looks like an internal tool that yc rushed out the door to minimize any most lost ground to Buzz. That said, I'd be curious what folks think comparing these two tools.
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Thank you for sharing your perspective—it’s an important one. Leadership isn’t for everyone, and that’s completely fine. Those driven to master technical skills should absolutely continue down that path—it leads to incredible innovation and contributions.
That said, I believe technical leadership works best when carried out by those with hands-on experience. This background fosters a deep understanding and empathy for engineers, making such leaders uniquely equipped to guide teams effectively.
For those interested in developing soft skills alongside their technical expertise, leadership offers a chance to scale their impact in new ways. By combining hard and soft skills, leaders can achieve non-linear scalability, influencing not just the work but the people and systems around them.
Ultimately, it’s about choice. Both paths—technical mastery and leadership—are valuable. The key is ensuring leadership is a deliberate pursuit, not just the default next step.
It was better before they buried settings. I switch Javascript on and off a lot. Before the change, it was two taps to get to those settings. Now it's three. While there's a button to switch all Brave settings on and off, I just want to toggle Javascript, and I do it enough that it's now one level too deep, i.e. it takes 5 taps total, 3 to get to the Javascript switch, one to toggle the switch and one to close the menus. I'd like to see a browser that allows switching Javascript on and off right on the menu bar, and without force reloading the page.
[0] https://vimium.github.io