Alex Austin

Exploring new ideas. Prev. Branch CEO/cofounder. Constructed from remnants of HAL 9000 and Optimus Prime.

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@thsottiaux I would like to see Codex prompt the model to take a step back and make sure we have the right architectural approach every so often. I’ve seen it rabbit hole trying to force a bad design for a long time in a few instances

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@thsottiaux 1. Ability to add folders to context rather than just files.
2. Some indication of when context is close to max before it starts failing

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@nicochristie @nicochristie send a code? have a couple pe friends who are interested. Looks awesome.

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@shaoruu @cursor_ai Bigger request: better auto suggest for adding files to context. Basically, any project import at the top of the file should be ranked highly or auto suggested for adding to context

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@shaoruu @cursor_ai Small nit: when you select a block of code, add to context, then immediately trigger a new chat, it wipes the selection in the new chat context. Maybe personal preference, but I continuously expect that highlight to carry to the new chat since the code is still highlighted

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@FzlipeAIO @trydealdog I've been building a search quality & analytics platform @ https://t.co/aGvHbOyKHc. Would love your feedback if you think it can help future iterations!

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

This is interesting. DOJ is talking about a product called Branch, which was a search product to look on the phone, not the web. Google explicitly prohibited AT&T and Samsung from integrating Branch's search tools.

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@Austen A day in the life of on-call rotation for a growth stage infrastructure company

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@_markvaldez @BNarasin This swag is definitely pre-raise. More money = worse swag

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@MishaalRahman Hiya

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@eric_seufert Maybe routing all mobile internet traffic through a few, centralized computers was as unrealistic as it appeared from the start.

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@GreenfieId @Thomasbcn @branchmetrics @alexdbauer @mada299 You'll understand soon

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@benedictevans Smartphones are not done.

[Alex Bauer @alexdbauer]

A few retrospective @branchmetrics IDFA Apocalypse graphs, looking back from the five-month mark:

🔹ATT consent rates are eerily stable since July.
🔹iOS 14.5+ adoption is 89%.
🔹iOS 15 (released yesterday) is already over 6%.

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[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

In my day, platform monopolies only cost a nickel.

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

"Fortnite" developer Epic Games unsealed details about contracts it alleges Alphabet's Google signed with phone makers and other top video game companies to avoid losing $1.1 billion in annual app store profit https://t.co/WHSZxEyCQs @peard33

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@mkatz0630 those logo rights must have been expensive

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@eric_seufert Common confusion here: AMM terms dictate what MMPs can share with advertisers, and not what MMPs receive from Facebook. The restriction is that advertisers will no longer be eligible to receive user-level data (similar to impression change early last year).

[Joanne Yuan @joanneyuanyuan]

Companies outside of the Silicon Valley venture track have lots of potential but seek a different type of partner. I shared with @restofworld why there's opportunity hiding in plain sight: https://t.co/6kCbN90VwX

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

Follow the money https://t.co/YSm6StjPU6

[Alex Austin @illustriousalex]

@mhbergen “It’s day 2 on Android, Jeff”