepreneurship
How to Quit a Job You Hate. How to Build Your Own Trading Bot.A Complete Guide.
zostaff
zostaff
@zostaff

How to Quit a Job You Hate. How to Build Your Own Trading Bot.A Complete Guide.

I didn't go to Harvard, i just learned to use AI the way it was meant to be used Why Manual Trading Loses to Algorithms Stanford research shows that the amygdala - the brain's emotional center

Mar 23, 2026
1.7k81
AI ToolsSoftware DevelopmentCrypto And Blockchain
How I turned OpenClaw into a wikilink skill-graph (full walkthrough)
Marshall
Marshall
@mdnlabs

How I turned OpenClaw into a wikilink skill-graph (full walkthrough)

One of the things I've hated the most about OpenClaw is the inefficiency to scale it past a couple of interesting skills. Yes you can setup cron jobs. Yes you can setup multiple agents. But the

Mar 22, 2026
104
AI ToolsAISoftware Development
How to Warm Up a New Website for SEO Before it's even ready
Soraia
Soraia
@SoraiaDev

How to Warm Up a New Website for SEO Before it's even ready

I haven't even launched PocketUI yet. The product isn't ready. But the website is already showing up in Google Search Console and ranking for non-brand keywords, two days after putting the site up.

Mar 22, 2026
32136
SEOStartupSaaS
How I Went From 0 to 1,000 Followers in 30 Days (and Nearly 1M Impressions)
Tarang Agarwal
Tarang Agarwal
@tarang8811

How I Went From 0 to 1,000 Followers in 30 Days (and Nearly 1M Impressions)

I started my X journey 30 days back after being inactive for many years. I never thought i would reach 1000 followers in 30 days. In this article i will explain how i did it and how you can do it too

Mar 21, 2026
6327
XPersonal BrandingSocial Media
The Gravity of Winners
Neel Chhabra
Neel Chhabra
@NeelChhabra

The Gravity of Winners

A Brief History of How Value Learns to Concentrate, and What Comes Next. There is a pattern running through the entire history of commerce that is obvious in retrospect and nearly invisible in the

Mar 20, 2026
897
Personal GrowthPsychologyAI
Don’t Go To Business School. Read These 18 Books Instead
Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday
@RyanHoliday

Don’t Go To Business School. Read These 18 Books Instead

Warren Buffett considers the foundation of his multi-billion dollar empire to be a book. At 19 years old, he bought a copy of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. We don’t know exactly what he

Mar 20, 2026
76612
Personal GrowthProductivityBusiness
HOW Claude replaced my 9 to 5. 3 WAYS to build wealth in the AI era.
Hrundel75 🐷
Hrundel75 🐷
@Hrundel75

HOW Claude replaced my 9 to 5. 3 WAYS to build wealth in the AI era.

I don't have a job - I don't have a degree - I don't have a team. I have Claude and a laptop. That's it. 6 months ago I was trying to figure out how to make money without selling my time for $15/hour.

Mar 19, 2026
32113
CareerAI ToolsMonetization
How to Post 10 Seconds of Content and Make > $100/week on Instagram
Abdulsamad
Abdulsamad
@richtosho

How to Post 10 Seconds of Content and Make > $100/week on Instagram

• Can be built with AI in under 24 hours • Only requires 3-5 hours of "management" a week • Can be rinsed & repeated across 10+ niches If you want to stop trading time for money and hit $3k/month

Mar 19, 2026
136117
Content CreationMonetizationInstagram
How to Use Claude Dispatch to Run Your AI While You Sleep
Nav Toor
Nav Toor
@heynavtoor

How to Use Claude Dispatch to Run Your AI While You Sleep

The biggest complaint about Claude Cowork since it launched in January has been five words: I have to be there. You had to sit at your desk. You had to keep the app open. You had to watch Claude work.

