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In the process of recruiting right now and I'm happy to see more and more companies are moving towards non-leetcode style interviews. As a child of the leetcode generation, this go…

Exactly, luck is a necessary but not sufficient condition to success. I've witnessed individuals who were "at the right place and right time" (especially with regard to this recent…

Improvement to story point estimation using LLMs. We're not too far from a world where an AI, starting with a simple ticket, can estimate how difficult that ticket is and then imme…

I'm also curious to see a study focused on psychoactive substances considering their proven track record of 'enhancing creativity'. It's also well known that early silicon valley w…

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After shutting down my startup, I wanted to reflect on what I learned and how I plan to apply that to future jobs.

Tapermonkey script I've been using to make youtube less of a rabbit hole. On the weekdays, it disables everything except new(ish) videos from your subscriptions.

Found this gem of an interview on Medium. Abbie Hoffman was one of the most influential figures in the 60s counter culture. This interview by Keith E. Lee explores his son's views …

Good think we have Chris Pratt as backup

Why oh why are there so many Salesforce APIs

As the founder of an OSS company (granted we're seed stage), moat is becoming more and more of a concern, especially because: 1. There are more saas companies (read: competition) t…

It rarely is - only 1/4th of homeless adults in LA suffer from a severe mental illness [1]. The sad reality is that the difference between the folks you pass by on the street and y…

A lot of founders (including myself) are much more interested in the application of AI internally then as quick low-value feature add. Lots of proprietary internal data, customized…

This is hilarious, I can't tell if this is real or not

I didn't watch the video, but it's well known the forbes 30u30 is self nominating and not nearly as prestigious as many hype it up to be. Forbes has created great brand awareness, …

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