Yanis Lambert

As a B2B professional, being on LinkedIn is non-negotiable. It's my online resume and my primary networking tool. However, the feed has become a mess of self-congratulatory posts and 'thought leader' jargon. I get most of my value from direct messaging and groups, not the main feed.

After the GameStop trading halt, I lost all trust in Robinhood. It feels like the platform is built for them to make money, not for you to make money. The execution prices can be slow, and the lack of advanced charting and research tools means it's not for serious traders. I moved to Fidelity for a more robust and trustworthy platform.

AngelList is reliable and has the network effect—investors are already there. But competitors like Sydecar are offering faster setup and sometimes better pricing for simple SPVs. Still, for accessing the wider AngelList LP network, you can't beat it. The Rolling Funds feature is particularly great for continuous investing.

I'm a professional writer and it flagged an article I wrote from scratch in 2018 as 80% AI. How is that possible? Tools like this are making clients paranoid and forcing writers to 'dumb down' their writing so it doesn't sound like a bot. I stopped using it because the results felt random.

I struggled with Word templates breaking my formatting. Canva's resume builder was a breath of fresh air. The templates are stunning and professional. The new AI text improver actually helped me rewrite my bullet points to sound more impressive. I exported as PDF, it passed the ATS, and I got the job.

The platform is fantastic, but you have to be very careful about your data ingestion. A misconfigured agent can send way more data than you expect and lead to a surprise bill. Their cost estimator is helpful, but you need to actively monitor your usage, especially with high-cardinality logs or metrics.

I’ve used Dropbox since 2012. The core sync is still great, but the app has picked up a lot of extra stuff—Paper, HelloSign, capture tools—that I don’t really use. The desktop client sometimes feels heavier than it needs to be. I wish there were a ‘minimal’ mode that only focused on pure sync.