January 16, 2026

TL;DR. Add "functional core, imperative shell" to your AGENTS.md — keep pure business logic separate from IO so your code stays testable.

Takeaways

• Pure logic + thin IO shell = tests that don't need mocks, fakes, or fixtures.
• AGENTS.md is the right place for conventions like this: agent-facing guidance that would clutter a README.

TL;DR. Chris Orlob's "isolation" method handles price pushback by narrowing the objection to one of three root causes before responding.

Takeaways

• Price resistance late in a deal almost always traces to one of three root causes — isolate which one before negotiating.
• Don't discount reflexively; diagnose first. The tweet cuts off mid-list, so the full three reasons aren't shown here.

TL;DR. Ex-Stilt CEO Rohit Mittal opens a thread on what he learned selling his YC-backed fintech ($25M equity, $350M debt) after getting blindsided by his first acquisition inbound.

Takeaways

• Founder went into M&A completely cold — no prep until a buyer showed up.
• Thread promises tactical lessons from an actual exit, not theory.

TL;DR. A self-closing dev loop: GitHub issues → Linear tickets → Cursor opens a branch and ships the PR.

Takeaways

• Stack: Interaction + Cursor + Linear, glued together so the human stops being the router.
• The unlock isn't any one tool — it's the handoff: a "poke" turns inbound issues into tagged tickets Cursor can act on.