Allen Pike
@apike
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Building @forestwalkai. 🌳 I also host https://t.co/YBpX3VrPps and write monthly about what I’m learning. Follow me elsewhere: https://t.co/2KkPUhnCd8
Vancouver & SF
Joined March 2008
My articles automatically post here, but if you use Bluesky, LinkedIn, Email, or Mastodon then better to follow along that way:
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An addendum: Why is ChatGPT for Mac So… Bad? https://t.co/Iw8kSett41
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This episode, Zapier’s first PM @chrisgeoghegan shares about building Zapier from millions in ARR to hundreds of millions, the effects of AI on PM roles and automation tooling, and disrupting yourself before anybody else does. https://t.co/ZbDmWYG90X
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Zapier’s first PM and now VP of Product Chris Geoghegan joins us to discuss the relationship between deterministic and LLM-powered automations, scaling a transparent and fully-remote company from...
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Why is ChatGPT for Mac so good? A look at the the different AI labs' approaches to the Mac, and the opportunities therein. https://t.co/OcQAboCg3N
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Claude, Copilot, and making a good desktop app.
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How to Not Get Acquired: An approach for staying focused when trying to do something difficult.
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Distraction management in intense times.
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UX Entropy: How products like Zoom can bloat from hero to hulk. https://t.co/frsCR9UJWg
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Zoom’s arc from hero to hulk.
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Building Something Big: On the pros and cons of the indie path.
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On the pros and cons of the indie path.
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Getting Tied Up: On little things that get in the way. https://t.co/MYIKWaC4WO
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On little things that get in the way.
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Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent: Some perks and pitfalls of building with large thinking models.
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On making use of large thinking models.
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Figma Slides is a Beautiful Disaster: The best and the worst of an interesting new tool.
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Some highlights and lowlights.
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In two weeks OpenAI has added Instacart's CEO, the Windsurf staff, and Sir Jony Ive himself to their team. If they can continue this pace, OpenAI may eventually amass the talent necessary to overcome the ultimate product challenge: designing a reasonable model selection UI
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Super VanJS is here. On May 15th, we celebrate JavaScript in style. Get ready for amazing talks from top speakers: - @apike: JavaScript Frameworks SOTU – Fatigue Strikes Back - Shawn McKay: Untangling a large codebase - James Snell: What Node.js Compatibility Really Means
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Every developer has a story. What's yours? Whether you’re a seasoned speaker or stepping on stage for the first time, our CFP is open—and we’ve got your back. Speakers get a full conference ticket, travel and lodging covered, hands-on support, and a few fun surprises along
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Post-Chat UI: Delightful and humane patterns for the next generation of apps.
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How LLMs are making traditional apps feel broken.
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A Score for Snacks: The trouble with snacks, the Nutri-Score, and a calculator for it. https://t.co/epJy7oru5p
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The Nutri-Score, and a calculator for it.
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JavaScript Fatigue Strikes Back: Why we still have so many JS frameworks, and why maybe – maybe – we have enough now? https://t.co/ns4UBmbZnQ
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The new frameworks will continue until morale improves.
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The Era of Tab Continuation: A delightful new UX pattern for productivity apps.
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Press tab to complete your work.
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An Unreasonable Amount of Time: A method for doing the impossible. https://t.co/Dgrt1ruw8b
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A method for magic.
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