Ritchie Wong on X: "Taste matters in the end. --founder of Aesop https://t.co/LAJYf6FEQN" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "perfect analogy of how carl jung would think two sovereign individuals loving each other https://t.co/J5NxRkrYc4" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "the more i am trying to run away from something, the more i have to run towards it" / X
goals are the fuel & projects are the vehicles to learning
Ritchie Wong on X: "the best how is now https://t.co/k6bFbx88HC" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "one big problem is that we teach our kids to solve problems we want them to solve, or achieve goals we want to achieve but never teach them how to find the problems they want to solve and solve them, or find the goals they want to achieve and achieve them" / X
but never teach them how to find the problems they want to solve and solve them, or find the goals they want to achieve and achieve them
Ritchie Wong on X: "not to give a man fish not to teach a man how to fish teach a man how to feed himself, his loved ones & people he doesnt know" / X
not to teach a man how to fish
teach a man how to feed himself, his loved ones & people he doesnt know
i'm not going to settle for less from now on. life is too short for this shit
Ritchie Wong on X: "current relationships hypothesis: exchange our maps of where we have been, where we are & where we are going see if we're mutually inspired, awed & excited if so, just expand our maps to embark synthesised adventures in aligned direction let's see in my next one" / X
exchange our maps of where we have been, where we are & where we are going
see if we're mutually inspired, awed & excited
if so, just expand our maps to embark synthesised adventures in aligned direction
let's see in my next one
don't like indie because you want to prove your unique taste, like it because of the enjoyment it brings to you
if you decide to like something based on how (many) people like or dislike, you don't actually like that thing, but the validation it gives to your self-identified
you can only find what works for you if you are courageous to walk away from what doesn't
Ritchie Wong on X: "to the villain, you are also the villain. you don't have to be a hero in everyone's story, or else, you will become a villain in your own" / X
finding a resemblance as someone born and raised in hong kong, except we never have any competent bureacy
Ritchie Wong on X: "i remember in a high school presentation, the teacher punished our group in front of the whole class because we used white background and black font to present our learning of a business concept as i grow up, i realise that the most accomplished people have the ugliest" / X
as i grow up, i realise that the most accomplished people have the ugliest
Ritchie Wong on X: "the best product messaging touches people's worst wound & g spots at the same time" / X
inspiration is when you see something, and you are like 'damn, i want this too', then you go do, make & get it yourself
had one of the worst airbnb experiences
the host didn't like that i told her the room wasn't clean, and she re-rented the room to someone else without any prior notice
needed to book a hotel
airbnb gave me a full refund, coupon & hotel cost coverage
& this empathy matters
Ritchie Wong on X: "asked gemini to cook my procrastination to do real work - damn, it cut deep https://t.co/FYslq1j5C6" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "this is a good framework to figure out things together - what it looks like - how to make it work - how we can come together on this https://t.co/IB9oNRcJHm" / X
- what it looks like
- how to make it work
- how we can come together on this
building great products is simple building great tools/systems that build great habits— Ritchie Wong (@ritchiewlc) March 9, 2025
don't just look forward to getting it right, look forward to what'll happen
shared with npl
Ritchie Wong on X: ""There are two major types of learning, in both children and in deep learning. There is 1) imitation learning (watch and repeat, i.e. pretraining, supervised finetuning), and 2) trial-and-error learning (reinforcement learning)." "And 2 is the "aha moment" when the DeepSeek (or" / X
only trust people who can solve their own problems well to solve mine
— Ritchie Wong (@ritchiewlc)
Ritchie Wong on X: "knowing that you're not good enough - yes feeling that you're not good enough - no" / X
yes
Ritchie Wong on X: "when a system works, you don't notice its existence; you only do when it doesn't" / X
you only do when it doesn't
— Ritchie Wong (@ritchiewlc)
Ritchie Wong's post highlights a philosophical perspective on system design, emphasizing the invisibility of well-functioning systems. This concept is central to user experience (UX) design, where the goal is to create interfaces that are so intuitive, users interact with them effortlessly without noticing the underlying complexity.
This idea aligns with principles from system design where a good design is often one that users don't notice because it works seamlessly, reducing cognitive load and enhancing usability.
The mention of system functionality relates to the broader discussion in systems design about how systems should operate in a way that they meet user needs without drawing attention to themselves, which is a key aspect of creating efficient and user-friendly technology.
fucking interesting that it can elaborate on that - the goal of any interface feels so natural that when users interact with that, you don't even notice that
Ritchie Wong on X: "claude just wrote me the best piece of advice i need as a first time founder:" / X
(1) Ritchie Wong on X: "gemini spilling truth https://t.co/FVX571Y19S" / X
enable the enablers > train the trainers
inputs: what you do
outputs: what you produce
outcomes: what you measure against
start with outcome
then output
then input
first MFT (my first time)