Zilong's Tech Notes Notes on "Paul Graham"
Paul Graham’s post on X about taste. Another interesting post from Paul Graham1 — what struck me is how his posts spark real discussion. All the comments are worth reading. I’m following him now.
Oddly enough, I first learned about Paul Graham through his essays, and only later realized he co-founded Y Combinator and is such a central figure in Silicon Valley.
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My previous note: Paul Graham’s post on X about writing ↵
Happy New Year! Here’s a quick recap of my New Year’s break:
I finished watching The King of Internet Writing, a video podcast by David Perell about what we can learn from Paul Graham’s writing. I’m ready to write more, and better, in 2026.
On New Year’s Eve, I was traveling with my partner in Chongqing. We ate spicy hotpot and walked through the hilly streets!
Chongqing's cityscape on New Year's Eve
I’m planning to add new features to this website. I created two GitHub issues, following Simon Willison’s approach to building features1:
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Simon Willison’s blog post: How I build a feature ↵
Paul Graham’s post on X about writing. I started writing recently (as you can probably tell), so I’ve been reading a lot about it. What’s interesting are the comments under this post. People are sharing their own thoughts on writing, and many are surprisingly inspiring. Reading them makes me feel less alone in my writing journey.