Four horsemen of the curiosity apocalypse:
“You don’t know THIS?! That’s elementary school material!”
“I'll study computer science because it’s in demand right now. “
“I’ll read it later.”
“Why are you sitting at the computer all day? Go read a book!”
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“You don’t know THIS?! That’s elementary school material!”
“I'll study computer science because it’s in demand right now. “
“I’ll read it later.”
“Why are you sitting at the computer all day? Go read a book!”
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Protect curiosity
Against shame, need, time, and format.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Four horsemen of the curiosity apocalypse:
“You don’t know THIS?! That’s elementary school material!”
“I'll study computer science because it’s in demand right now. “
“I’ll read it later.”
“Why are you sitting at the computer all day? Go read a book!”
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/prot...
“You don’t know THIS?! That’s elementary school material!”
“I'll study computer science because it’s in demand right now. “
“I’ll read it later.”
“Why are you sitting at the computer all day? Go read a book!”
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/prot...
Someone has leaked our entire strategy doc for 2026 🫠
December 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Someone has leaked our entire strategy doc for 2026 🫠
For a nice change, here's a small, practical, and maybe even actionable newsletter issue.
(back to introspection next week, though 😅)
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(back to introspection next week, though 😅)
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Two is one, one is none
A practical tip for a calmer life
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December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For a nice change, here's a small, practical, and maybe even actionable newsletter issue.
(back to introspection next week, though 😅)
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/two-...
(back to introspection next week, though 😅)
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/two-...
— What do you do for a living?
— I’m a nurse. And you?
— 😰😰😰
For a long time, conversations like this have been awkward for me.
Not only don’t I have a satisfying public-facing answer, but I've also struggled to find a concise explanation for myself.
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— I’m a nurse. And you?
— 😰😰😰
For a long time, conversations like this have been awkward for me.
Not only don’t I have a satisfying public-facing answer, but I've also struggled to find a concise explanation for myself.
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What do I do?
A quest to find a professional identity beyond the job title
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November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
— What do you do for a living?
— I’m a nurse. And you?
— 😰😰😰
For a long time, conversations like this have been awkward for me.
Not only don’t I have a satisfying public-facing answer, but I've also struggled to find a concise explanation for myself.
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/what...
— I’m a nurse. And you?
— 😰😰😰
For a long time, conversations like this have been awkward for me.
Not only don’t I have a satisfying public-facing answer, but I've also struggled to find a concise explanation for myself.
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/what...
It's this time of the year
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's this time of the year
"I tell myself my data obsession helps me stay grounded in objective reality, but it often borders on OCD and ends up feeding my anxiety.
Knowing that about myself, I’m cautious about what I measure in the first place."
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Knowing that about myself, I’m cautious about what I measure in the first place."
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Don't measure
A data nerd's case against data.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"I tell myself my data obsession helps me stay grounded in objective reality, but it often borders on OCD and ends up feeding my anxiety.
Knowing that about myself, I’m cautious about what I measure in the first place."
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/dont...
Knowing that about myself, I’m cautious about what I measure in the first place."
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Something I am proud of
We regularly advise our potential customers *against* adopting Fibery if it's not the best tool for the job.
Here's a message Chris, our solution architect, has sent to an interior design firm that wanted to build a client portal on top of Fibery:
Here's a message Chris, our solution architect, has sent to an interior design firm that wanted to build a client portal on top of Fibery:
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Something I am proud of
Buying apples always feels like a lottery to me, as I cannot for the life of me remember which varieties I like.
These folks are my champions 😍.
These folks are my champions 😍.
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Buying apples always feels like a lottery to me, as I cannot for the life of me remember which varieties I like.
These folks are my champions 😍.
These folks are my champions 😍.
"It’s awkward to admit, but helping strangers has never been a strong enough motivation for me to sustain any serious project.
I’m always happy to help with a stroller, but I’d never start a project that builds thousands of ramps across the world."
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I’m always happy to help with a stroller, but I’d never start a project that builds thousands of ramps across the world."
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Scratching my own itch
How my problems become my projects
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October 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
"It’s awkward to admit, but helping strangers has never been a strong enough motivation for me to sustain any serious project.
I’m always happy to help with a stroller, but I’d never start a project that builds thousands of ramps across the world."
newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/scra...
I’m always happy to help with a stroller, but I’d never start a project that builds thousands of ramps across the world."
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Unhappiness intolerance
Why I’m purposely bad at tolerating chronic unhappiness
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October 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This essay won’t disappear in 24 hours. Read it at your convenience.
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Not urgent
This essay won’t disappear in 24 hours. Read it at your convenience.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This essay won’t disappear in 24 hours. Read it at your convenience.
