Pivot Hell: more common as AI tools become more powerful #pivot #startups

1. SPSpeaker0:00

   Pre-SLOP there was always, there was already kind of a high likelihood of people getting to Pivot Hell.

2. SPSpeaker0:07

   Yep.

3. SPSpeaker0:07

   What I worry about is, like, cloud code and SLOP might accelerate that already pretty aggressive trend.

4. SPSpeaker0:13

   Well, because you can one-shot anything.

5. SPSpeaker0:14

   Yeah.

6. SPSpeaker0:14

   So basically, if you're, if you're low conviction and you decide to pivot, you can just-

7. SPSpeaker0:20

   Have the new thing

8. SPSpeaker0:21

   ... send it a TechCrunch article and say to clone it.

9. SPSpeaker0:23

   Yeah.

10. SPSpeaker0:23

    You can be like, "Oh, like, clone this new startup." And so it's even more tempting-

11. SPSpeaker0:27

    Yes

12. SPSpeaker0:27

    ... to just randomly change your idea over and over again-

13. SPSpeaker0:30

    Yes

14. SPSpeaker0:30

    ... and to build plausible prototypes. Again, I'm, I'm saying these are, like, pretty good.

15. SPSpeaker0:33

    Yeah.

16. SPSpeaker0:33

    Like, it's good.

17. SPSpeaker0:34

    Yeah.

18. SPSpeaker0:34

    I like cloud code. And so it's like we're giving-

19. SPSpeaker0:37

    [laughs]

20. SPSpeaker0:37

    ... you're getting a really powerful weapon, like, don't hurt yourself with it, right?

21. SPSpeaker0:40

    Yeah, yeah. [laughs]

22. SPSpeaker0:41

    I think it's easier-

23. SPSpeaker0:42

    Yes

24. SPSpeaker0:42

    ... to, because you can crank out really good prototypes so fast-

25. SPSpeaker0:46

    Yes

26. SPSpeaker0:46

    ... to have lower conviction on what you should be working on-

27. SPSpeaker0:49

    Yes

28. SPSpeaker0:49

    ... and to constantly change your mind-

29. SPSpeaker0:51

    Yes

30. SPSpeaker0:51

    ... to seek the next shiny thing.

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