Mike Hudack

Yeah, I feel you, man. I think that like I'm not the sort of person other people may be like this. Maybe, you know, like I'm just not the sort of person who is like good at that kind of like marketing. I don't know, like mercenary business thing where it's like, oh, I see a lot of people with dirty cars around. I want to build a car wash. It's just like not the way that I think about things.

Like I think about like wanting to create new things or like interesting puzzles or gifts that you can give people or whatever and joy you can get from the work. I get bored. Otherwise, you know, it's just like not interesting. Like, oh, you know, Sure, maybe it's a nice way of making some money, but ultimately, who cares?

Like I think about like wanting to create new things or like interesting puzzles or gifts that you can give people or whatever and joy you can get from the work. I get bored. Otherwise, you know, it's just like not interesting. Like, oh, you know, Sure, maybe it's a nice way of making some money, but ultimately, who cares?

Like I think about like wanting to create new things or like interesting puzzles or gifts that you can give people or whatever and joy you can get from the work. I get bored. Otherwise, you know, it's just like not interesting. Like, oh, you know, Sure, maybe it's a nice way of making some money, but ultimately, who cares?

Uh, not directly, but I do think that like, there was a point in my career when I felt really bad about copying anything. I was like, Oh no, you have to come up with everything yourself. And like, I no longer believe that at all. Like, I think there are just certain primitives or certain ideas that become commonplace and like should be replicated by everyone.

Uh, not directly, but I do think that like, there was a point in my career when I felt really bad about copying anything. I was like, Oh no, you have to come up with everything yourself. And like, I no longer believe that at all. Like, I think there are just certain primitives or certain ideas that become commonplace and like should be replicated by everyone.

Uh, not directly, but I do think that like, there was a point in my career when I felt really bad about copying anything. I was like, Oh no, you have to come up with everything yourself. And like, I no longer believe that at all. Like, I think there are just certain primitives or certain ideas that become commonplace and like should be replicated by everyone.

And you have to be like, you know, it's like impossible that you're going to come up with all of those yourself. And so, um,

And you have to be like, you know, it's like impossible that you're going to come up with all of those yourself. And so, um,

And you have to be like, you know, it's like impossible that you're going to come up with all of those yourself. And so, um,

it's like a big world you know um and so i think you have to watch what all your competitors are doing and other people in adjacent spaces and when they do something really great or something really brilliant be like oh okay like we missed that or we should have prioritized that earlier all right well let's do that and i and the way that i think about that now is like these are just primitives like if somebody had said well i'm not willing to copy the wheel

it's like a big world you know um and so i think you have to watch what all your competitors are doing and other people in adjacent spaces and when they do something really great or something really brilliant be like oh okay like we missed that or we should have prioritized that earlier all right well let's do that and i and the way that i think about that now is like these are just primitives like if somebody had said well i'm not willing to copy the wheel

it's like a big world you know um and so i think you have to watch what all your competitors are doing and other people in adjacent spaces and when they do something really great or something really brilliant be like oh okay like we missed that or we should have prioritized that earlier all right well let's do that and i and the way that i think about that now is like these are just primitives like if somebody had said well i'm not willing to copy the wheel

That would be really stupid. Like if the only person who could ever produce a wheel is like the person who originally conceived of it, we would all just be in the dark ages, you know? So I think that you have to kind of like look around and see what all the smart people are doing and have a deep respect for competition and the noise around you.

That would be really stupid. Like if the only person who could ever produce a wheel is like the person who originally conceived of it, we would all just be in the dark ages, you know? So I think that you have to kind of like look around and see what all the smart people are doing and have a deep respect for competition and the noise around you.

That would be really stupid. Like if the only person who could ever produce a wheel is like the person who originally conceived of it, we would all just be in the dark ages, you know? So I think that you have to kind of like look around and see what all the smart people are doing and have a deep respect for competition and the noise around you.

While, and this is so important, and I'm curious your view on this, right? Is like, while not,

While, and this is so important, and I'm curious your view on this, right? Is like, while not,

While, and this is so important, and I'm curious your view on this, right? Is like, while not,

um getting pulled in a million directions you still have to be true to your vision and the thing that you want to see created in the world and you you know you can't just be like oh oh that's a shiny thing over there it seems to be doing well let's change what we're doing and change the thing that we want to exist in the world because of that and it's a balance and i you know i i struggle with that balance all the time of like oh well there are a million things i want to build how do i pick the two