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Churn, o1 news, Founder Mode reviewed, so long ad support, designing for your appropriate user size, and surviving misinformation." +draft: false +heroImage: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506485338023-6ce5f36692df?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2370&q=80 +heroImageAlt: Unsplash image from Jazmin Quaynor showing a weekly calendar +pubDate: "2024-09-24T05:00:00.000Z" +tags: ["weeknote", "ai", "books"] +title: "2024 Week 38 - Weekly Notes" +--- + +Keeping it light this week as we put in offers for houses. + +### Around the technosphere + +- [SaaS Churn: The Most Important Product Metric for SaaS](https://www.productplan.com/learn/saas-product-churn-vs-growth/) + - I have a note called [[Finance for Developers]] based off [The Swyx Mixtape | [Weekend Drop] Coding Career Chat - Finance for Developers](https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-coding-career-chat-finance-for-developers). Churn is one of the big metrics +- [Cognition | A review of OpenAI o1 and how we evaluate coding agents](https://www.cognition.ai/blog/evaluating-coding-agents?utm_source=tldrai) +- [Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder - by Dave Karpf](https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/paul-graham-and-the-cult-of-the-founder?r=eeyg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true) +- Piccalilli from Andy Bell - [A (more) Modern CSS Reset](https://piccalil.li/blog/a-more-modern-css-reset/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter) +- Terence Tao reviews the math in o1 - [Mathstodon](https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/113132503432772494?utm_source=tldrnewsletter) + +> the new model could work its way to a correct (and well-written) solution _if_ provided a lot of hints and prodding, but did not generate the key conceptual ideas on its own, and did make some non-trivial mistakes. + +- Andrew Chen - [The end of the 1 billion active user ad-supported consumer startup](https://andrewchen.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-1-billion-active-user) +- [websim.ai](https://websim.ai/) +- [Exclusive: Laravel, an open source startup in Arkansas founded by Taylor Otwell, raises $57 million Series A from Accel | Fortune](https://fortune.com/2024/09/05/laravel-raises-57-million-series-a-from-accel/) +- DHH - [Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more](https://world.hey.com/dhh/passwords-have-problems-but-passkeys-have-more-95285df9) +- [Postgres Sandbox](https://postgres.new/) - This actually got me excited to play with DBs again +- Martin Fowler - [Legacy Modernization meets GenAI](https://martinfowler.com/articles/legacy-modernization-gen-ai.html?utm_source=tldrwebdev) +- Kent C. Dodds - [React 19 Cheat Sheet](https://www.epicreact.dev/react-19-cheatsheet) +- The Angry Dev - [Stop Designing Your Web Application for Millions of Users When You Don’t Even Have 100](https://www.darrenhorrocks.co.uk/stop-designing-web-applications-for-millions/?utm_source=tldrwebdev) + +### What in the world? + +- CNN Business - [America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/business/theft-retail-shrink-stores/index.html) +- [Gillian Anderson Wants Women to Put Pleasure First - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/well/live/gillian-anderson-sex-pleasure-want-book.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240916&instance_id=134408&nl=the-morning®i_id=197092347&segment_id=177940&te=1&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef) +- CNN - [SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission lands after history-making spacewalk](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/15/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-splashdown-landing/index.html?utm_source=tldrnewsletter). More like around the universe +- The Walrus - [Moleskine Mania: How a Notebook Conquered the Digital Era](https://thewalrus.ca/moleskine/) +- The Guardian - [Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/sep/03/sort-out-your-life-100-tiny-tricks-to-help-with-everything-from-digital-overwhelm-to-lumpy-sugar-and-unpaid-bills) +- A.J. Jacobs - [Ten Strong Suggestions for Surviving the Age of Misinformation](https://experimentalliving.substack.com/p/ten-strong-suggestions-for-surviving) +- Brad Woods - [How to write](https://garden.bradwoods.io/notes/communication/how-to-write) - I love the look of this blog + - Gwern - [Why To Not Write A Book](https://gwern.net/book-writing?utm_source=tldrnewsletter) +- Ars Technica - [My dead father is “writing” me notes again](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/my-dead-father-is-writing-me-notes-again/) +- The New York Times - [Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240918&instance_id=134604&nl=the-morning®i_id=197092347&segment_id=178136&smid=url-share&te=1&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef) +- RIA Intel - [Most Americans Have No Financial Plan. The Ones Who Do Praise the Benefits](https://www.riaintel.com/article/2aucrzsa72lr93ymbe7eo/wealth-management/most-americans-have-no-financial-plan-the-ones-who-do-praise-the-benefits) +- The Guardian - [A new start after 60: it took 70 years to find my inner artist. At 82, I’m in my studio every day](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/sep/16/a-new-start-after-60-it-took-70-years-to-find-my-inner-artist-at-82-im-in-my-studio-every-day?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other) +- Lars Lofgren - [Forbes Marketplace: The Parasite SEO Company Trying to Devour Its Host](https://larslofgren.com/forbes-marketplace/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter) + +### Recommendations + +- Book - [Working - Robert A. Caro](https://books.google.com/books/about/Working.html?id=_OV8DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1) - For those who are fans of "The Power Broker" +- Book - [Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition - by Paul Millerd](https://www.amazon.com/Good-Work-Reclaiming-Inner-Ambition-ebook/dp/B0D4H86X1D) +- Book - Stuart David: [Belle & Sebastian's Formative Year: In The All–Night Café](https://www.amazon.com/Belle-Sebastians-Formative-Year-All-Night/dp/1097790649) + +### Obits + +- [Tito Jackson, Singer and Guitarist for the Jackson 5, Dies at 70 - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/us/tito-jackson-dead.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240916&instance_id=134415&nl=from-the-times®i_id=197092347&segment_id=177947&te=1&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef) + +### Videos + +How to navigate getting paid for your side projects with Cassidy Williams + + + +A worthy successor of Worth It + + + +How To Reset A Dysregulated Nervous System (Best Techniques) + +