/Hive Five #221 · Apr 28, 2025
Underdoing the Competition
/The Bee's Knees 🐝
The headline picks from this issue. The full issue has more.
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How to Predict the Future With Kevin Kelly, Cofounder of Wired
They talk about Annie Dillard's writing, AI's potential, comparing it to early electricity discoveries, and more.
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Shaan on Underdoing the Competition, such as Slate, a simple $25k electric truck with old-school features like roll-up windows and knobs, and compares it to Nintendo's Wii. Instead of competing head-on, they "underdo" the competition and dominate a different niche.
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Tae'lur Alexis shares her journey from fast food to cybersecurity, revealing how she taught herself to code and break into systems.
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Web App Hacking 101 with Ciarán Monke Cotter
Watch Ciarán break down web application hacking—what it is, how it works, and why it matters in today’s security landscape.
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Gumroad's CEO uses AI tools like v0, Cursor, and Devin to boost his team's productivity by 40x
He believes AI will transform engineering, making designers more capable to ship features.
Watch : Gumroad's CEO uses AI tools like v0, Cursor, and Devin to boost his team's productivity by 40x