Bonjour, I'm Antoine

Experienced BizOps leader in the software industry with spikes in GTM, monetization, analytics, and operations / program management. I love building teams and scaling organizations.

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Daily Digest - 2026-04-21

1. The Ultimate Guide to Prompting AI Agents — Matt Shumer * Why read: A practical framework for moving from chatbot prompting to agent prompting by treating agents like interns. * Summary: Prompting agents requires a fundamentally different approach than prompting chatbots, centered around context, constraints, and composition. Context must include all necessary
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Lessons from Warren Hellman

Warren Hellman was a titan of private equity, a dedicated philanthropist, and a world-class endurance athlete who famously viewed his billionaire status with characteristic humility and a banjo in hand. As the co-founder of Hellman & Friedman, he pioneered a collaborative, fiduciary-first approach to investing while simultaneously reshaping the cultural
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Lessons from Molson Hart

Molson Hart is the CEO of Viahart and the creator of Brain Flakes, known for his deep expertise in e-commerce, global supply chains, and manufacturing. His insights offer a pragmatic, unfiltered look at the realities of selling on Amazon, operating in China, and building a resilient business infrastructure. Through his
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Daily Digest - 2026-04-20

1. New post w/ random thoughts on AI (thread) — Elad Gil * Why read: A high-level strategic look at how AI is actively reshaping company headcounts, compute as currency, and the changing value of artisanal engineering. * Summary: AI revenue is likely to soon account for 1-2% of US GDP, but its
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Lessons from Francis J. Greenburger

Francis J. Greenburger is a pioneering real estate developer, literary agent, and philanthropist whose multi-decade career is defined by his willingness to embrace calculated risk. As the founder of Time Equities, Inc., the chairman of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and the visionary behind the Art Omi arts center and the
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Lessons from Simon Hørup Eskildsen of Turbopuffer

Simon Hørup Eskildsen is a pragmatic software engineer, former Shopify infrastructure director, and the co-founder of turbopuffer. Known for his advocacy of "napkin math," extreme system simplicity, and deeply structured reading habits, his work emphasizes first-principles thinking in both code and life. Below is a curated collection of
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Lessons from Jack Butcher

Jack Butcher is a designer and entrepreneur who revolutionized digital communication through his minimalist brand, Visualize Value. By transitioning from a traditional agency career to a product-based solopreneur, he became a leading voice on permissionless leverage, visual communication, and Web3 culture. The following insights distill his philosophies on design, wealth
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Daily Digest - 2026-04-19

1. Sandboxes Are the Servers of the Harness Era — Aparna Dhinakaran * Why read: A foundational framing of how AI agent infrastructure will evolve from disposable evals to persistent, stateful environments. * Summary: In the new era of AI applications, the "harness" (the reasoning agent) acts as the application while
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