Tech Twitter dot com
We doomscroll, you upskill.
The Idea
I recently acquired the domain techtwitter.com, and I'm still surprised it was available. Tech Twitter is an informal, unstructured community on X.
It's not an official group but a term people use.
Similar to "Money Twitter," an informal group of people who sell products and services, Tech Twitter (at least the good parts) is where Google shares an essay you wrote about their conference, and your life is forever changed.
It's a hub for engineers, startup founders, and big tech companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. There are dozens of great writers covering the industry who aren’t on Substack. Tech Twitter has become synonymous with the platform under Elon Musk's ownership, especially as technology becomes more embedded in the product (e.g., Grok and AI-powered parody accounts).
Tech Twitter is invaluable for critical discussions in the tech industry, and staying updated is essential for knowledge workers across industries. But keeping up with the bottomless stream of information is overwhelming.
Most people doomscroll for hours, sifting through noise, bots, and slop.
That's why I'm launching a Tech Twitter newsletter.
My goal is to curate the best ideas, news, and insights so you don't have to spend hours on the platform.
There’s still a lot of trash to dig through, and that’s where I can help.
Sahana is spittin’ game here. There’s still a lot of this.
The Problem
I don't want to be on Twitter all day, but I understand its value.
Tech Twitter isn’t well represented in my Substack feed.
I don’t believe that’s going to change.
I love both notes here, but I see a ton of this kind of content.
And I want more of this.
Creators like Justin Welsh, Jay Claus, and Dan Koe are moving to other platforms, but they're more Money Twitter than Tech Twitter. There's a distinction.
Also, I’m not sure why a company like Google will bring its branded accounts like Google DeepMind to Substack.
The Why
Greg Eisenberg was on My First Million and talked about having notifications on for certain Twitter accounts. When Greg walked through an AI product he'd built, Sam Parr was incredulous, asking "How do you know all this stuff?" Sam was envious: "I can't understand how you're doing this. How am I supposed to teach my team? Are you just on Twitter all day?"
Greg basically said yes. He argued that’s what one must do if they want to stay at the forefront of what's possible.
Knowledge workers face many pain points when trying to keep up with AI. The pace of change is unlike anything I've seen in my ten years in tech.
The closest comparison is when React launched from Meta (Facebook at the time). I felt overwhelmed by updates. A new library launched daily.
The implications and impact of what's happening with AI are enormous. You're talking about people losing jobs because of new technology that’s released on a weekly basis. There's genuine anxiety and incentive to pay attention because if you don't keep up, you might be out of work within a year.
On the flip side, people who don't operate in fear still feel anxiety trying to figure out what they should learn. What's the right skill to focus on?
Ten years ago, it was "learn to code." Now, it's maybe prompt engineering? Should you invest in becoming a prompt engineering wizard? It seems valuable in June 2025, but will that be true in a year? It's difficult to predict.
There's massive pain here because you're impacting people's livelihoods. You're poking at purpose. Why we get up every morning. People wrap their identity up in their work. When the economic value of it changes, the impact is devastating.
I struggle to find words to describe that level of anxiety.
The Solution
I've designed a focused format: three carefully selected links each day. Why three? It hits the sweet spot between comprehensive coverage and information overload. It’s enough to catch major developments while remaining digestible in under 5 minutes.
I plan to manually curate everything. The coverage will focus primarily on artificial intelligence and will track developments across:
Software development and engineering
Content creation and distribution
Design and UX
Business strategy and implementation
Startup and VC news
I'm building more than just a newsletter. I'm creating a searchable archive of AI's evolution and its impact on how we work. techtwitter.com will serve as a historical record, documenting key developments, pivotal announcements, and emerging trends. Think of it as Bloomberg Terminal meets Wayback Machine for the AI era - a tool for understanding both the day's developments and the broader arc of technological change.
The key metrics for success are open rates, click rates, daily subscriber growth (organic and paid), and replies to emails.
I'm particularly interested in whether users reply directly to emails or forward the newsletter to a friend. Organic messages like "Hey, thanks. This is really helpful" will be a great signal. Messages like "I've had the same problem, and I appreciate you doing this" will indicate product-market fit.
With the pace of AI development only accelerating and the growing need for filtered, high-signal updates, I believe this newsletter will become an essential tool for knowledge workers navigating technological change.
— Daniel
I click into Twitter every now and again, mostly from an embed like from here, and you're right - there is absolutely some solid stuff on there still. Even just something "basic" like the Twitter feed for the new Dia browser... like, I'm not even THAT into the new browser wars and stuff, but... it's cool, and so well done!