Hjálmar Gíslason
Five-time startup founder.
Curious about tech, media, life, the universe and everything.
The Return of the File - and the Editor Sidekick
On building an everything editor, and why the humble folder is back at the center of how we work.
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Two of the most common pieces of startup advice are "fail fast" and "never give up"
Fail fast is about killing bets. Never give up is about the problem. Overnight success is what you get when you hold both.
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Developers' multi-tasking fatigue isn't a new thing
The fatigue developers feel with AI agents - line up a task, jump to another while it churns - is just the punch-card batch era, back for now.
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Spreadsheet superpowers, for humans and agents.
GRID's spreadsheet engine is now free for evaluation and non-commercial use - for humans and AI agents alike.
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Spreadsheets ran the world. Then AI showed up.
The handmade spreadsheet is going extinct, and calculations are moving to formats where few can check the math.
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Is AI making us dumber?
Offloading mental tasks to external aids is what made the modern world possible. AI is the latest in that line - with one important difference.
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A Second Brain for an Audience of One
I've been building my own personal knowledge base for 2.5 years. It feeds on every digital trace of my life, I reach for it dozens of times a day, and it's only useful to me. That's the whole point.
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When Code Is Free: 9 Things That Still Matter
Network effects, data, distribution, trust, ideas. When anyone can ship anything, everything that isn't code matters more.
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Building for an Audience of One
Software got easier to build. The mindset is harder to change.
