Many people say the most important decision you make is the person you choose as a partner for life (spouse, partner, etc). That feels really relevant as I read through a lot of the current political discourse.

First time not doing a fantasy football league in 20+ years and it feels weird!

I think this is a healthy development, but I've basically replaced most of my doomscrolling with tinkering around with Cursor and Claude code, and it feels like a much more satisfying way to kill time

One thing I find interesting about VC investing in AI cos is the investor desire to declare early winner. Last year very few ppl I know thought Claude would be a major player, it was all Cursor’s market to lose. Now many view this market as way more competitive - customers decide, not investors!

First time seeing Lady Gaga live - she’s an incredible performer. High energy from start to finish.

I’ve been learning Python as a fun side project and as a way to better understand a few things that eluded me. It has been way more fun than I expected, especially now that I’m getting into MCPs!

Today I learned that a lot of things people call co-pilots are just projects in Claude!

Spent some time thinking about the questions im not hearing answered when it comes to the near-term impact AI is already having on white collar work: open.substack.com/pub/chudson/...

A lot of people seem to just want to be famous for anything, no matter what the thing is or what it costs them. Seems weird to me.

This week I got a lot of emails from work people that were clearly AI generated. This was the first week I didn’t roll my eyes or find it annoying - they were easy to read and well organized, but maybe lacked their personality and voice. Something felt different - maybe it was me, maybe it was AI

I've heard of people declaring email bankruptcy - I'm considering declaring text messaging bankruptcy!

Whenever I look at the number of daily logistical text messages I exchange with my wife, I can’t imagine what parenting logistics looked like before phones.

Celebrities want to stay famous, rich people want to stay rich, and politicians want to maintain power. Sometimes it’s just that simple.

Early in my investing career I heard the old saw “never try to catch a falling knife” when markets fall. As a VC, I feel like I need the equivalent of “never try to grab a knife attached to a bottle rocket” to describe investing in AI startups. Either way you end up with a bloody hand in the end.

Only worked at one public tech company, glad it wasn’t that one

I hope it was worth it

Lifelong NBA fan. Never thought I’d see a year where my adopted Warriors and my hometown Pistons were both legit playoff teams!

I spoke with a journalist asking for tips on the most interesting consumer AI companies. It was hard to think of good examples at scale other than ChatGPT and Perplexity.

I have no idea why it took me so long to find @thestorygraph.com but I am so glad that a fellow reader encouraged me to sign up.

First new longform post of the year! I’ve been thinking a lot about the lack of tech IPOs and what that means for smaller funds like mine. I think we are in a new normal of bigger but less frequent IPOs. open.substack.com/pub/chudson/...

Lately I’ve seen a lot of people at the airport traveling in full hiking/trail gear - hiking pants and utility hiking shirts and sometimes hiking shoes, too. Is this a thing now? Is this about comfort, utility, or something else?

Predicting the future is really hard - I don’t do it. Three things that surprised me as an adult: 1. Normalization of visible tattoos and body art. Used to be taboo, totally normal. 2. Public weed consumption - didn’t see that coming. 3. The hard shift in tech from optimism to pragmatism

I have officially reached the dad who always wears a long sleeve shirt at the pool stage of life

(A good one from @hunterwalk.com also looping in @chudson3.bsky.social on same theme...)

Watching cartoons growing up, this episode is still stuck in my mind: “Lifeline, you have the ability to be an effective officer, but not the desire. Dial Tone has the desire, but not the ability. Don't feel bad, son, not everyone's cut out to be a leader.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP2f...

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished” - find myself thinking about that a lot lately.

I have no idea who will win the Chiefs vs Bills game. But as someone who listens to way too many NFL football and fantasy football podcasts, it feels like the NFL media is sick of talking about the Chiefs and is dying for a Bills breakthrough narrative.

Every now and then I go back on to X to see a post that someone tagged me in and then I scroll and I’m like yikes I remember why I stopped spending time over there.

Took my son to his first NFL game. As a lifelong @detroitlions.bsky.social fan it’s hard for me to see him cheer for the @sanfrancisco49ers.bsky.social but he’s born in the Bay and can love his hometown team just like I do.

I very much want to hear the @harrisfootball.com take on that last Kyler pass!

I got so nostalgic seeing this new version of NBA Jam!

I flew a lot this year!

Decided to almost clean out the draft folder at the end of the year - a few things i didn't publishthia year: open.substack.com/pub/chudson/...

Few things make me happier than getting to visit Stamford Bridge and pay homage to the many @chelseafcn.bsky.social greats of past and present!

Very happy that all of my favorite football analysts like @minakimes.bsky.social and @harrisfootball.com are on Bluesky and active - so glad to see them here and posting. Even happier that my @detroitlions.bsky.social are 12-1 and yes they can beat the Eagles in the playoffs if it comes to that.

Every year, I pick a few slides from the Precursor Annual General Meeting to share with a broader audience. This year, the team and I presented one slide that generated a lively discussion with those in attendance. chudson.substack.com/p/three-futu...

One of the things I do most Sundays is cook seafood. Here's this week's creation - simple spaghetti vongole with fresh clams from my fishmonger

I felt really good about this #LAFC game until that own goal. Yikes!

I was playing chess against my son and tried to run an experiment using ChatGPT for chess advice and he was not amused.

Thank you Dominic-Midori Davis from @techcrunch.com for this nice writeup on my panel at AfroTech. Investors have to earn the trust of founders. This job is a lot easier and more fulfilling when there is safety to share challenges and celebrate wins. techcrunch.com/2024/11/17/2...

Pretty good father-son day in SF. Lunch at Flour and Water Pizzeria, bus ride over to Subpar for some mini-golf, ice cream at Ghiradelli, quick trip home.