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one of the most profound things ive heard from a founder i respect in @tobi basically, he says building something that is ur own ALWAYS trumps copying someone else the reason being that u can iterate and improve ur own original work, but u cannot if ur copying someone else’s x.com/seyong/status/2082248544…

11:35 PM · Jul 28, 2026 · 7.6K Views

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se @seyong · Jul 28 37K

s/o to @davidsenra for the ep. one of the best to ever do it

Chadding Taintum @chaddingtaint · Jul 28

@seyong @tobi Sounds like @CrackedDev and @squeezerun

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archy @archysnut · Jul 28

Absolutely, and even more pronounced in crypto. Too many teams comprised of non-traders building trading apps. Build for yourself and you won't need to hire a slew of PMs/Researchers to figure out what your ICP wants, you will be your own ICP. Despite whatever qualms I may have with @fomo, I respect that you guys are in the trenches every day.

liquidated (Dev Arc) @liquidated0x · Jul 28

@seyong @tobi ngl this is why i stopped building copycat shit, my own ideas just flow better and i dont hit that mental wall every time i open the codebase

Macro Bombastic @MacroBombastic · Jul 29 10K

@seyong @tobi right on, originality is the real alpha in web3

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河马🐂🀄️ @Dongmoom55 · Jul 29 17K

@seyong @tobi In the long run, originality is always the best solution.

sandra @lucia_sla · Jul 29

@seyong @tobi china says different

Kylobayd @kylobtc · Jul 29 36K

@seyong @tobi Copying always puts you behind eventually

MUZK @muzkmuzkmuzk · Jul 29

@seyong @tobi My absolute favorite quote/part of this talk. Thinking about it ever since.