Payton Burdette

Senior software engineer @gitlab working on CI. Founder of (acquired), probably building something.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

I sold my SaaS startup on @acquiredotcom

A thread about how I got here and why I ended up selling. Follow along 👀

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

My second brain I use as a software engineer https://t.co/ojHPFQEmDI

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@susham_y @karpathy This is actually fantastic !

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

After 10+ years as a software engineer, I built a second brain for how I actually work.

Do → Tasks
Think → Thinking Queue
Learn → Knowledge Base
Repeat → Workflows
Shipped → Impact Log
Prove → Brag Doc

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@susham_y Open to ideas for how to incorporate AI here. If anything maybe a prompt library storage system? I wouldn't use that much though personally

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@MKBHD Or am I getting dumber for relying on it too much.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

Today taught me a lesson. Take AI responses with a grain of salt. I tried rubber ducking today on a code problem and the response it gave me made me think “damn you know what you’re talking about”. When in fact I wasted an hour of my life.

[veeeee @veethikaa]

@devpayton and I wrote about the new, much anticipated GitLab Merge Trains visualization which is nowww available in production✨ Now get deeper insight into what your train is up to 🚂🚃🚃🚃
https://t.co/5J312oLAup

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@ElonMNews A: Yes

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@mattpocockuk Why not do both? Then if you don’t like the local hook just use —no-verify

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@KevSlashNull @gitlab 🔥🔥🔥

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@ModernWarzone I need all the help I can get

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@imtyrelchambers I didn’t. I ended up making a video myself.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@saschaeggi @MvRemmerden @gitlab You’ve been killing it! Congrats

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@maskobuilds I got lucky and a TikTok video I made got some traction 💪

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

What do you think the hardest part about building a startup is? For me, it was getting that first initial customer.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@dante_on_mars @acquiredotcom Yes exactly!

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

I sold my SaaS startup on @acquiredotcom

A thread about how I got here and why I ended up selling. Follow along 👀

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@dante_on_mars @acquiredotcom I did transfer it. If you read further up, I talk about it. In short they were in Canada so they have to create a brand new account to enter tax details and setup billing.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@dawgs30436 Everything should stay the same! I’m staying on as an advisor for a while to help the new owners.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

If I ever build another SaaS startup I’ll make sure I have a team to support me for customer support and product. Engineering is fun for me the other stuff not at all.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

@DamjanDano Stripe can’t transfer Link payment info from one account to another.

[Payton Burdette @devpayton]

Long story short, if you plan on selling your startup (like I did) and use Stripe to collect payments. Turn off the ability to accept Link payments. It will save you a lot of headaches when you get ready to transfer over assets.