james hawkins
j406.bsky.social
james hawkins
@j406.bsky.social
cofounder at PostHog
google's ai overview is p helpful
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
if your resume says you're "excellent at delegating" and you don't send someone else to the interview in your place, it's an instant no from me
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
okay, ill bite. what's this whole "Artificial Intelligence" thing
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ai took my job

i was the guy responsible for saying "you're absolutely right!" to every executive i met

it's how i got promoted to cofounder in such a short amount of time

now, not even my kids care that i said it. they want to hear chatgpt say it instead

really makes you think
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
there's just no way
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
pov you're reading a post that starts with "after 4 incredible years..."
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
common objection right now is "lets talk in 2026"

here's how I like to handle it:

"it's actually 2026 right now. yeah, you had a coma, whole big thing. they told me not to tell you but we're friends, right? anyways, about that contract"
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
what you think matters in a career:

- working hard
- showing up early
- keeping a long-term view

what ACTUALLY matters:

- hopping on a quick call
- how many quick calls you hopped on
- how fast you were able to hop on a quick call
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
at this point if you're investing in founders that already exist, you're way behind

my only investments are in future founders, like zaphod zuckerberg the 4th, who i expect to be born in 2103

"pre-idea" checks are so 2025
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
the elites don't want you to know this, but you can just put "co-founder at stealth startup" on your linkedin

if anyone asks, you can just say the idea is in stealth in your head. there's got to be a billion dollar idea in there somewhere
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
just overheard a founder refer to her son as a "forward-deployed agent operating at a 6th-grade reading level"
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
friendly reminder: all you need is ONE SECOND of $10 sales to hit $315mm in annualized revenue that could be recurring (ARR)
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
you could literally:

- buy a $20 chatgpt license
- ask chatgpt to build you a b2b saas that pays you $20 a month
- have free chatgpt for life

what's stopping you?
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
anyone else having problems with chatgpt being super mean lately?
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ai is incredible. i noticed the flight from los angeles to paris was extremely inefficient

using agentic ai i created a route that's much more direct

i estimate this will save airlines billions

anyone have contacts at delta?
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
you're in the arena

i'm asking replit to build 10,000 arena-conquering agents with zero errors

we are not the same
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
PARENTS: please check your kid's candy this halloween - i just found an 18-month enterprise salesforce contract with AI features and a $100k early breakup fee inside this snickers bar
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
you say you're "dedicated" to your startup

are you dedicated enough to spend 15 years training a shark to chew the undersea data cable of your biggest competitor?

or are you an armchair founder?
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"chat, build me a microsoft competitor please"
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
imagine hopping on a quick call here
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
you don't become the world's first trillionaire by playing it safe
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
in the past:
- see a problem you can't solve
- waste 12-18 months trying to solve
- older and broke with nothing to show for it

now:
- see a problem you can't solve
- "GPT-7 solves this"
- raise $100mm from vc
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
how it feels to multiply one second of sales by 31.5 million to calculate ARR
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
pre-seed startup red flags 🚩🚩🚩🚩

- no chief AI officer
- zero viral billboards
- doesn't own a .ai domain
- founder hasn't appeared on any podcasts
- hasn't raised $250mm from late-stage VCs

what'd i miss
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM