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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Grok now on Databricks

[Nikita | Scaling Postgres @nikitabase]

Agentic coding changes infrastructure requirements. This what is means for databases.

Every service will have these capabilities over time.

https://t.co/vcZH7XQvpK

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@joeroganhq Quick summary - https://t.co/kj8ff183aR

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@awilkinson https://t.co/t61GAuXWUE for automated YouTube personalized podcasts

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@passportprofit I almost skipped this episode, but found it really enjoyable. Good call outs below on the highlights.

Also, here's a 2 min summary for those still on the fence about watching/listening to it

https://t.co/bxs2VdVQ9p

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@MatthewBerman Loved @MatthewBerman's breakdown of this video. I'd encourage everyone to check it out in full on X or youtube.

Here's a 2 min summary, which hopefully encourages you to invest the time into the full video.

https://t.co/S9vB2K3y9Z

[10words @10words_io]

AI that listens to your content & creates audio summaries - @mydailypod https://t.co/TyZ6BmL1FG

[Siqi Chen @blader]

openai monday predictions:

- gpt4-lite: drop in gpt-3.5 replacement

- gpt4-auto: new model endpoint that automatically retrieves data from web, internal data integrations to augment responses (“not a search engine”)

- gpt4-lite-auto: same but with the lite model instead

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My morning routine @pigpenblue

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

What will TED look like in 40 years? For #TED2024, we worked with artist @PaulTrillo and @OpenAI to create this exclusive video using Sora, their unreleased text-to-video model. Stay tuned for more groundbreaking AI — coming soon to https://t.co/YLcO5Ju923!

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Want to get more out of your data? Learn how to harness the power of data management by investing in skilled Databricks talent and how @Smoothstack helps companies reach their tech goals. https://t.co/7FTjIK5TYB #Databricks

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Data is currency. If you aren’t maximizing your data effectively and quickly, you’ll fall behind. In my new blog post, @Smoothstack’s @Databricks I cover the benefits of supercharging your #data with Databricks-skilled talent. https://t.co/Ck7ZTOJ3uf

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@cockpunch welp...now I got weekend plans

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@pigpenblue

[LangChain @LangChain]

⛓️Blockchain Document Loader

Using @AlchemyPlatform APIs under the hood, you can now load information about various blockchains

Thanks to Jon Saginaw for adding!

Docs: https://t.co/aIuNBPU5ax

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

Exactly 25 years ago today - on April 14th, 1998, at 8am in the morning, Eric Meyer leaned forward, tapped a few keys on his laptop, and launched Netflix to the world.

That first day was a long one.  We crashed our servers. Ran out of mailing labels.  Scrambled to get everything to the post office in time.  But we ended that day with 200 customers.

Today, Netflix has more than 200 million of them.

Starting with a dozen people squeezed into a tiny office with dirty green carpet, Netflix now has more than 10,000 employees.  It has customers in nearly every country in the world.  It produces it’s own movies.  It makes it own television shows.  It’s brought the world “Netflix and Chill”.  (And I promise, I never saw that last one coming).

25 years ago, we simply believed there “had to be a better way” to rent movies, but along the way we ended up not just changing the way the world consumes content, but how that content is created.

We started out just wanting to enjoy work, and ended up showing it was possible to build a culture based on radical honesty, freedom and responsibility.

But looking back, I know it could have gone very differently.

- What if the DVD had gone the way of the LaserDisc? (Don’t know what a LaserDisc is? My point exactly!)
- What if Reed and I had accepted Amazon’s offer?
- What if Blockbuster had said yes to our $50 million ask?

I can point to hundreds of other forks in the road that may have made the difference between success and failure.  Each of them reminds me of the importance that luck plays in every success story.  (And the role that survivor bias has in the fact that I’m the one telling it).

Speaking of luck, what about the people?  Would any of this have happened without the right startup team?  Without Christina Kish?  Te Smith?  Jim Cook?  Eric Meyer?  Mitch Lowe?

Where would Netflix be if PureAtria had not acquired Integrity QA; the lucky break that resulted in me sharing an office - and a carpool - with a guy named Reed Hastings.

And what would have happened had we not stumbled - more than a year and half into our journey - onto the no-due-dates, no late-fees subscription model that ended up saving us?

It’s been an amazing ride, and at the beginning, all I wanted to do was start a company that sold something on the internet.  I ended up with so much more than that.

As Netflix closes out it’s first 25 years - and hopefully kicks off it’s next hundred - I’ve never been prouder of what Netflix has become.

And I’m proud of everything that we accomplished.  We started out wanting to solve an interesting problem, and ended up proving that a handful of people with a crazy idea and a bit of determination can change the world.

But I’m proudest of the fact that I didn’t listen when everyone - and I mean everyone - told me “That Will Never Work”.

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@BryanCafferky @BryanCafferky stumbled upon your content. Great stuff, and would be interested in all things Databricks REST API and CLI

[Scott David Meyer @MrScottMeyer]

Visionaries see where tech is going and build to its logical conclusion.

Bezos -> Internet = infinite shelf space
Randolph (Netflix) -> internet = entertainment decopuled from time

Who's looking at end game of education?

AI + web3 = personalized, credentialed learning paths.

[The Verge @verge]

Apple may finally debut its mixed reality headset this spring https://t.co/ut4p1IjfYS

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Things that didn’t exist on Christmas 20 years ago:

iPhone
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
TikTok
Android
Bitcoin
Tesla
iPad
Gmail
Netflix streaming
Amazon Prime
Slack
Reddit
Etsy
WhatsApp
Messenger
Google Maps
Snapchat
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Chrome
Zoom
Skype
Spotify
Airbnb
Uber

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@tferriss @cockpunch An impression'ism of my cock