Opinion

What happened to Pinterest?

There was a time when the site was genuinely unique. If you had an idea, needed inspiration for a project, or wanted to curate a mood board, it was the go-to site. Aside from digging through niche subreddits, there was simply no other space like it. The core value proposition was simple and effective: empowering users to curate ideas, links, and images into structured, personal collections.

Watching the Habs get battered last night reminded me of a few things…

Everything can line up. You can have home-ice advantage, some of the greatest fans in the world, and everything looking perfect on paper. But winning is done on the ice.

Early success and momentum can only carry you so far. Being up 3-1 early in the first period is nice, but you have to sustain that energy. The market—and your opponents—aren’t going to just roll over. They’re making their adjustments. You need to be ready to pivot and act accordingly.

In an interview…

So, what’s your experience with prompt engineering?

Well, I have 2 young boys, and I’m constantly prompting them to do things, and they’ll usually end up doing the complete opposite, or sometimes ignore my request altogether and instead insist on telling me something completely different.

Also, it seems like the more details I give them, the less they seem to remember.