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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Where we landed before hitting the Cursor free limit for the month. NPC farmhands and a farmhouse. A creek also runs through the property.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I decided to build a 3-d farm sim using Cursor instead of doing my taxes.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

One of my guilty pleasures is reading comments in the ChubbyFIRE subreddit. This is a lifestyle I will never understand, even if I eventually have $10m. This post is titled “At what NW would you feel comfortable buying a $3m house?” Can’t even call a normal plumber if something goes wrong.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

“How do you have the energy to create a SaaS after your 9-5” Top comments 😕

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I think the white, frazzled hair really aged him. Here he is just one year prior in Buckaroo Banzai, and two years prior in September Gun.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Interesting that the goal should be presented first and the context last. I’ve typically provided context first and then winged it with everything else.

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 18/02/2025

Interesting data in light of current events. More about welfare queen Elon Musk: www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-we...

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

For those drooling over FAANG salaries, a sobering post on the reality of working those jobs. www.reddit.com/r/leetcode/s...

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Vic 🌮 @vicvijayakumar.com · 17/02/2025

People really don’t want to hear this and want to pretend like LLMs are a temporary fad or something. Even with identical education, someone using AI will outcompete someone not. I use them all the time to navigate bureaucracy, write code, and at this moment am planning a vacation with Claude.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This ambulance has no less than two signs warning that assault rifles are not allowed on board

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This is exactly how I felt when I was working in management consulting.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

From @trevmckendrick.bsky.social’s newsletter

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Tell me where I’m wrong here (I’m no fan of Trump or RFK): it seems they want to create a study around this and open source the data, but not pass any specific judgements. What do you think is concerning?

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Severance is, for better or worse, a perfect show to watch with a head cold

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Watching the Super Bowl from Colombia 🇨🇴

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

$10k for 5 days. 2 adults, 1 child

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My son visited Disney this year with his grandparents. They had a great time but lamented this would be the only trip they take there. My wife and I refuse, as the all-in cost of a week is equivalent to a month-long trip to Europe. www.wsj.com/business/dis...

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Biggest problem I have with direct reports during review time is that they are often too self-critical. I have to fight with people to give themselves appropriate recognition.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We use so much wood on days like this… it was full this morning

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Today we built a firewood rack and gathered wood. I don’t want to split wood in negative Fahrenheit temperatures if I can help it.

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Justin Jackson @justinjackson.ca · 16/12/2024

I spent some time today updating this estimate on the size of the podcast industry: podcastindustry.org My estimate for total annual revenue is approximately $3.94 - $4.95 billion. THe Podcast Advertising category is the biggest chunk of the pie, at $3.0 - $3.4 billion.

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Podcast Industry Statistics 2024 – Global Market Size and Growth

Comprehensive podcast industry statistics for 2024. Collaborative wiki covers global market size, growth trends, platform market share, and advertising revenue estimates.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

@mgoldst.com hi Mitch 👋 im just south of you in Bloomfield.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A lot of skilled trades can make more than SWE at the Journeyman level. Boilermakers, specialty electricians, lineman, etc.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This is what your Spotify Wrapped looks like if you have an 8-year-old son.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

What is coffee shop at home? This sounds intriguing

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

If you’re selling to B2B, you need to be thinking at the team level. PLG works for user acquisition but quickly unravels for anything more than small orgs. Once you have that user acquired, you must track and nurture at the team level. Many companies only do this for Ent, which is a mistake.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hindenburg Research thinks they are a scam, among other things. Inflating both DAU and incentivizing bot engagement to pump the stock. hindenburgresearch.com/roblox/

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Roblox made $2.23 billion in 2023 but also reported a loss of $1.15 billion. $1.43 billion of their spending was toward R&D. Thats 37% of their total budget.They pay some of the highest engineer salaries in the industry.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This also plays in the nouveau riche. Old wealth is staid, conservative, boring. New wealth is adventurous, sociable, liberated. David Brooks talks about this in The Haimish Line www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/o...

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Opinion | The Haimish Line (Published 2011)

What is it you really want to buy?

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Something that I notice about founders who experience some success (big exit/etc) is a “game recognize game” aspect of their social interactions. They’re naturally inclined toward building things, and often have more in common with ICs than professional managers. Less schmoozing, more hanging out.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Recent Moneywise episode had a guy worth $60m who said he did not feel comfortable flying private with his net worth. He required $100m to do something like that.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The cool thing about backcountry skiing is that most hiking trails are possible backcountry ski trails.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I used a 24hr snowfall map vs a forecast because the precipitation forecasts here are frequently inaccurate. The green area is where I usually go. The red area is where I went today.

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Drew Mckinney @drewmck.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Where I live in NY, we almost never see the kind of snow like Buffalo or North Country. So this morning I went powder hunting. It was totally worth it. From zero snow to legit backcountry skiing in 40 min.

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