John Lilly

This & that. But I don't come here too much these days...

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

@BenBajarin June is perma-MFBT. NBA Finals, World Cup games. Summertime.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

Game 1. LFG

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

It's a huge privilege to get to work with incredible entrepreneurs who are making real progress on some of the world's most urgent problems. (And a huge privilege to get to work on it with this team @gigascale.)

[Mike Schroepfer @schrep]

1/ Today we're announcing Gigascale Capital's $250M first institutional fund to back early-stage founders rebuilding the physical economy.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

Go Spurs Go

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

Hope that corgi knows what he’s doing

[Dylan Field @zoink]

"Design vs code" is a false dichotomy.

What we're working towards at Figma: freeform design AND prototyping with code AND shipping to production

... all in one connected, collaborative and visual first platform.

[Figma @figma]

Figma Make, now on your local code

In limited beta starting today, you can visually edit and ship changes by connecting Make to your codebase

At Figma, we use our products to design in every way: design layers, prototypes, and now, production code

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

I love Wemby so much

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

@BenBajarin yep

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

🎯🎯🎯

[Aditya Agarwal @adityaag]

4 thoughts on early-stage hiring:

1/ If an engineer is trying to pick between a pre Series-B company and a BigCo/BigLab --> stop talking to them immediately. They are clearly not ready for a startup.

2/ If someone isn't willing to take a 70% cash paycut (relative to BigCo/BigLab) --> stop talking to them immediately. They will be unhappy/stressed.

3/ You learn a lot about a candidate during the negotiation/closing process. Do not be afraid to walk away if you get new information.

4/ Startups have zero work-life balance. If you are not willing to put in the hours, you are not in the right headspace to grind.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

Congrats to
@SocketSecurity! Essential company & product. https://t.co/PlxOBXd1VI

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

@iampaulgrewal It’s a lot. Harden was a lot of it.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

This is killer. Amazing.

[Drew Baglino @baglino]

Today at @heronpower we are publishing our vision for how future native 800 VDC data centers will be built.

There's plenty of discussion circulating on 800V data centers, and our work stands apart in two key ways. First, it's an end-to-end blueprint for an AI factory data hall, fully specifying a 12 MW building block with bill of materials, redundancy topology, floor layout, and product specs benchmarked against ERCOT's large load interconnection requirements. Second, it line-item the costs and labor breakdowns per MW for our blueprint compared to traditional 480 VAC builds.

Stacked against today’s tech, Heron’s architecture is 1/3 the MV-to-rack electrical cost, 1/10th the installation labor, and half the inefficiency from grid to chip, unlocking faster, more affordable, gigascale buildouts.

Read the full details here:
https://t.co/qFmzdvRPvw

[Mike Schroepfer @schrep]

This is a big deal. Best way to build faster is less parts and better performance. From the report. 65% lower electrical equipment cost and 90% lower installation labor. Better performance.

This is the way.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

Phew

What a game

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

@bryce Defenses are amazing. Weird shot patterns from both teams as a result. Gonna be great series but also just amazing rivalry for years.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

@bryce Correct.

Love this team so much. Electric.

[John Lilly @johnolilly]

@saranormous This is what they do in Spain and it is incredible