the most generative constraint for me personally has been not having a lot of money

really glad I did NOT hit some huge win on memecoins, I've seen a couple people who I see as talented "could build something" types do this and they haven't shipped anything 

embrace your conditions, capital is a tool. if its available to you, use it. if its not, forget about it. 

whatever perfect idea you have that requires a ton of capital is probably not so great actually. i might even argue taking the $ away will probably force you to be more realistic and to execute. 

when I think about funding I think about removing the basic barriers to focusing time and attention on a problem, not racks on racks

making a lot of money tradinq also has the negative effect of making you imagine you are really smart 

I've felt this a few times because ofc I have made some money trading 

its awful. nope - you're really not so smart. stop drinking your own cool aid and start reading or something 

and then start writing