Paul Graham
3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 26, 2026 by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) · said 12 times in 3 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Jul 26, 2026 negative
DHH: A handful of daily interruptions completely wastes a builder's workday
“If you're a builder and you get interrupted just a handful of times in a single day, that day is a waste, because you will never get into the flow. You will never get into this long stretch of uninterrupted time, and therefore you will not feel in the, not jus…”
Aug 23, 2026 positive
Altman: OpenAI launched ChatGPT knowing it was early and embarrassing
“I don't even think I asked him before we launched HGPT, like, Hey, do you think we should launch this thing? But I knew what he would say. I knew it was still early. I knew it was still embarrassing. And I knew the right thing was to like, get it out and get i…”
Aug 23, 2026 positive
Altman: Paul Graham and Peter Thiel are sounding boards for non-obvious problems
“In, in terms of questions of just, like, you know, business and the world, for a long time in my career, Paul Graham and Peter Thiel have been two of the people that I have learned the most from about lots of different phases of my career and are still the two…”