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Feb 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This has been a year in the making — the longest project we’ve ever worked on. But it changes everything.

“The initial step in the process was allowing users to install arbitrary linux packages. We selected Nix for this as it's caching and store system allow for near-instant package installation times.”

blog.replit.com/powered-by-nix
“Since then we've added a ton of new configuration options for all core Replit workspace features:

- Integrated REPL/Interpreter
- Code intelligence
- Package management
- Debugger”
“we built a template publishing flow so we can build and publish templates entirely in replspace. Templates also have a release mechanism so that any changes made to the template don't show up in new repls until the template publishes a new release.”

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Feb 25
Tools for making difficult decisions:
“Looking backwards”

- let’s say you achieve your goals, and now you’re reflecting back — what were the key determining decisions?

- say you failed — what’s the primary cause?
“5 whys”

If you are an engineer you probably do this instinctively when debugging. It’s useful to just keep asking why to get to the root deciding factor.
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Feb 23
“War is an act of force, and there is no logical limit to the application of that force. Each side, therefore, compels its opponent to follow suit; a reciprocal action is started which must lead, in theory, to extremes.” — Carl von Clausewitz
“Without realizing it, Clausewitz discovered not only the apocalyptic formula but also that it is bound up with mimetic rivalry. Where can this truth be understood in a world that continues to close its eyes to the incalculable consequences of mimetic rivalry?” — Rene Girard
“Freed of sacrificial constraints, the mind invented science, technology, and all the best and worst of culture. Our civilization is the most creative and powerful ever known, but also the most fragile and threatened because it no longer has the safety rails of archaic religion.”
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Feb 21
We get this question a lot: “Do we build Replit in Replit?”

Short answer: yes, exponentially more so.

Longer answer has to do with the concept of bootstrapping. Thread:
When we started Replit we did not want to compete on features.

Feature races are boring.

Instead we wanted to be 10x better on some attributes (speed, collab, instantness).

That meant we innovate and we build something new. Something web native. Exciting, and fun.
That also meant we are okay with lacking some power features.

It also meant we are okay trading off scalability for speed & simplicity in the near term.

The result: we unlocked entirely new coding markets and use-cases.
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Jan 8
On YouTube:

- hustle porn, selling nothing but empty dreams & ebooks, 10m views

- ycombinator video, actually teaches how to become a billionaire, 10k views

Sad!
Have to admit hustle pr0n can be fun. I’ve watched more gary v videos than I’d like to admit
But the yc public library has actually everything. You can get it for free when others pis 7% for it!
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Jan 2
I got into Bitcoin around the same time we started our company. Little did I know Bitcoin has something to teach entrepreneurs.

Here are 5 lessons founders can learn from #Bitcoin
1. It’s not a straight line up.

One day you're on top of the world, the other you feel like nothing is working.

Similarly, the sentiment around Bitcoin can change from one day to the next.

Key is focus on the long-term which shows the true picture.

2. HODL your vision

Getting “no” from investors, recruits, and customers can be devastating.

But you must have an unshakable belief in your vision and stay the course. Just like HODLing through a bear market.
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Jan 1
There is a class of people who take offense at any show of confidence in one's abilities or conviction in one's mission in life.

They tend to be the kind who never had to fight a day in their lives, and that's not a coincidence.
@robkhenderson defines luxury beliefs as "ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while taking a toll on the lower classes."

I want to introduce a related idea here:
I believe that excessive modesty, self-deprecation, victim mindset, and refusal to take pride in oneself or work are "luxury attitudes."

These attitudes are pushed down from the top -- people who already made it or were born with a silver spoon.
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