fun interview. we cover:
- story of muse
- why my 19th bday attendees are now all billionaires
- diamond mining vs building skyscrapers
- my 200+ direct reports
The "whiteboard defense:" I should be able to pull you aside at any moment and ask you to explain any customer-facing system you've shipped. You should be able to clearly explain how it works and defend the decisions you made. This is my benchmark for responsible AI usage.
I don't expect line-level familiarity with the code. I don't care if you remember the exact function name or implementation detail. You may not even know it. I don't care.
But if I ask "why did you do X instead of Y?", "what happens if this actor behaves maliciously?", "what data structure did you use here and why?", or "where does this fail?" you should be able to answer confidently.
For PoCs, demos, experiments, whatever: I don't care. Generate 100% of it and understand none of it. Speed over quality every time in those specific scenarios.
But if you're shipping customer-facing work, you can't be shipping things you don't understand at a high level.
Happy holidays friends!!
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It’s Day 1 of @WordCampUS and we’re thrilled to be here! Come by our booth to learn about our latest products and chat with our team. We can’t wait to meet you! #WCUS#WordPress
@adamwathan Walk to your local cafe. Even if you spend $5, that’s 1500 coffees (+ exercise)… about 4y+ of supporting your local business. Buy a KeepCup and you’re good to go.
For all followers today:
- Inside the Twitter meltdown
- Elon is speaking. VPs are resigning. Is bankruptcy next?
- Good Doja Cat tweet
https://t.co/sGkZ5xtVZw
Good episode of @TheTalkShow from @Gruber@viticci where they spoke about the #Apple#AppStore and #Ads. Got me thinking about some discussions from university days… 1/ Operating systems are a relationship between its author and users.
6/ #AppStore shouldn't try to to monetise early ideas just because the operating system itself has hit a point of slowing growth. Only way to get continued growth and revenue is to let developers and users leverage the ecosystem in weird and wonderful ways.