David Pierce

And so I think those are the three different buckets of it that I've come to see over time. And obviously all of them are gigantic businesses. All of them cater to completely different people. And all of them are at varying levels of invisible to how most people actually want to do their jobs all the time.

And so I think those are the three different buckets of it that I've come to see over time. And obviously all of them are gigantic businesses. All of them cater to completely different people. And all of them are at varying levels of invisible to how most people actually want to do their jobs all the time.

Yeah. It feels like. Every day we get further from the light of printed things on paper.

Yeah. It feels like. Every day we get further from the light of printed things on paper.

Yeah. It feels like. Every day we get further from the light of printed things on paper.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Well, and I think if everybody worked this way, it would be great, is the great truism and mistake of the software industry, because it's just impossible. The idea that you're going to get an entire large group of people to all understand a single system and process and tool for getting things done is borderline impossible.

Well, and I think if everybody worked this way, it would be great, is the great truism and mistake of the software industry, because it's just impossible. The idea that you're going to get an entire large group of people to all understand a single system and process and tool for getting things done is borderline impossible.

Well, and I think if everybody worked this way, it would be great, is the great truism and mistake of the software industry, because it's just impossible. The idea that you're going to get an entire large group of people to all understand a single system and process and tool for getting things done is borderline impossible.

And so if you're a software company, you basically have one of two options. You can either build a piece of software that is so unbelievably specific and opinionated that you literally can't use it any other way than that. Seriously. And this is like a non-crazy way to build software that there is literally only one way to use it. It's not that there's even right or wrong ways.

And so if you're a software company, you basically have one of two options. You can either build a piece of software that is so unbelievably specific and opinionated that you literally can't use it any other way than that. Seriously. And this is like a non-crazy way to build software that there is literally only one way to use it. It's not that there's even right or wrong ways.

And so if you're a software company, you basically have one of two options. You can either build a piece of software that is so unbelievably specific and opinionated that you literally can't use it any other way than that. Seriously. And this is like a non-crazy way to build software that there is literally only one way to use it. It's not that there's even right or wrong ways.

There's literally only one way to use it. And you can actually get a pretty long way doing that because people will hate it, but they will use it correctly because it's the only way to use it. or what you end up trying to do, and this is, over time, the much more enticing and popular path, but also the path to ruin, is you try to be everything to everyone all the time.

There's literally only one way to use it. And you can actually get a pretty long way doing that because people will hate it, but they will use it correctly because it's the only way to use it. or what you end up trying to do, and this is, over time, the much more enticing and popular path, but also the path to ruin, is you try to be everything to everyone all the time.

There's literally only one way to use it. And you can actually get a pretty long way doing that because people will hate it, but they will use it correctly because it's the only way to use it. or what you end up trying to do, and this is, over time, the much more enticing and popular path, but also the path to ruin, is you try to be everything to everyone all the time.

And you say, okay, your boss wants to use this piece of software and they wanna use it this way. That's insane, but your boss is the one who pays for this. And so you have to do it because your boss said so. But what we're gonna give you is a million other buttons and knobs to press and twist so that maybe you'll find the thing that you like.

And you say, okay, your boss wants to use this piece of software and they wanna use it this way. That's insane, but your boss is the one who pays for this. And so you have to do it because your boss said so. But what we're gonna give you is a million other buttons and knobs to press and twist so that maybe you'll find the thing that you like.

And you say, okay, your boss wants to use this piece of software and they wanna use it this way. That's insane, but your boss is the one who pays for this. And so you have to do it because your boss said so. But what we're gonna give you is a million other buttons and knobs to press and twist so that maybe you'll find the thing that you like.