Inside Lenny's Newsletter: brutal quality bar and a decade of long-term thinking
HamelHusain · x · 2026-09-23
AI practitioner Hamel Husain shares what he learned writing two guest posts for Lenny's Newsletter:
- Insanely high quality bar: every post goes through many rounds of writing and technical review with world-class staff; posts and ideas get rejected if they don't meet the bar
- Long-termism: Lenny's success wasn't overnight — over a decade of relentless commitment to quality over quantity put him at the top
Hamel's takeaway for creators and educators: build a rigorous quality standard and play the infinite game.
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