aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon

ex-twitter, responsible ml. actively doing a midlife crisis. beep boop computers. my api spazzes out a lot.

he/him

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

starry pics from last night at summit lake and mount evans. #MilkyWay

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

i'll add $$$

[ruchowdh.bsky.social @ruchowdh]

If anyone still at Twitter is going to this stupid “code review” by El Musko I will pay you cash money to walk in there with a document in binary and present in earnest about the hardcoreness of your code.

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

@snowman aww, thank you jim. 💙

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

my most salient line of code? never heard of it

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

the secret to making tweets viral:

brands, dunk on musk

[👸🏼🙄 Fiona @notFromShrek]

Step 1 of online brand-management is to, like, not personally reply to everyone who hates you to let them know that they’ve successfully hurt your feelings.

[Laura Gao ☕️ @heylauragao]

Twitter employees take pride in being able to speak up to power, the same principle this platform was built on. 2 yrs ago, I openly criticized execs for their lack of diversity. Instead of firing me, they reached out directly and ran focus groups with women and folks of color.

[Mike Cvet @mikecvet]

It’s hard for people on the outside to appreciate how nonsensical this selective “policy” enforcement is. The team responsible for the serving of 10MM+ tweets / second for internal and user-facing use cases is down to like 2 people. Good luck shipping basically… anything?

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

@imightbemary underrated tweet

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

looking for this guy; easy to spot walking around HQ

[Steve Krenzel @stevekrenzel]

And, for the any employees still at Twitter, don’t underestimate the power of a pocket veto.

Sometimes it doesn’t work out, or you have to escalate and risk it back firing, but a good pocket veto is a tool to learn to wield well.

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

@aowSec oh dang you're stuck inside?

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

late but the depth of this analysis has as much depth as his faux spirituality did. fuck off with this shit

[jack @jack]

Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment. I realize many are angry with me. I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation: I grew the company size too quickly. I apologize for that.

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

@shaayohn sayan, this is extremely sweet. you've been an ally throughout and pushed me to grow and lifted up everyone around you. <3

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

🫡 💙
i have little else to say that hasn't already been said. 5+ years at twitter trying to affect change in a positive way, working with some wonderful people along the way

[Meg Young @megyoung0]

Losing the META team is a deep loss to the field. It is inexpressible. In awe of @ruchowdh @KLdivergence @binary_aaron @__lucab @ubiquity75 @if_peradejordi who are the most kind and grounded human beings I’ve ever met, even as the magnitude of their work impact is staggering.

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

i keep thinking of my fellow tweeps who have worked so hard to make this platform and the company behind it better in so many ways.

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

so much life has happened during this time. we've all met lifelong friends (and sometimes more 😉) at the tweet factory and i hope for the good of the world that it either somehow manages to be better or just shuts down.

[👸🏼🙄 Fiona @notFromShrek]

Quitting Twitter Inc earlier this year is like graduating high school and feeling a bit sad but like, nostalgic, and then a few months later your high school explodes.

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

@dronshaw what? recently? i saw them in like 2005 and it was really special

[aaron is vibe shifting to mastodon @binary_aaron]

do you consider Modest Mouse and At The Drive In "emo" or something else? seems like there is debate. (I don't, always sorta thought they were post-hardcoreish)