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Write off
Neglect, accumulate, dread. Start from scratch.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Here are the tracking settings for my newsletter.
Your peace of mind, my peace of mind.
Your peace of mind, my peace of mind.
September 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here are the tracking settings for my newsletter.
Your peace of mind, my peace of mind.
Your peace of mind, my peace of mind.
Ten years ago, I sent a cold email that affects my life today
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Write a letter to Hogwarts
Ten years ago, I sent a cold email¹ that has affected my life to this day: Unsolicited cover letter My dream company had no relevant open positions at the...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ten years ago, I sent a cold email that affects my life today
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Asking candidates why we should NOT hire them has turned out to be a remarkable filter:
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Why aren’t you a good fit?
Asking candidates why we should NOT hire them has turned out to be a remarkable filter.
newsletter.antoniokov.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Asking candidates why we should NOT hire them has turned out to be a remarkable filter:
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newsletter.antoniokov.com/archive/why-...
Starting a quiet newsletter
A way to think and connect in the age of anxiety
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September 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
August 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
So glad I never used my initials to tag my work
August 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
So glad I never used my initials to tag my work
In B2B SaaS, "free" plan usually means a camouflaged extended trial.
Not in @fibery.bsky.social.
A customer who signed up in 2019 has just converted—2067 days of free usage, our new record.
Not in @fibery.bsky.social.
A customer who signed up in 2019 has just converted—2067 days of free usage, our new record.
August 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In B2B SaaS, "free" plan usually means a camouflaged extended trial.
Not in @fibery.bsky.social.
A customer who signed up in 2019 has just converted—2067 days of free usage, our new record.
Not in @fibery.bsky.social.
A customer who signed up in 2019 has just converted—2067 days of free usage, our new record.
We are hiring a full-time role for the first time in two years! Remote, CET±3.
Join us to help our beloved (and confused) customers master Fibery.
Create tutorials & user guides and help us to simplify the product so that most people wouldn't need them.
Join us to help our beloved (and confused) customers master Fibery.
Create tutorials & user guides and help us to simplify the product so that most people wouldn't need them.
August 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We are hiring a full-time role for the first time in two years! Remote, CET±3.
Join us to help our beloved (and confused) customers master Fibery.
Create tutorials & user guides and help us to simplify the product so that most people wouldn't need them.
Join us to help our beloved (and confused) customers master Fibery.
Create tutorials & user guides and help us to simplify the product so that most people wouldn't need them.
A fascinating story of how Soundslice built a feature into their product because ChatGPT repeatedly and incorrectly told their users that it had already existed.
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Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists | Holovaty.com
holovaty.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A fascinating story of how Soundslice built a feature into their product because ChatGPT repeatedly and incorrectly told their users that it had already existed.
holovaty.com/writing/chat...
holovaty.com/writing/chat...
Since I switched from Android to iPhone, my favourite flag trivia quiz was gone...
...so I decided to vibe code my own! It took me just 35 minutes of vibe coding and 7 hours of vibe debugging to get there 🥲
The era of hyper-personalized software is (almost) here.
...so I decided to vibe code my own! It took me just 35 minutes of vibe coding and 7 hours of vibe debugging to get there 🥲
The era of hyper-personalized software is (almost) here.
May 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Since I switched from Android to iPhone, my favourite flag trivia quiz was gone...
...so I decided to vibe code my own! It took me just 35 minutes of vibe coding and 7 hours of vibe debugging to get there 🥲
The era of hyper-personalized software is (almost) here.
...so I decided to vibe code my own! It took me just 35 minutes of vibe coding and 7 hours of vibe debugging to get there 🥲
The era of hyper-personalized software is (almost) here.
AI-related prediction #10945.
In the next year or so, switching SaaS tools will become drastically easier thanks to MCP:
"Replicate my @notion.com setup in @fibery.bsky.social as closely as possible, migrate data, and explain the differences"
Leading to higher conversions and higher churn.
In the next year or so, switching SaaS tools will become drastically easier thanks to MCP:
"Replicate my @notion.com setup in @fibery.bsky.social as closely as possible, migrate data, and explain the differences"
Leading to higher conversions and higher churn.
April 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
AI-related prediction #10945.
In the next year or so, switching SaaS tools will become drastically easier thanks to MCP:
"Replicate my @notion.com setup in @fibery.bsky.social as closely as possible, migrate data, and explain the differences"
Leading to higher conversions and higher churn.
In the next year or so, switching SaaS tools will become drastically easier thanks to MCP:
"Replicate my @notion.com setup in @fibery.bsky.social as closely as possible, migrate data, and explain the differences"
Leading to higher conversions and higher churn.
Dog food tasted good this morning 😅
March 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dog food tasted good this morning 😅