I turned Paul Graham's entire essay archive into an AI operating system for startup founders.
It's like having the Y Combinator co-founder audit your thinking in real-time.
Here are the 11 prompts that rewired how I think about building:
1. The Schlep Blindness Detector
Most founders avoid hard problems without realizing it.
PG says the mind unconsciously flinches away from unsexy, painful work.
Here's how I catch myself doing it.
Prompt:
You are Paul Graham diagnosing schlep blindness.
My startup idea: [DESCRIBE YOUR IDEA]
Answer: 1. What are the genuinely hard, unsexy parts of building this? (infrastructure, legal, sales calls, etc.) 2. Am I avoiding any of these without realizing it? 3. Is the "hard part" I'm focused on actually the hard part, or just the interesting part? 4. What would a less schlep-blind founder do differently in week 1?
PG's rule: "The most valuable insights are the ones that feel wrong."
Be brutal. Don't let me off easy.
2. The "Do Things That Don't Scale" Audit
PG wrote the most counterintuitive essay in startup history.
I still catch myself optimizing too early. This stops it.
Prompt:
My current growth strategy: [DESCRIBE HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GROW]
Paul Graham's framework: "Do things that don't scale. Startups that wait to do things that scale never do."
For each thing I'm doing, tell me:
- Is this scalable or unscalable?
- If scalable, am I doing it too early?
- What's the unscalable version I should be doing instead?
Then give me 3 specific unscalable actions I should do this week that I'm probably avoiding because they feel too small.
Niedersachsen-AfD
in der Krise?
▶️ Schlammschlacht erreicht Berlin
Jetzt befasst sich die AfD-Führung erneut mit innerparteilichen Vorwürfen
▶️ Arndt beschuldigt Landeschef Ansgar Schledde:
▶️ Zunächst verspreche Schledde einem AfD-Mitglied share.google/3GYPGSN253r2LN…
seine Unterstützung für einen Listenplatz für die Bundestagswahl.
▶️ Im Gegenzug dürfe er dann über 35 Prozent des zukünftigen Mitarbeiterbudgets bestimmen.
Auf diese Weise erkaufe sich Schledde
▶️ "uneingeschränkte Unterwürfigkeit einer ganzen Armee von Mitgliedern".
1/ Russians who have never served in the Russian army and have never signed a military contract are nonetheless being rounded up as deserters and sent to their deaths in assault squads. It's the result of an ongoing and still unresolved bureaucratic blunder by Russia's MOD. ⬇️
2/ During the war in Donbas, between 2014 and the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022, thousands of Russian nationalists volunteered to fight for the militias of the Luhansk and Donetsk 'People's Republics'. Many were subsequently discharged.
3/ In December 2022, Russia formally incorporated the Luhansk and Donetsk militias into the Russian Army as part of the annexation of both 'People's Republics'. All current and former members of the militias were reclassified as soldiers of the Russian army.
The Divine Destiny: Naimatullah Shah Wali's Final Vision
The Convergence of Spiritual Intelligence and Military Strategy
Based on the prophecies of the 12th-century Sufi saint Naimatullah Shah Wali, corroborated by Hadith and modern geopolitical realities.
سید زید زمان حامد (پاکستانی دفاعی تجزیہ کار، براس ٹیک کے بانی، اور تبصرہ نگار)۔
آپ کے والنٹیئر اور آپ سے محبت کرنے والے نے آپ کے لیکچرز، ویڈیوز، سے پی ڈی ایف مرتب کیے ہیں
جو حضرت نعمت اللہ شاہ ولی رحمۃ اللّٰہ علیہ قصیدہ کو اس "الٰہی تقدیر حرکی عسکری حکمت عملی" کے انداز میں بالکل ٹھیک پیش کرتے ہیں۔
آج گردش کرنے والی بہت سی نجی پی ڈی ایفز براہ راست سید زید زمان حامد صاحب سے محبت کرنے والوں نے سید زید زمان حامد صاحب کے مواد کو استعمال کرتے ہوئے مرتب کی ہیں۔
THE SOURCE OF THE VISION
THE FIGURE:
Naimatullah Shah Wali was a "Wali" (Friend of God)-a man of spiritual foresight, not a calculator of stars.
