Robert Fidler

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@pourteaux enjoyed a fun/silly day trip to chongqing from chengdu but yea the place is a dump and chengdu rocks

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@ryanflorence just learned also if you set size=1 on chrome it also does nice UX

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@ryanflorence The UX is actually really good on iOS

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@RhysSullivan I find it really hard to read, feels like essentially a different language. I love Effection though, gives you structured concurrency but it's still just Typescript https://t.co/UxPLWWc3WE

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@threepointone @_ChrisCovington @0xblacklight would have discovered earlier if I hadn't been allergic to Effect, but found Effection (https://t.co/UxPLWWc3WE) which I love, fits way better in the JS/TS ecosystem instead of creating a new programming language. they have an ootb websocket API also https://t.co/deredCCBMg

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@threepointone @_ChrisCovington @0xblacklight forgive me if you're already familiar but I was also writing some hairy websocket/async code recently and ended up discovering/using "structured concurrency" instead of state machines, it's kinda like React for async code

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@_rrdelaney @StatisticsFTW Managed to build a pretty clean Next.js w/ RSC integration a while ago (https://t.co/YwNZuHDYF9), used it to make a Shopify site for a friend (https://t.co/MLtjd0NW5V). Didn’t get server<->client handoff quite where I wanted it tho

[TBPN @tbpn]

CEO @Julie_Bush_ explains the mission of @valinortech:

"We're trying to be Berkshire Hathaway for defense tech."

"We're holding product companies, usually software and software-defined hardware. We started a little over a year ago, and today we have five publicly-launched product companies."

"We're tackling everything from power systems for unmanned autonomous systems to combat casualty care. So, think about parts of the market that are really, really critical, but where there hasn't been innovation in decades."

[Valinor Enterprises @valinortech]

Warfare is changing fast: drone swarms, hypersonic weapons, autonomous systems.

To ensure survivability, our medical capabilities must keep pace.

Valinor Harbor delivers mission-ready medicine where it's needed most.

[Valinor Enterprises @valinortech]

Meet the Valinor team and check out our careers page for more openings!

https://t.co/s44xIgt8O4

[alice ma @alicemama15]

thanks @theinformation for featuring @madrealities !

“We are building the airplane as the Titanic is sinking,” Ma said, referring to traditional Hollywood. “Network executives need to evolve into a new paradigm.”

[Julie Bush @Julie_Bush_]

We are thrilled to introduce @valinortech to the world! Valinor is a first-of-its-kind company providing a go-to-market engine for the world’s best technologists building products for defense, the broader U.S. Government, and our allies. See more below on why we are doing this:

Despite more than $52 billion dollars in private funding that has been collectively poured into top defense and government tech companies, only $22 billion in federal funding has been awarded to the companies in this ecosystem, and more strikingly, 81% of the total amount awarded by the U.S. Government, and 65% of DoD-awarded funding, went to a single company, SpaceX (SVDG, 2024). This is not sustainable.

Why is this happening? While the startup community attracts the best talent and builds the most innovative products, technologists often fall into what many call “the Field of Dreams fallacy”, believing that if you build it, the contracts will come. In practice, building and selling technology to defense and government is incredibly challenging, requiring credible feedback from end users in the field, accreditation and clearances, flexible procurement strategies, and a deep understanding of the human terrain at all levels. The go-to-market is often an afterthought, leading to companies getting stuck on R&D dollars while struggling to convert efforts into long term, budgeted programs.

What does this mean for Defense, Intelligence, and Civilian missions? The best products often never make it into the hands of the operators that desperately need the latest capabilities to fulfill their mission. Our country is facing unprecedented challenges on multiple fronts from defense to healthcare to infrastructure, but government processes such as procurement drown out the voice of the operator. It is critical that we change this paradigm now.

In May, after more than a decade of launching businesses with brilliant engineers at Palantir, and driving more than $2B in net new USG revenue, I decided it was time to give back. I want to spend my time making the world a safer place with the smartest people I know, especially now that I have two young daughters. I believe there are better ways to identify critical mission gaps, fulfill these important needs, and drive sustainable gov focused businesses, while ensuring technologists lead the vision and retain outsized ownership in the products that drive impact for the world.

I’m thrilled to be on this journey with @mcan_cath

Thank you to our strategic partners @PalantirTech @anduriltech and Helsing, and explicitly @ssankar @SchimpfBrian and @torstenreil who are committed to Valinor and our mission to bridge the gap between the best builder talent and the government, and @teresacarlson @zoink Veronica Daigle Pete Sorrentino Katherine Gordon @bobbyfidz Kurt Freshley @mttgrmm Matt Steckman Joe Larson Parag Shah Matt Van Sant @matthewb417572 @scott_sanderssb for your support in our earliest days.

Valinor is proud to be founded in partnership with @foundersfund @RedCellPartners and @generalcatalyst. Thank you @traestephens @grantverstandig and @paulkwan , who had an original vision to find a better way to equip, support, and sustain gov and defense tech builders.

Are you a world class hardware or software engineer seeking to build better products for defense, intelligence, or civilian government missions? Build with us. Visit https://t.co/qkrblETyGW for more information.

[Robert Fidler @bobbyfidz]

@petewilz Actual take here is less about granularity of compute and more about overhead https://t.co/pJDbTD3u5H