Lou Kosak

Head of Product Eng @Plaid. Tech, climate, politics, new daddy ramblings.

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@CimaronH @ksperling22 @LoschbourStev Darker orange. Red kuri flesh makes unbelievable “pumpkin” pies too, if you roast + purée

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@MattZeitlin And a separate line for people who don’t need to sample ice cream flavors!! I’ll die on this hill.

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

7am SFO -> EWR flight and the young tech bro next to me just started watching Citizen Kane with no headphones

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@ianrtemple Hmm yeah I guess, as you get older, 13.8 billion years just doesn’t seem like that much time? Not even kidding

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

god almighty why don't we have an Ernest Shackleton doc starring Sean Bean yet, they are the same person

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@owroot This explains why the Amalfi coast feel soooo good

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

Anybody else notice that @ezraklein’s facial hair is looking rather Abundant these days?

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@paulg Anyone who has taken a one-year-old to Europe and seen how many hours of entertainment those "flip top" bottle caps provide will disagree with the annoyance point :D

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

Ahhh that’s better

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

Fox homepage nav bar:

- Home
- Trump News
- Flooding
- Radical NYC Candidate

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

Seems legit

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@dorkitude I tried it one time and didn’t know what I was doing and it didn’t work perfectly on the first try. Agentic coding is b.s.

[Zachary Perret @zachperret]

Plaid Effects is today!

Here are some of the big announcements:

1. Plaid Protect is live! Protect is our game-changing anti-fraud model, including the Plaid Trust Index (Ti1)

2. New credit analytics, and also partnerships with Experian, FICO, and more

3. Instant bank payments (via RTP)

4. Bank connections for Business accounts (finally!)

5. Smart payments retries that identify the best time to reattempt a failed transaction

6. Improvements to our ID Verification products to spot deep fakes and AI-generated ID's

7. New Dashboard analytics to optimize Link conversion

8. MCP servers that make building your Plaid integration simple!

… and much more!

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

Etiquette rules that make life more relaxing if you know + observe them:

1. Merge (traffic lanes/lines of people/etc.) like a zipper (one and one)
2. When toasting with > six people, just raise your glass, no need for clinks
3. Middle seat on an airplane gets both armrests

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

so I guess now new iphone = new button. if this trend continues, just imagine how many buttons we will enjoy in a few years

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@spikebrehm Oh yes? Park Slope, perchance?

[Austen Allred @Austen]

Founder mode

https://t.co/XKi2WyjIZ7

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@whelan_boyd @Austen Came here to say this. Incredible story, and well told.

[Lou Kosak @hoverkraft]

@danhilltech Woohoo!