Roberto Iglesias

Product & Growth

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

@SpaceX @grok is this the third @SpaceX launch today?

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

Inception

[Rob Pruzan @RobKnight__]

Introducing terminal-code: VS Code inside the terminal

- VS Code compatible CLI
- works over ssh
- syncs with your terminal theme

https://t.co/j3HThPdVPw

[Rob Pruzan @RobKnight__]

Introducing terminal-code: VS Code inside the terminal

- VS Code compatible CLI
- works over ssh
- syncs with your terminal theme

https://t.co/j3HThPdVPw

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

so many vibe-coded apps nobody needs 🙋‍♂️
kid solving real problems

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

And so it begins.

[jack @jack]

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.

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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.

first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.

we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.

i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.

a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.

we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.

to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.

to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.

jack

[Naval @naval]

Vibe coding is the new product management.

Training and tuning models is the new coding.

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

CLAUDE CODE IS DOWN 😭 What am I supposed to do, think with my brain? @claudeai

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

Blue Origin has sued the Earth’s atmosphere for making it too difficult to reach orbit

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

Congrats on your $2m seed round. Your small team now only has 3 months of runway after paying for:
- Zendesk
- Carta
- AWS
- Slack
- Figma
- Zoom
- LaunchDarkly
- JIRA
- Amplitude
- Quickbooks
- Twilio
- Sendgrid
- Snowflake
- Gsuite
- 1password

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

Chile’s vaccination campaign is impressive!

This is the average rate of daily vaccinations in EU countries and the US in comparison with Chile – relative to the population of each country and averaged over the last week.

[all our data https://t.co/7lOyDamxxx]

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

@linear_app Hey guys, I’m in love with your product, but I need some of the blue competitor🤮 features like time tracking to ditch them completely and use Linear. Is this on your roadmap?

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

@typeform hola Typeform! How do I change the font color in a button? It is assigned automatically and looks awful!

[MACHBANK @machbankcl]

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[Gus @gusoto]

La cagó lo bien que funciona #MACH 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @somosmach

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

¡Hola @GoogleChile! Solicitamos hace más de 3 semanas el código para verificar nuestro negocio y no nos ha llegado. ¿Tienen alguna otra forma de verificar nuestra dirección?

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

@MyThemeShopTeam Hi, does WP Quiz Pro work with Salient?

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

https://t.co/1aaJkwRYNU

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

@nugrahajutama Hi, im interested in your work. How can i reach you?

[Roberto Iglesias @riglesias_]

Notable ver a @guillier y @sebastianpinera juntos. Que orgullo Chile, un ejemplo de democracia #EleccionesChile2017 #ChileElige