The more people we have on our team. the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets.

Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat.

For every new feature we add, we take an old one out. A lot of big sites don’t do that, and it’s a problem. Twitter started as a beautifully simple product, but it’s now going the same route as Facebook. The drive to innovate can overencumber and destroy a product.

People tell me I need an assistant, but I dont want one.

For every new feature we add, we take an old one out. A lot of big sites don't do that, and it's a problem.

You guys are more talented than anyone in the Tumblr office or in Palo Alto or Sunnyvale. We're constantly in awe, constantly in service.

Every feature has some maintenance cost, and having fewer features lets us focus on the ones we care about and make sure they work very well.