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Engineer

[Paul Graham @paulg]

"I want to work somewhere that values building things more than running meetings, where the founders are still running the company, and there's a small enough number of engineers that you can get things done by talking to people."

— a programmer I'm introducing to startups

[jarrold @jarrold]

@karlseguin Me too! I use it on limited devices and pi-hole for home devices. Just found a list that blocks YouTube ads on smart TVs. Haven’t verified yet.

[choonkeat @choonkeat]

A pretty good visual to communicate “tech debt”

[イリヤ・クブシノブ @Kuvshinov_Ilya]

thinking about this one every day

[John Nejady @JohnNejady]

Oh my sweet summer child.

[jarrold @jarrold]

@sg_gabriel 🙌 I started learning a new language too! Its been years!

[Fred Stevens-Smith @fredsters_s]

being a CEO is basically constantly convincing people that just trying stuff is jedi not idiotic

[jarrold @jarrold]

@cheeaun @UTMapp Cool. Finally got mine. wondering what other cool things to try :)

[jarrold @jarrold]

@karlseguin I added quite a few lists. Been running this a few months now after you mentioned it. Quite amazed that I’m blocking consistently almost close to 20% of requests.

[Matt Mochary @mattmochary]

In a technology-enabled service provider, $1mm of revenue is not the mark of Product-Market Fit. >50% variable margin is. https://t.co/jXI2oC2S9H
Video:
https://t.co/fidp7bUinm

[LifeMathMoney ₿ | Unapologetic Truths. @LifeMathMoney]

Life Advice:

Avoid the temptation to "win the argument".

"That makes sense, you're right. I need to think about it a bit more."

[Mark Suster @msuster]

1/ A thread on "founder types" & how to hire those who complement you

There are no "exact types" of founders but to simplify:
A framework I think most founders broadly fall into:
1. Product centric
2. Tech centric
3. Customer centric

It helps to figure out which you have / are

[DHH @dhh]

Apple really perfected the timing to juice excess Mac upgrades. First, they finally fix the laptop keyboards after half a decade of torment. Then they wait as everyone desperately upgrades such that they can type again. Second, they roll out the M1 revolution...

[Johnny Rodgers @johnnyrodgersis]

A couple Slack themes based on Dieter Rams colour palettes https://t.co/szaXO8sRnZ.

Copy-paste the hex codes into a Slack message and you can switch to that theme. Enjoy!

[jarrold @jarrold]

@karlseguin Cool. Wonder how it compares to something like adguard dns.

[Andrew Wilkinson @awilkinson]

If everyone used this algorithm when requesting a phone call, the world would be a much more efficient place:

[Cristian Strat @cgst]

Here's one thing they don't tell you about perf reviews, career ladders, promos, etc.

Do everything by the book, tie yourself in knots to get the work done _and_ check all the boxes, and all you get is a marginal increase in comp.

[jarrold @jarrold]

These look pretty sweet https://t.co/SBTvsq677z