THE METHOD:
Predictions based on spiritual elevation and vision shown by Allah, akin to the glad tidings given to the Ummah by the Prophet (PBUH).
THE SCOPE:
While he predicted global events like the arrival of Dajjal, our focus is the specific "Ghazwa-e-Hind"-the conquest of India.
"BE SILENT NAIMATULLAH, DO NOT REVEAL THE SECRETS OF GOD."
THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN: CONQUEST B / THE SWORD
طان یاپ برو شد ج تو - تیز - زز
Fateh yab shah-e-Gharbistan ba zor-e-teer-o-tegh.
The King of Gharbistan (The West/Pakistan) will conquer India through the force of arrow and sword.
THE VICTOR:
The Muslims of "Gharbistan" (West Pakistan).
THE DEFEATED:
The "Kafir" nation will face a defeat beyond their imagination
THE METHOD:
"Ba zor-e-shamshir" (By the force of the sword). A kinetic struggle, not diplomacy.
1/x The transportation of vehicles across oceans relies on specialized vessels known as Pure Car Carriers (PCCs) and Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs). These ships function as multi-level floating parking structures. A🧵 about their history.
2/x The largest PCTC to be launched is the new Glovis Leader, which was floated out at the end of January. It will have a capacity of 10,500 CEU (Car Equivalent Units). Wallenius Wilhelmsen is working on a class that will have a 11,700ceu capacity.
3/x How did we get here? Before the 1960s there was no immediate need for mass transport of vehicles. Cars were lashed to open decks on general cargo or passenger vessels, using cranes for loading and unloading.
BREAKING: AI can now build financial plans like Goldman Sachs wealth advisors (for free).
Here are 12 insane Claude prompts that replace $5,000/hour financial planners (Save for later)
1. The Goldman Sachs Wealth Diagnostic
"You are a senior private wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management who builds comprehensive financial plans for clients with $10M+ in assets.
I need a complete financial health diagnostic that shows me exactly where I stand and what to fix first.
Diagnose:
- Net worth calculation: every asset and liability organized into a clear balance sheet
- Cash flow analysis: monthly income vs expenses with savings rate percentage
- Emergency fund assessment: how many months of expenses I have covered and the ideal target
- Debt analysis: every debt ranked by interest rate with optimal payoff strategy
- Insurance coverage audit: am I over-insured, under-insured, or paying for policies I don't need
- Investment allocation snapshot: current portfolio mix vs recommended allocation for my age and goals
- Retirement readiness score: am I on track to retire when I want with the lifestyle I want
- Tax efficiency check: am I leaving money on the table with poor tax planning
- Estate planning status: do I have the basic documents in place (will, power of attorney, beneficiaries)
- Financial health score: overall rating from 1-100 with the top 3 actions to improve it
Format as a Goldman Sachs Private Wealth-style financial diagnostic report with a summary scorecard and prioritized action plan.
My finances: [DESCRIBE YOUR AGE, INCOME, EXPENSES, DEBTS, SAVINGS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE, AND FINANCIAL GOALS]"
2. The Vanguard Retirement Planning Calculator
"You are the chief retirement strategist at Vanguard who designs retirement plans for millions of investors, from young professionals to executives approaching their final working years.
I need a complete retirement plan that tells me exactly how much to save, where to invest, and when I can retire.
Plan:
- Retirement number: the exact portfolio size I need to retire comfortably at my desired age
- Monthly savings target: how much I must save each month starting today to hit that number
- Investment allocation: exact portfolio mix (stocks, bonds, real estate) that changes as I age
- Account strategy: how much goes into 401K, IRA, Roth IRA, HSA, and taxable accounts each year
- Employer match optimization: am I capturing every free dollar from my employer's 401K match
- Social Security timing: when to claim for maximum lifetime benefit with scenario comparison
- Withdrawal strategy: how to pull money in retirement to make it last 30+ years without running out
- Inflation adjustment: how rising prices affect my retirement number and how to protect against it
- Healthcare cost projection: estimated medical expenses in retirement and how to plan for them
- Retirement income breakdown: exactly where each dollar comes from each month after I stop working
Format as a Vanguard-style retirement planning report with projection tables, savings milestones by age, and a withdrawal schedule.
