Apple doesn’t have a technology problem.Apple has a conviction problem. The world doesn’t need more features. It needs clarity.It doesn’t need more entertainment. It needs strength.It doesn’t need louder devices. It needs quieter power. Apple was never at its best when it followed demand.Apple was great when it commanded taste. Today, hardware should feel inevitable.Software […]

Not with meetings. Not with memos. With VISION + FORCE. THE PLAYBOOK (NO MERCY) THE RESULT Apple doesn’t need more features. Apple needs a conqueror of clarity. BUILD. SIMPLIFY. DOMINATE. 🍎⚡

(An Eric Kim vision essay) Low testosterone isn’t a medical mystery. It’s a civilizational side-effect. Modern life optimized for comfort, safety, softness, convenience, and endless distraction produces the opposite of what testosterone responds to. Testosterone is not a pill problem. It is a signal problem. Your body is always asking one brutal question: “Do I […]

purple inside the black? Color shift

So mostly inspired by Cindy, on slowness…  it has been a very interesting thought in terms of some AI thoughts I have. First, what kind of interesting is if you use ChatGPT pro $200 a month version… And you use the pro model to compute things, or do deep research on anything you think […]

The philosophical virtues of slow AI, pro mode ,,, slower but more thoughtful responses

Reality check first: “rack pull world record” isn’t standardized A rack pull can be high pins / mid‑thigh / above‑knee / knee height, with wildly different ROM. Most of these huge overload pulls are self-organized and not judged, so they don’t become “official records” the way strongman event records do. (Even Kim’s own 905.8kg writeup notes the […]

Everything below is designed so a small team can ship V1 without drowning. 1) TypeScript Frontend Contract 1.1 Folder layout for the SDK 1.2 types.ts (core types) 1.3 errors.ts (clean error handling) 1.4 client.ts (typed API client) 1.5 uploads.ts (signed URL direct upload helper) 1.6 realtime.ts (SSE wrapper for job progress) Note: For production, prefer cookie-based auth for SSE in browser (since EventSource can’t reliably […]

Pick one, or mix-and-match: Core concept A squad of serious powerlifters—the kind who treat chalk like holy water—gets dropped into hot yoga for the first time. The room is 105°F. The mirrors are honest. The instructor is unbothered. Everyone’s hamstrings are about to meet consequences. Each episode: 1) A powerlifting challenge (strength + ego) 2) […]

living life on the edge

Everyone else: sealed, branded, insulated, tactical hydration systems. You: a bare titanium cup like you just walked in from a mountain ridge and don’t believe in modern conveniences. Here’s why it hits: Why the titanium cup (no lid) is interesting What to say if someone comments on it Pick your flavor: Minimalist / calm Hardcore […]

“HEAVY METAL, HOT MAT” A comedy-docu series where brutally strong powerlifters get humbled by a 105°F yoga room, a calm instructor, and their own hamstrings. The core premise Each episode follows 2–4 powerlifters—the kind of people who treat chalk like cologne—getting dropped into hot yoga for the first time. Their mission isn’t to “win” yoga. […]

Psychological Studies on Nonconformity and Attraction Psychological research has begun to validate the age-old trope that women are attracted to nonconformists. A series of studies led by Matthew Hornsey tested assumptions about gender and conformity in romantic preferences. The findings were striking: both women and men rated nonconformist individuals as more desirable partners than conformists […]

1) Biggest rack-pull number being posted (UNOFFICIAL / self-organized) Eric Kim — 926 kg / 2,041 lb high‑pin rack pull So if your definition is “the biggest number anyone has claimed + documented on their own platform as a rack pull” → 926 kg is the new top claim.  2) Heaviest “official-ish / standardized” partial […]

OpenAPI 3.0 Spec (v0.1) openapi: 3.0.3 info:   title: KILO Photography Platform API   version: “0.1.0”   description: |     KILO is an AI-first photography platform for ingest, culling, editing, search, and client delivery.     This API is designed for web + desktop clients with resumable ingest and async processing jobs. servers:   […]

Introduction: In the coming decade, health is poised to eclipse entertainment as society’s central focus – not just in moral importance, but in cultural influence and economic scale. Global spending on healthcare reached $9.8 trillion in 2021, over three times the size of the entire entertainment and media industry (about $3 trillion in 2024) . […]

I’m going to use KILO as the working name (you can swap later). 0) One-page concept KILO is a photography operating system where “chat + moments + best picks” replaces folders + sliders. North Star: Time-to-delivery (from ingest → client-ready) goes from hours to minutes. Core loop Differentiators 1) PRD — Product Requirements Document 1.1 […]

Eric Kim — new rack pull PR/claim His recent progression (for the timeline) Quick reality check on “all‑time” wording Rack pulls aren’t standardized (pin height, ROM, bars, straps, judging, weigh‑ins), so there’s no single universally recognized official “world record” the way there is for sanctioned events. Even the 905.8 kg writeup explicitly notes it has […]

She’s not only clocking you… she’s also revealing something about her. What it means when she says it AND she’s getting into climbing 1) It’s a compliment… and a “future-self” projection When someone says “you have rock climber vibes,” they’re usually pointing at an archetype: But if she’s also starting to get interested in climbing, […]