Michael Natkin

VPoE @ Formerly CTO, Also, author of and cookbook of the same name.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@garrytan How do you see this applying to coding agents specifically? E.g. if the error is "you used the wrong slider control, you should have used the one in the components/ directory", it doesn't seem like a deterministic script is really the solution.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

I finally figured out a use case for NFTs. Use them to deliver chain of custody proofs for artisanally hand coded software.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

Reading @bfeld’s excellent new book with a hell of a view #givefirst. I’m especially loving the stories.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

Low-polyamory for @tferriss @kevinrose

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@thepatwalls 4/4 -
Sales Sleuth - research a sales lead before we call them

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@thepatwalls 3/N -
PR Bot - review pitch requests, find ones relevant to Glowforge, write the outreach
Number Cruncher - chat with our Netsuite finance data
Lumina - watch cameras on our factory line for safety, efficiency, and ergonomic opportunities

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@thepatwalls 2/N -
Dolly Grip - all image generators in one UI
Search Superstar - in-house version of deep research, light and less verbose
Brainstormer - think of many options for any problem
Postmortemer - given all the documents, emails, slack convos write postmortem for an incident

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@thepatwalls 1/N -
We've been very busy at @glowforge - a few examples:
Ringmaster - review sales call transcripts and coach our reps
Ringmaster Query - sales manager too to evaluate a database full of transcripts and generate detailed ad hoc reports
Legal Beagle - writes briefs for our GC

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

People keep saying, "The hottest new programming is English." The corollary is that Python/JavaScript/C++/ whatever, is the new assembly language.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@KurtisBlow1 you saved my day. Crabby AF. Prescription: Rappin Blow, The Breaks, Christmas Rappin, Way Out West. All better.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

This is the dawning of the age of Barkevious @keke_mingo

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@DrAndyGalpin I hear you joking about deadlift tabatas, but what do you think about kettlebell swing tabatas, at a weight where I'm gassed after round 8 but able to maintain form?

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

https://t.co/JjfjLXnSCm after a long day of riding zebras

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

. @hubermanlab I understand that daylight might be 100k lux and my house might be 2k - but doesn't our iris adjust so the retina gets about the same amount of light either way? How does the SCN even know the actual number of photons?

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

. @DrAndyGalpin in a 3x5 workout done for strength, what is the indicator to add more weight next session?

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

@emollick Makes a lot of intuitive sense. It is going to be way easier to improve my jump shot than @StephenCurry30 's.

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

. @tferriss I heard you and @bgurley reference "strong opinions, loosely held" at @sxsw. I was 10000% on SOLH for most of my life, but have totally changed my my mind: https://t.co/8F5JU8s53x

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

This is what we've been working on at @glowforge for the past couple of years. I'm so excited to finally be able to talk about it! Aura is awesome, it is going to open the world of user-friendly craft lasers to millions more people. https://t.co/RzGesmxBYI #glowforgeaura

[Michael Natkin @michaelnatkin]

. @OverheardSEA “Artesian? What kind of food is that, Robert?”