Allison
Mahmood
26 Aug 2026Oligarchy, how people are fucking retardedDHH put a million of his own money and some friends' money into a non-profit to fund the open source desktop Linux stack he wants to use. The outrage over it is ridiculous. Calm down.24 Aug 2026I am completely delusionalEvery few weeks I realise I am completely delusional. It never makes me more reserved. Going from defence software to building the cloud it all runs on is objectively insanity, but the fuck else are you gonna do?23 Aug 20265,000 v 5, the complexity trapA 5,000 person team can't help building software that looks like a 5,000 person team. With agents, a 5 person team can now make the same mess. Patchy v2 did. PatchPage is what reminded me the force multiplier belongs on ambition, not on code.17 Aug 2026I am tired...There used to be one cool thing to dig into every couple of months. Now AI has made building so fast that the list of things I desperately want to try is longer than any spare time I could ever find.8 May 2026The Agent Thing Got MeI started poking at OpenClaw as research and ended up annoyed that it couldn't touch my inbox. Agents got me not because they do magical work, but because they stop my attention leaking into every app I have to open.30 Mar 2026Least ApprovalsWatching coding agents normalize broad access made me think harder about what agentic products in higher-stakes domains should actually optimize for. The pattern I keep coming back to is least approvals: let the system do the reversible work quietly, then compress the real risk into one clear decision at the edge.21 Mar 2026Use Coding Agents on the Bugs You Keep AvoidingOne of the best uses for coding agents is investigating the weird bug, regression, or side quest you've been putting off. Just don't let them mark their own homework.22 Feb 2026Designing an AI Council Decision SystemI built a week-long side project that reads piles of government and regulatory text and turns it into structured “here’s the trade, here’s why, here’s what would break it” memos. The fun part wasn’t “multi-agent”, it was making a council that still behaves when the models do dumb stuff.13 Feb 2026Founder Brain RotWhen you skip the career ladder entirely your brain does weird shit with the gap.10 Jan 2026Claude Code is a CLI tool, use it like one!Too many people forget that CC is a CLI tool and thus miss many of the huge unlocks that can come from that.cover
@Quan2m2The defence sector is where software was 15 years ago. Massive budgets, ancient systems, and the talent is finally showing up. This is the decade it changes.29 Jun 2024Why don't we have more IPOs?Inspired by a teet from Shriya Nevatia, what is the current situation with IPOs right now?
@Quan2m2The best thing about building in public isn't the audience. It's the accountability. When you tell people what you're doing, you have to actually do it.31 Mar 2021S1 E1Welcome to Quan2m
@Quan2m2Politicians should not be allowed to trade individual stocks while in office. Here's a 6-part thread on why this matters and what we should do about it.Thread
2025
2024
1 Aug 2024@Quan2m2The defence sector is where software was 15 years ago. Massive budgets, ancient systems, and the talent is finally showing up. This is the decade it changes.29 Jun 2024Why don't we have more IPOs?Inspired by a teet from Shriya Nevatia, what is the current situation with IPOs right now?
2023
15 Oct 2023EF Form begins?The first week of EF officially running16 Sep 2023S2 E5Coding the finance of today, talking with Jim DownsCardiff, Sep 2019 to Jun 2023
14 May 2023S2 E4Huh, How the fuck do I actually hire the right people?26 Apr 2023S2 E3Graduate, Start a startup - What the hell is Entrepreneur First?25 Apr 2023S2 E2Our niche24 Apr 2023S2 E1We're back14 Feb 2023AI and Automation: The future of workMy thinking about the intersection of AI automation and where LLMs fit in within this context13 Feb 2023The importance of Understanding AIIt's great if you know how to use it, but a real power user has to understand how it actually works.29 Jan 2023You’re using today’s AI wrongI had a massive realization when using AI recently.2022
2021
8 Oct 2021S1 E37The one week MVP w/ Mohd Danish14 Aug 2021S1 E36Up and Coming Social Media, are they worth a try?28 Jul 2021Setting up a company in the Czech RepublicGuide to setting up a company in the Czech Republic.29 Jun 2021S1 E35What's it worth and raising it w/ Bharat Kanodia27 Jun 2021My Experience with Arch LinuxMy experience trying out Arch Linux as a daily driver.6 Jun 2021S1 E34Brand, Brand, Brand4 Jun 2021S1 E33Tesla has no marketing. Yeah right!3 Jun 2021S1 E32Perfection and good enough2 Jun 2021S1 E30Amazon's recent warehouse ads and the importance of brand transparency2 Jun 2021S1 E31Darwinian Demon, the chase for perfection w/ Viggo Rey30 May 2021S1 E29Batch record or release as soon as its done and the importance of what you enjoy the most26 May 2021S1 E28Starting small and growing big, my approach to finding big partnerships25 May 2021S1 E27Why am I doing this podcast23 May 2021S1 E26The competitive advantage of Apple w/ Ben Whiting22 May 2021S1 E25Having a goal you are building towards in your life18 May 2021S1 E24The benefits of NOT raising external capital17 May 2021S1 E23Real passive income is a myth16 May 2021S1 E22The man behind NordicAnts, interview w/ Viggo Rey15 May 2021S1 E21Why notion is probably the best thing on my devices13 May 2021S1 E20Is Discord a viable replacement for Slack?11 May 2021S1 E19How remote makes running a business so much easier6 May 2021S1 E18Company culture and why it matters5 May 2021S1 E17All the little things they don't talk about when running a business3 May 2021S1 E16Business mindset1 May 2021Why I’m switching to Linux on my primary computerThe case for Linux as a daily driver for builders.28 Apr 2021S1 E14Dealing with the issues in your business28 Apr 2021S1 E15Pivoting, the crucial feature of a young business27 Apr 2021S1 E13Making your podcast25 Apr 2021S1 E12Making your first piece of content24 Apr 2021S1 E11Getting started building your personal brand23 Apr 2021S1 E10The value of a personal brand22 Apr 2021S1 E9Picking your co-founder21 Apr 2021S1 E8Building out the right team20 Apr 2021S1 E7Incubators, VCs and SPACs in a single pipeline - Evaluating your business idea19 Apr 2021S1 E6Coming up with the idea for your next start-up17 Apr 2021S1 E5How to name your business4 Apr 2021S1 E4What every good business pitch should contain - Pitching 3/32 Apr 2021S1 E2How to prepare your pitch - Pitching 1/32 Apr 2021S1 E3How your pitch should change for Zoom - Pitching 2/31 Apr 2021Trading CompetitionLast year I took in an inter-university trading competition focusing on US markets.1 Apr 2021@Quan2m2The best thing about building in public isn't the audience. It's the accountability. When you tell people what you're doing, you have to actually do it.31 Mar 2021S1 E1Welcome to Quan2m
2020
1 Dec 2020@Quan2m2Politicians should not be allowed to trade individual stocks while in office. Here's a 6-part thread on why this matters and what we should do about it.Thread
2019
ECP, Sep 2013 to Jun 2019
2017
18 Jul 2017Traveling to take picturesWe all travel from time to time some more often some less and usually there is that idea about interesting pictures that you could take while you are there, but it doesn’t always work out. 2015