Guna Prasaad

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[Vipul Venkataraman @VenkatVipul]

Very much disagree with this take. A case for why it is in fact the 30s that could be one's best decade:

1. You are married. One of the most important and consequential decisions of your life is behind you, which is great! You can look forward now

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[Stephane Kasriel @skasriel]

📢 @WhatsApp Singapore users can now pay local businesses for goods and services seamlessly and securely right within a WhatsApp chat.

[Guna Prasaad @gunaprsd]

@kriti_kg @HarvardHBS Congrats @kriti_kg

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Thread: some still open contradictions in my thoughts and my values, that I have been thinking about but still don't feel like I've fully resolved.

[John Luttig @absoluttig]

the pandemic brought unprecedented volatility to the tech industry: exponential demand, 100x ARR valuations, easy money, meme investing.

but with two years of hindsight, what has changed?

I wrote about tech’s reversion to the mean here: https://t.co/uNHYqUDDjN

[Andy Pavlo (@andypavlo.bsky.social) @andy_pavlo]

After 7yrs of research, @danavanaken + I are announcing that the commercial version of OtterTune is now available. This is a new easy-to-use SaaS for automatically optimizing @PostgreSQL + @MySQL configurations. See our inaugural blog post for more info: https://t.co/IC2SIvqOdJ

[delian @zebulgar]

25 years ago my family moved to US w/ $500

Now Im a homeowner in a city thats majority-immigrant

This year immigrants invented mRNA vaccine technology & heavy lift reusable rockets

Anyone that tries to tell you America isn't the greatest fucking country on Earth is delusional

[Naval @naval]

Eventually, everybody will be in the creator economy.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Silicon Valley has remained one of the most unequal regions in the U.S. -- and for many midlevel engineers, food truck workers and longtime residents, it has become increasingly inhospitable. https://t.co/ix8FXtluGG

[WhatsApp @WhatsApp]

A gente sabe que vocês estavam esperando por isso. Pagamentos no WhatsApp começa hoje a ficar disponível pelo 🇧🇷. Para saber mais: https://t.co/O3l4UJOfXl

[Dr. Balaji Viswanathan @balajivis]

What I want the Government of India to do.

[10-K Diver @10kdiver]

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Get a cup of coffee.

In this thread, I'll walk you through the basics of leverage -- in our personal lives and in the companies we invest in.

[Guna Prasaad @gunaprsd]

Long overdue! Their contribution to the field of Programming Languages is irreplaceable and laid the foundation to most of what the field is today! https://t.co/Fw9rkGDsav

[Badrish Chandramouli @badrishc]

Read about Netherite, our new backend for Azure Durable Functions that uses the FASTER key-value store and persistent log (https://t.co/ijcjDP6TPk) for high-performance logging and state management, as well as for quickly recoverable larger-than-memory state support!

[*tess @ptr]

Here's some bad advice for new PMs: "The job of the PM is not to be liked." It's usually followed by, "the job of the PM is to ensure the goals of the business are achieved." If you're just starting out, this is one of the worst things you could possibly internalize.

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

If a smart person is not a good problem solver, he/she are incorrectly identified as smart.

If a good problem solver is not identified as smart, he/she will be misunderstood till they end up doing well in life.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Met a guy who's considered a "successful founder" today:

▫️ has never sold a company

▫️ last started a co when Bush was president

▫️ hasn't raised a VC round in a decade

▫️ no rolling fund

▫️ doesn't live in Miami

I don't know how Mark Zuckerberg gets away with it

[Guna Prasaad @gunaprsd]

A very insightful dive into the tech world through the lens of 2020 and beyond by @benedictevans

https://t.co/taPxPr7wx0

[Brian Wallach @bsw5020]

If I get 1 viral tweet in life I hope this is it.

My wife married an athlete, who had limitless energy and was a true partner. Then came ALS and she had to dress, shower and care for me. She has borne these burdens with incredible courage and strength.

I love you @sabrevaya.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Because deep learning is so empirical, success in it is to a large extent proportional to raw experimental throughput - the ability to babysit a large number of experiments at once, staring at plots and tweaking/re-launching what works. This is necessary, but not sufficient.