Notes on "The future belongs to idea guys who can just do things"

February 16, 2025

• https://ghuntley.com/dothings/
• blunt and to the point
  • the future belongs to those who can just do things
  • we need a mindset shift
• accelerate employees time to "get it"
  • create space, time and slack to upskill employees
  • ownership on the individual, but a company can increase the number of lotto tickets
  • keep those who keep up
• reduce corporate red tape; noise, politics (LLMs will create a new type of cultural problem)
• LLMs in tech
  • stronger type systems work better
  • test suites are good reinforcement signals
  • cycle times need to be low (ci/cd, compilation)
• there is no better time to have high agency
  • the phrase "ideas are cheap and execution is everything" is being flipped
  • software engineers can bootstrap a concept in every white collar industry at breakneck speed