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Tristan
@homsiT
i will not be elaborating. founder @readwise, past: @stripe @superhuman
SF (& sometimes toronto)
readwise.io
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    Tristan
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    Dec 14, 2022
    Huge news: after 1.5 years of private beta, thousands of testers, and a looot of incredible work by the team... @ReadwiseReader is finally in public beta! Save everything to one place, highlight like a pro, and replace several apps with one.
    Readwise Reader: The first read-it-later app built for power readers.
    From readwise.io
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    Tristan
    @homsiT
    Apr 21, 2019
    starting a company be like zz z z ใ€€๏ผœโŒ’๏ผใƒฝ-๏ฝค_๏ผฟ_ ๏ผ๏ผœ_/๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผ ๏ฟฃ๏ฟฃ๏ฟฃ๏ฟฃ๏ฟฃ๏ฟฃ๏ฟฃ ใ€€ใ€€ใ€€โˆง_โˆง OH ใ€€ใ€€ (ใ€€๏ฝฅฯ‰๏ฝฅ) WE NEED TO FIX THAT TOO ใ€€ ๏ผฟ|ใ€€โŠƒ๏ผ(๏ผฟ๏ผฟ_ ๏ผใ€€โ””-(๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ_๏ผ
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    Tristan
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    Sep 8, 2021
    Okay. Some @Readwiseio news โ€” the biggest since we started the company. We built our own reading app! Save anything, from articles to PDFs. Then read (with powerful highlighting, search, and triage) inside of the Readwise Reader.
    Readwise Reader: The first read-it-later app built for power readers.
    From readwise.io
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    Tristan
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    Dec 5, 2024
    i'm often asked why this is my favorite book, and i've always struggled to answer in concrete terms. i finally have an answer: this book is a force multiplier for personal agency if you read it properly, you will understand the world is much more malleable than you thought, and
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    Tristan
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    Dec 13, 2024
    word of the year is "oneshotted". incredible mimetic power.
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    Tristan
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    Sep 5, 2021
    We're announcing the biggest @readwiseio update ever this week. The future of the company. We've been heads down working on it quietly for 7 months. Honestly, quite terrified and very excited.
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    Tristan
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    Oct 14, 2023
    New york city is better than sf in almost every way: the culture, variety, food, quality of life, and most importantly how _cool_ it is. But moving there from sf shows you value these things more than being around other builders It is not a place for serious technologists.
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    Tristan
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    Jan 24, 2023
    Thesis: the primary usecase of the current wave of AI (eg GPT) is Bullshit. LLMs are not creative yet, but they _kill_ at any job that requires rote information recycling. Homework, legalese, low-effort writing. Things you only have to do for "bs" reasons.
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    Tristan
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    Oct 31, 2024
    just raw dogged a book for 30 minutes. no AI chat. no subway surfers in the background. no podcast at 3x in one ear. locked into mental concepts the whole time. built different.
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    Tristan
    @homsiT
    Oct 29, 2024
    as another VC-backed competitor to @ReadwiseReader shuts down... friendly reminder that we are bootstrapped, sustainable, and not going anywhere :)
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    Tristan
    @homsiT
    Aug 28, 2024
    there are actually only two rules in startups "sweat the details" and "don't sweat the details" you just oscillate between them task by task, minute by minute, until you either go insane or win
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    Tristan
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    Nov 10, 2020
    Replying to @micsolana
    dude this hits hard as hell
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    Tristan
    @homsiT
    May 22, 2025
    Wow! Saddened to hear that @Pocket (the biggest read-it-later app) is shutting down on July 8th. You can import all of your pocket articles, highlights, etc into @ReadwiseReader with two clicks
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    Tristan
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    Feb 6, 2024
    people who don't write enough tend to ramble in conversations, because that's the only way they have of thinking things through
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