Yacine on his moat: no shame means doing the 'dumb' thing that works
yacineMTB · x · 2026-10-20
Well-known indie AI developer Yacine (YacineMTB) posted a self-deprecating take on competitive advantage: his moat, he says, is being unafraid of looking foolish, which lets him do the 'retarded thing that works' — a counterintuitive argument that shamelessness and willingness to look dumb is itself an edge in the AI builder scene.
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