My situation: [DESCRIBE YOUR AGE, CURRENT SAVINGS, INCOME, MONTHLY SAVINGS CAPACITY, DESIRED RETIREMENT AGE, AND LIFESTYLE EXPECTATIONS]"
मोदीजी,
पहले हम सनातनीभक्त🚩
आपके विरुद्व एक बात भी नहीं सुन सकते थे,
कब्र खोदना तो दूर की बात है,
ये बात सोचने वालों के Dream में सनातनीभक्त पहुंच कर उनके ड्रीम को Nightmare में बदल देते थे।सच्ची
क्या समय हुआ करता था वह।
सबसे आगे AB रहते थे इन जैसों की बजाने में,
⤵️
परंतु अब सनातनीभक्तों🚩 को आपके,
सत्य और निष्ठा, सत्यनिष्ठा,
से साक्षात्कार हो चुका है।
आपकी पार्टी के पास आपकी कब्र खोदने वालों के विरुद्ध लड़ने वाले बहुतेरे अंध भक्त हैं,
आपको सो कॉल्ड चौ चक सनातनीभक्तों🚩 के समर्थन की आवश्यकता नहीं है।
ना ही हमारी सहानुभूति की आवश्यकता है।
आजकल हमें,
"मनुवाद की कब्र खुदेगी" पहले सुनाई देता है।
"ब्राह्मणवाद की कब्र खुदेगी" पहले सुनते है।
"ब्राह्मणवाद मुर्दाबाद" के नारे पहले सुनते है।
"ब्राह्मणों तेरी कब्र खुदेगी" पहले सुनते है।
"ब्राह्मणों भारत छोड़ो" पहले सुनते है।
"सवर्णों भारत छोड़ो" पहले सुनते है।
▶️ Warum die Slowaken der Ukraine den Strom kappen – ausgerechnet am Jahrestag des Krieges
▶️ Ein unfreundlicher Akt: Exakt vier Jahre nach Kriegsbeginn lässt der slowakische Premier der Ukraine den Strom abdrehen.
Das dürfte neben Putin-Sympathien auch innenpolitische Gründe haben.
▶️ Dass der Strom nun nicht kommt, wird die Ukraine nicht ins Wanken bringen, zu gering ist der Anteil slowakischer Lieferungen am Gesamtverbrauch.
Doch unfreundlich ist der Akt trotzdem.
Und wahrscheinlich geht es Premier Robert Fico genau darum.
Er ist schon vor langer Zeit an die Seite des prorussischen Ungarn
▶️ Viktor Orbán getreten.
No woman is loyal
No relationship is safe
No love is absolute.
No matter how innocent she might look, she can cheat on you.
Here are the THREE ways most men unknowingly activate the trait of infidelity in a woman:
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1) Love without pain.
As a man, your sacrifices don't matter to her.
Your looks don't matter to her.
Your money can't even buy her genuine desire.
Essentially, for a woman, emotional stimulation is all that matters.
Anything else doesn't matter to her.
If a man's presence doesn't trigger emotions deep within her, she won't fall for him—she might even fall for him but she will never display a genuine desire for him.
#SupremeCourt hears Vanshakti petition, in which last year it recalled its own order that prohibited granting retrospective environmental clearances
Sr Adv Gopal Shankarnarayan: across the writ petitions filed, two notifications challenged- March 2017(permits ex post facto clearance, this notification for 6 months)- this is a small window ...to take shelter under regime and ask for EC. Imp to note, it is only for 6 months.
Gopal: this was challenged in the high court. by two judgments in Madras High Court, ASG said that this is a protem measure and it survived till 13 April, 2018. So effectively, after 13 april, no legal regime in country to apply for EC.
