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It feels like we are pretty far away from LLMs running a concession stand (see andon labs) so not surprised it would struggle here. Still the failure modes are super interesting an…

She is spending her own money and her rich friend's money to give her team a good salary and a chill work environment. I don't see a problem with that.

Workout tracking is a fun project. It's relatively simple in scope and you can customize it for an audience of 1 -- I did something similar to brush up on RN development: https://w…

There is a difference between "table-stakes" complexity and premature complexity. I'd argue that a simple but sane CI / deployment pipeline takes relatively little work to set up a…

They are using H100s as collateral for a loan to buy... more H100s. Sign of an AI bubble? Nvidia is the real winner here.

The question I ask myself: Is there a large and still-unmet demand for software engineering worldwide. AKA is the market supply-constrained by a large-enough amount? If so, I imagi…

With so many new models being released under different licenses, it's hard to follow and know which models that are state-of-the-art (for example, which open source, commercially-a…

I am sure that’s part of it. Minimum wage jobs are hard. But there are plenty of people who work hard jobs or come from hard situations without turning to crime. Sf does it’s best …

I don’t think this is the full explanation (or even the biggest factor). I have lived in foreign cities with FAR more income inequality than sf, and I never saw the blatant crime I…

I can assure you, the people who are robbing electronics stores are not the ones serving lattes or driving ubers. SF has a huge issue with career criminals. And it’s easy to be one…

The human race is extinct in 30 years? That sounds incredibly alarmist. Could you elaborate on how this realistically happens?

This is a pervasive myth. Young founders get pr because it’s notable and drives clicks, but the average age of a successful founder is older. The average age of a YC founder is 30.…

Unfortunately “protecting ourselves” against these drugs has terrible second-order effects (see war on drugs). Perhaps we should let people buy drugs and bad food but add taxes to …

I worked in the game industry on the business side and saw all salaries. Game developers are paid well under software engineers at “traditional” software companies. Similar softwar…

Too much of anything happens on Twitter. People evolved to resolve conflicts face-to-face. It's so easy to interact on Twitter in a way that very few ever would in "real" life. It …

I think you are right - but only for a specific crowd. The hardcore iron types tend to be serious about fitness, but define fitness narrowly. They fetishize the weightlifting basic…

A good friend was recruited by Meg in Quibi's early days (under 20 employees). Her report to me: 0 customer validation, experimentation, research, etc. She ran for the hills and pr…

Always liked the landing page for: https://www.gradientmetrics.com/

Currently writing a web app to help business owners navigate the Byzantine process of getting federal assistance (US) for Covid-related hardship.

This looks great, looking forward to trying it out. I was a heavy Essbase user at a previous analyst role so working with data as a spreadsheet plugin feels very natural.

We also leveraging the ICHRA, but Savvy works a little differently. Instead of a reimbursement-based approach, where employees pay insurance premiums themselves and submit them for…

Appreciate the tip! Will definitely check out the Justworks onboard flow. I think partnering with payroll vendors would be a great idea.

As long as you are enrolled in health coverage (whether yourself, or on a spouse's plan) you can spend your employer's health funds on dental and vision.

Agreed healthcare is changing. I will say, however, that the ICHRA was one of the few healthcare related initiatives with pretty strong bipartisan support. The SBA (Small Business …