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The Moderate Stack Rank of Who to Vote for + Other Opinions that Will Get Me in Trouble
The top: Whitmer etc (some middle, battle-ground state democrat) >= John Kasich, Mitt Romney (middle republican)
Jul 23
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Evaluating Supabase
Working on a new app this weekend and through the YC network I’ve heard a lot about Supabase, an open source firebase alternative.
Jul 19
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The Trough of Sorrow
For the past few days I’ve been at the YC summer retreat with a bunch of other founders and partners, networking, talking about early stage startups…
Jul 13
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AI Safety and Simulation Theory
Warning: this is probably my most hairbrain post Say you’re given unlimited compute, and you need to find a way to handle a fast-takeoff scenario for…
Jul 9
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Everything Gets Easier When You Narrow Your ICP
Startup lesson I learned recently that’s really going to stick with me: everything gets easier when you narrow your ICP. I was recently in Brooklyn and…
Jul 6
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Measuring Engineering Productivity in the Age of AI
When you’re running an engineering team, the north star metric for any engineering leader should be developer productivity. The challenge with developer…
Jul 6
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Advocating for a Democratic Primary
Like everyone else, I was watching the debate last week, mostly in shock. One place I agree with both candidates: democracy is on the ballet, and I…
Jul 1
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June 2024
How to Not Kill a Startup: Having Fun and Doing What You Love
Startups suck. Most of the time you’re grinding against something that won’t work. As an engineer, between my time and Coinbase and startups, I’d say…
Jun 27
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Running Through Walls
First heard this saying at Coinbase Ventures when one of the other members of the investment committee was advocating for an investment. “This founder…
Jun 24
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Killing What's "Kinda Working"
Probably the hardest decision of any business is to kill what’s “kinda working.“ I’ve lived through this probably more times than I can even count.
Jun 21
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Craft
I’m a builder at heart.
Jun 20
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Trust and Startup Sales
We’re deep in the sales cycle for Flyflow, trying to close those first 10-20 customers.
Jun 20
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