Kill the meetings person.

A quick word from the author:

Bonjour mon petit croissants, time for hating.

As tempting as it is, don’t do it. Don’t plan weekly stand-ups and check-ins. That will lead to just less performance from everyone involved. You probably already have a colleague on your team that ACTIVELY wants meetings to happen.

Let them go. It’s just not worth it…

The real performance happens with small, efficient communication bytes. If you need a 30-min meeting just to set priorities and tasks, I’m sorry, to tell you this, but you just might be an idiot.

And that’s alright, being an idiot is temporary. We’re all idiots sometimes (some of us on the regular), but that doesn’t give you an excuse to be an idiot about THE SAME THINGS EVERY TIME.

Rant over, back to logic land.

So, on your next weekly meeting, suggest this: everyone takes responsibility for their tasks and then kill the weekly meeting. The next meeting happens when the last person finishes their task.

Is this peer-pressure? Of course.

Is this completely unhealthy? Definitely.

Will this burn out people in your team? 1000%.

Will this also get stuff done really fast and reveal who’s underperforming or not executing tasks properly? YES.

GOOD execution requires clarity. Clarity requires vision. Vision requires some actual critical thinking and planning, not just ChatGPT output. Kill the meetings, bring deliverables, show your work. Overcommunication is way too real in today’s work culture.

Aren’t you the happiest when you give ChatGPT/any other slop-generator a very generic prompt, with barely any context, and somehow it returns exactly what you asked for?

That’s how your team should output work ALL THE TIME. We’re humans, we’ve still got brains (for now), let’s properly use them.

This week’s inspiration:

• How does a screen work?

“It sounds almost like science fiction but for half a century we all stared down the barrel of an electron gun for hours at a time.

Around the neck of the vacuum tube is a set of magnetic coils used to deflect the beam to different areas of the front screen. Changing the direction and magnitude of the current flowing through the coils manipulates the magnetic field, allowing precise control over the path of the electron beam.”

• I’ve been a designer for 20 years – here’s the kind of AI we actually want

“Real-world designers like Interior Designers and Architects aren’t here for fantasy.

These are professionals who balance value, time, and quality like second nature. They’re crafters, not artists. They build things you touch and feel. They make hundreds of tiny decisions every week. And they have a sharp nose for sniffing out what’s real — and what’s fluff.”

• Should I Move My Start-Up to SF Bay Area?

“The Bay Area has the highest concentration of SaaS founders, executives, and veterans who’ve scaled companies to $100M+ ARR, IPOs, and beyond. This density creates a network effect—you’re surrounded by people who’ve done it before and can help you shortcut mistakes. Whether it’s hiring a VP of Sales who’s scaled a team to $50M ARR or finding a product leader who’s built enterprise-grade solutions, the talent pool here is unparalleled.”

• How I build software quickly

“But I learned a lesson that now seems obvious in hindsight: there isn’t one “right way” to build software.

For example, if you’re making a game for a 24-hour game jam, you probably don’t want to prioritize clean code. That would be a waste of time! Who really cares if your code is elegant and bug-free?”

• Hinge is showing brands how to win Gen Z through Substack.

“Here’s what they did:

→ Hired five contemporary writers
→ Told real stories from Hinge couples in a hardcover book
→ Released a Substack series (one story per week)
→ Ran book clubs in New York and London
→ Partnered with Substack creators and hashtag#BookTok influencers
→ Took it OOH across both cities

Why it worked:

→ Substack is where Gen Z goes for stories that feel real
→ Print books are still a thing (big time)
→ TikTok fuels the find
→ Book clubs build the bond”

Tool of the Week: Langgraph

The secret behind some of the newest unicorns minted just this year (ahem, Lovable, ahem), Langgraph enables you to build very advanced AI flows, with self-healing capabilities and just generally good results.

It’s one of the toughest tool to learn at the moment (at least from my perspective, but I’m also being an idiot about it, I went straight for implementation instead of reading the docs).

Now take this and go build your AI agent that analyzes Hinge profiles and writes the perfect message. For sure you’ll land a good one… (the hating hasn’t stopped, you probably noticed).

Startup Idea of the Week: Die better.

You know what’s worse than death?

Dying without a will. Actually, living without a will might be worse—because you’ll spend every adult milestone (getting married, having kids, adopting a cat, buying a second-hand jet ski) quietly ignoring that voice in your head whispering “hey… maybe you should write that down somewhere.”

Here’s the idea:
An AI-powered will maker that helps you die organized—without lawyers, stress, or napkin scribbles.

How It Works:

Type answers to a few natural-language questions (no legalese), and the AI does its thing.

📝 It figures out your state’s legal requirements and picks the right will template.
👶 You name guardians, assign assets, plan for pets, even add healthcare directives.
🔒 The final doc is neatly generated, stored securely, and shareable with trusted people.
📅 You get automatic reminders to update it when life happens. (New kid? New dog? New crypto wallet? Covered.)
👩‍⚖️ Want a lawyer to give it a once-over? That’s a premium add-on. Human eyes. Peace of mind.

Why This Works:

• Most people want a will, they just don’t want to talk to a lawyer or fill out a 47-page PDF.

• Millennials and Gen Z are entering their “please take care of my plants if I die” era.

• AI makes it fast. Clean. Painless. Almost fun?

Go-to-Market Plan:

Target new parents, pet owners, and anyone over 30 having a mild existential crisis.

Partner with life insurance companies, financial apps, or funeral planning services (yes, those exist).

Also:

• Bundle it with tools like Notion, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

• Turn your “Last Will” into a shareable badge.

• Add subtle dark humor. People love that.

What Could Go Wrong?

• Someone forgets to update their will for 10 years and accidentally leaves everything to their ex.

• The AI spells your kid’s name wrong and you don’t notice.

• A will generated in Florida gets used in Oregon and suddenly it’s not legally binding. Yikes.

That’s why optional human review exists. Humans are good at legal stuff. Mostly.

Business Model:

Freemium. Free basic wills. Paid upgrades for:

• Lawyer review

• Secure long-term storage

• Bundled estate planning docs (power of attorney, medical directives, etc.)

• Notifications when state laws change (because they will)

What’s going on for us: (thanks for asking!)

• Here’s a rough view of what our prototype do (I wanted it to rhyme, ok?)

  Basically, with a single prompt, we get a simple game built in the Godot Game Engine. Why is that important? Most of the other code-gen tools build games in typescript or javascript or smth similar. Godot is an actual game-engine, so an artist could actually build their vision, make it real. Now that it’s working on the backend, we’ll make it real and release a working front-end next week. Wanna be the first to test it and give us feedback? DM me.

• Also, our HaHaHackathon is well under way: https://lu.ma/ji6hhy6t. 26 people already decided to join us next week in building cool, random, funny-type sh*t. We’ve got room for 30. Register now or be forever forgotten 🙂

• House in SF = LOADING

May you have a blessed week ahead, keep it tight.