Tailwind's AI Success Killed Their Revenue

PLUS: Claude Code's agent SDK goes public

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2 min read
product management

Tailwind laid off 75% of their team because AI agents boosted downloads but killed traffic, cratering revenue 80%.

programming

Claude Code 2.1.0 shipped 1096 commits worth of upgrades including shift+enter, hot reload skills, and wildcard tool permissions.

artificial intelligence

The Claude Agent SDK gives you the entire engine behind Claude Code to build your own agents without the tedious loop.

artificial intelligence

Gmail is becoming a proactive inbox assistant powered by Gemini 3, managing your life beyond just messages.

programming

Gumroad just became a Tailwind Partner right as Tailwind announced layoffs. Timing is everything.

creativity

Most multipotentialites get told to narrow their focus, but sticking with multiple interests eventually pays off bigger.

artificial intelligence

We're feeding AI our work for free, then it sells it back without attribution or traffic. Hard questions ahead.

artificial intelligence

Reid Hoffman predicts not recording meetings will feel like using a horse and buggy by 2026, and Apple's AI gap will stun.

entrepreneurship

Solo founders are hitting seven figures without teams. Multiple hitting $7M ARR alone, several more over $1M.

entrepreneurship

Someone spent $8,400 and 300 hours on a failed project and called it a learning experience about failure.

entrepreneurship

Tailwind's creators made millions before scaling down, monetizing open source better than almost anyone. That's a win, not failure.

software engineering

Claude Code should auto contribute to open source projects based on your token spend, or Anthropic should just do it.