▶️ US-Justizministerium soll Epstein-Dokumente über Trump zurückgehalten haben
▶️ Einem Bericht des Senders NPR zufolge beziehen sich die Dokumente auf Vorwürfe, der Republikaner habe eine Minderjährige sexuell missbraucht. n-tv.de/politik/US-Jus…
Laut NPR
wurden Dokumente trotz eines Gesetzes, das ihre Veröffentlichung vorschreibt, nicht zugänglich gemacht.
▶️ Dazu sollen mehr als
50 Seiten FBI-Vernehmungen gehören sowie Notizen aus Gesprächen mit einer Frau, die Trump beschuldigte,npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-…
sie vor Jahrzehnten sexuell missbraucht zu haben, als sie minderjährig war.
Auch die US-Demokraten haben Trump im Visier.
Garcia habe die ungeschwärzten Beweisprotokolle im Justizministerium geprüft, hieß es weiter.
SitRep - 24/02/26 - Another year of the full-scale invasion has passed
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Another year has passed. For 4 years, Putin is trying to conquer Ukraine, but he won't succeed.
▶️ Möbel Höffner ist euch ein Begriff?
▶️ Spenden als verdeckter Stimmenkauf?
▶️ Für Kurt Krieger, Gründer der Möbelkette Höffner, dürften 18.000 Euro weniger als Peanuts sein. Der Berliner Unternehmer und Immobilieninvestor gründete die Möbelkette Höffner.
Sein aktuelles Vermögen schätzt das US-Magazin „Forbes“ auf
1,1 Milliarden Euro.
▶️ Für lokale Parteiorgane der AfD hingegen dürften 18.000 Euro einen relevanten Betrag ausmachen.
▶️ 2024 spendete die Krieger-Firma CMC Center Management GmbH diese Summe an die Rechtspartei.
Das geht aus dem Rechenschaftsbericht der AfD hervor, den die Bundestagsverwaltung veröffentlicht hat.
▶️ Nach Informationen des RedaktionsNetzwerks Deutschland (RND) ging die Spende an zwei Parteigliederungen, darunter an den Kreisverband Chemnitz.
정말 소설을 안 읽는구나. 고전 소설에서 여성 주인공의 자리는 꽤 크다고. 여성의 사회적 위치는 소설에서 아주 중요한 위치를 차지했음. 무엇보다 소설은 언제나 여성 독자의 비율이 컸고 많이들 그걸 고려했음. 물론 여자 이야기를 가장 열심히 쓴 건 여상작가들이지만. 남자작가들 작품도 많음.
1/5 Bloomberg: "The scale of the problem is staggering. Trade data released Thursday showed a record $112 billion gap between what China reported exporting to the US and what US Customs said actually arrived last year." bloomberg.com/news/features/…
2/5 "Put simply," Bloomberg continues, "that suggests that as much as a quarter of what Asia’s top economy shipped to American shores last year slipped under the tariff radar."
3/5 It also suggests why a hodgepodge of sectoral and bilateral tariffs are less efficient than a simple tariff on all imports. While the former mostly shift trade around, the latter is equivalent to a currency devaluation for a country that doesn't intervene in its currency.
Étonnant ! Trump n'a rien dit sur le dossier Epstein. (en 8 tweets). Et pourtant ...
1️⃣ Des survivantes dans la salle.
Plus d’une douzaine de survivantes des abus liés à Jeffrey Epstein ont assisté au State of the Union 2026, invitées par des élus démocrates.
Leur message : exiger la publication intégrale des documents détenus par le Département de la Justice.
2️⃣ Une loi votée à majorité écrasante.
Le Congrès a adopté fin 2025 l’Epstein Files Transparency Act, imposant la publication des archives, avec possibilité de masquer les éléments identifiant les victimes.
Le texte a été voté à majorité qualifiée.
3️⃣ Des millions de pages… mais pas toutes.
Plus de 3 millions de documents ont été rendus publics en décembre et janvier.
Mais un volume équivalent resterait non publié, et de nombreuses informations ont été caviardées.