Mar 19, 2026
1.3k28
AI ToolsAIContent Creation
how to post bangers non-stop
Medusa
Medusa
@MedusaOnchain

how to post bangers non-stop

honestly posting bangers is not that hard you just need to build an effective system and this article will exactly help you learn how to build it step 1: set up grok to identify whether the

Mar 19, 2026
453166
XContent CreationSocial Media
I don't understand AI, yet I built a million dollar business with it
Amir D
Amir D
@starks_arq

I don't understand AI, yet I built a million dollar business with it

Three years ago I was in Morocco with my 16-year-old brother and $500 a month... and today I run an AI film studio that works with billion-dollar companies, and governments are putting our films into

Mar 19, 2026
1.9k58
AIEntrepreneurshipBusiness
I've Spent Over $1M on Tech Launches in the Past Year. Here's Everything I Know:
Mitchell
Mitchell
@MitcheIl

I've Spent Over $1M on Tech Launches in the Past Year. Here's Everything I Know:

Startups burned over $100M on launch campaigns last year. I know because I've tracked every single one, 86% of those videos didn't crack 50K views. These are 6 expensive lessons I've learned

Mar 19, 2026
861106
Product LaunchMarketing And SalesX
How I turned 6 Reddit bans into a $35k startup (full breakdown)
Arthur
Arthur
@arthuryuzbashew

How I turned 6 Reddit bans into a $35k startup (full breakdown)

Make sure you save this so you can read it later I got banned from Reddit 6 times. Not shadowbanned. Not warned. Permanently suspended. Each time I thought: "This is it. Reddit is not for me." But

Mar 19, 2026
4314
RedditEntrepreneurshipMarketing And Sales
Why Other People's Financial Advice Will Never Work for You. Here's How to Think for Yourself.
darkzodchi
darkzodchi
@zodchiii

Why Other People's Financial Advice Will Never Work for You. Here's How to Think for Yourself.

Everyone loves copying strategies. 'Just do what the top traders do.' 'Follow this guy's portfolio.' 'Here's the exact system that made me $100K.' And then it doesn't work. Not because the strategy

Mar 18, 2026
9413
FinanceEntrepreneurshipBusiness
I made $532 in 97 days. Here’s what actually worked (and what didn’t)
Yusuke
Yusuke
@yusukelp

I made $532 in 97 days. Here’s what actually worked (and what didn’t)

4 months ago, I was working in a bakery. Now I’ve made $532 with my SaaS. Not huge. Not impressive. But real. The first user wasn’t a stranger It was someone I met on X. Before launch, I spent 1–2

Mar 17, 2026
3912
MonetizationEntrepreneurshipSaaS
the triangle of talent
Shaan Puri
Shaan Puri
@ShaanVP

the triangle of talent

My mentor once told me: “everyone sucks in their first 5 years as a manager. It’s up to you if you’re going to suck for the next 15 too.” Today - I’m going to tell you about a little triangle that

Mar 16, 2026
20414
CareerStartupBusiness
Most backlinks you build won't move anything. Here's how to get the ones that will.
Luckforest
Luckforest
@lubinho_k

Most backlinks you build won't move anything. Here's how to get the ones that will.

I spent my first year in SEO building backlinks the way everyone recommends. Directories Generic guest post services link packages. It can work, but it puts you in the same lane as everyone else.

Mar 16, 2026
1069
SEOContent CreationMarketing And Sales
don't be an a**hole, call your mom
Shaan Puri
Shaan Puri
@ShaanVP

don't be an a**hole, call your mom

My parents are getting old. I’m 37, and they’re 66. Or maybe 63? To be honest, I have no idea how old my parents are. Once a human passes 50, my brain stops using numbers, and switches to words to

Mar 15, 2026
77957
PsychologyPersonal GrowthLife Lessons
Build Your Own Table
Jon C. Phillips
Jon C. Phillips
@joncphillips

Build Your Own Table

The psychological cost of building someone else’s dream. Someone offers you an opportunity, a partnership or a role or a chance to build something together. The pitch is good and the person seems

Mar 14, 2026
3013
EntrepreneurshipPersonal GrowthCareer
70+ Free Subscriptions - Become a Student
kaize
kaize
@0x_kaize

70+ Free Subscriptions - Become a Student

Almost everything is free, and some offer crazy discounts. You can become a student, study, and use all the services without even attending classes. Absolutely everyone gets annoyed at having to pay

Mar 13, 2026
14.1k145
AI ToolsSoftware DevelopmentProductivity
If you have multiple interests, stop trying to pick one
Nyk 🌱
Nyk 🌱
@nyk_builderz

If you have multiple interests, stop trying to pick one

If you have multiple interests, someone probably told you to fix it. Pick a niche. Stick to one identity. Focus harder. But the highest-performing builders today don't work like that. They combine

Mar 13, 2026
8010
CareerPersonal BrandingEntrepreneurship

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