Adam Surak

No bs engineering leadership @tfh_technology @worldcoin. ex @BeReal_App, @algolia, 🏎️ fan

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Aren’t remote-first companies better positioned to create “agentic company brain” thanks to their writing culture? Or are in-office companies relying on hallway talks, tacit knowledge and “presence” better positioned?

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

I’m still convinced move to self-driving won’t be driven by drivers but by insurance companies. One day you’ll need to pay extra to engage in the extreme activity of driving yourself.

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) is currently ~9x safer than the average human driver

Because of this massive safety advantage, auto insurance providers like Lemonade are now offering Tesla owners up to a 50% discount on their per-mile premiums when FSD is engaged

Choosing Tesla FSD driving is not just safer, but it also directly saves you money

[Hamish Ogilvy @hamishogilvy]

Been saying this for years. Neural chips and GPUs in every pocket and MacBook. They’re currently sitting idle 99%+ of the time. Most tasks don’t need big models…

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Store now, decrypt in 2029

[Haseeb ＞|＜ @hosseeb]

This is wild. Google Research demonstrates a ~20x more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm that could break ECDSA keys within minutes with ~500K physical qubits.

Google is now are more confident on a 2029 post-quantum transition. We are no longer looking at mid 2030s, we could have quantum computers of this scale by the end of the decade.

They believe this result is so severe that they are not publishing the actual circuits. They instead published a ZKP proving that they know of the quantum circuit with these properties. This is very atypical, showing Google thinks this is serious shit.

All blockchains need a transition plan ASAP. Post-quantum is no longer a drill.

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

All workplace, IT and security teams disabling in travel systems layovers in HK? 🤔Is it even possible?

[TravelGov @TravelGov]

Hong Kong: On March 23, 2026, the Hong Kong government changed the implementing rules relating to the National Security Law. It is now a criminal offense to refuse to give the Hong Kong police the passwords or decryption assistance to access all personal electronic devices including cellphones and laptops. This legal change applies to everyone, including U.S. citizens, in Hong Kong, arriving or just transiting Hong Kong International Airport. In addition, the Hong Kong government also has more authority to take and keep any personal devices, as evidence, that they claim are linked to national security offenses. Read more: https://t.co/K5w2tETFu5

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

EU: Code in the morning, meet in the afternoon with US 💪
US: Meet in the morning with EU, code in the afternoon 💪

[Thariq @trq212]

To manage growing demand for Claude we're adjusting our 5 hour session limits for free/Pro/Max subs during peak hours. Your weekly limits remain unchanged.

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[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Who is building self-hosted Github Actions control plane?

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Advent calendar in France 🇫🇷

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

I was betting the outage was caused by Cloudflare migrating their automation to their v5 terraform provider, but Rust memory error was not on my bingo card

[The Lunduke Journal @LundukeJournal]

September, 26: Cloudflare rewritten in “memory safe” Rust.

The change is touted as “faster and more secure” because of Rust.

https://t.co/JqtUziMGpU

November, 18 (53 days later): Cloudflare has a massive outage, which took down large portions of the Internet, because of a memory error… in that Rust code.

https://t.co/jqNoYseJHS

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

First @Google removes our app from Play Store, then @Cloudflare goes down, now @github SSH is down. What else will happen today?

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Going from Munich Airport to Munich Ostbahnhof, type Ost in the S bahn station search and the first option is Ostbahnhof (Berlin)! 🤦‍♂️ @MUC_Airport

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

@Adrian_Smrcek @TeslaMotorsCZ Paříž - Madrid - Ainsa - Besançon - Praha - Znojmo - Paříž -> ~5200km, nabíjení v hotelu přes noc + Tesla SC … zítra jedu Madrid - Paříž na jeden zátah s plně naloženým Y

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

@JonasBadalic I personally don’t like working with 4K on 27”. It’s too small for me. Studio display is 5K, so not apples to Apples. For me 4K works from 32” and up.

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Fresh July 2025 experience quoting software:
- 30% "get quote" or "contact sales" forms don't work
- 80% of vendors don't provide email to send the RFP
- 75% in first response ask questions that are 100% answered in the initial message

Enterprise sales experience still sucks

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Great to see @Tesla using @Windycom to keep on top of weather

[Ashok Elluswamy @aelluswamy]

Robotaxi Launch party 🎉 ❤️

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

@pchamal @worldnetwork @tfh_technology @security_pal Always great to catch up with you! Now I clearly see I need a haircut and stop competing with Yeti ✂️

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

New Pope and IRS 🍿

[Ellen R. Wald Ph.D.🛢 @EnergzdEconomy]

Is no one else fascinated by the tax issues posed by an American Pope?

Is he doesn't relinquish citizenship, can the IRS consider all the Vatican's assets as income or is it just the assets/stipends/housing, etc. he gets as Pope?

Can he possibly file a correct Form 8938?

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

It keeps surprising me that even in 2025, companies like @RevolutApp and @traderepublic based in Europe, force you to close your account and sell all assets if you move to another EU country. @eToro @IBKR @DEGIRO do you have it the same? Need a new home for investing

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

PARAFE at CDG with CZ passport: 3x denied, worked the 4th attempt. We should be able to do better than that @ParisAeroport

[Adam Surak @AdamSurak]

Do I have in my network someone who knows folks at @ornikar ? I have a product feedback as someone who brought car from Spain, registered in France and got to the point where I’m stuck in a loop with the email support. Now threatened to be reported as insurance fraudster