Jad Boutros

Founder & CEO at TerraTrue. Ex-CSO at Snap, Ex-Google. Passionate about security & privacy. My thoughts are my own.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@awerhun Thank you for the callout, Ashley. It is always a pleasure to chat with you, and to be connected on this shared founder journey.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

Except for the ones that AI is introducing 😁

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Every single security hole discovered by AI was already there.

[Infos Liban - FR @InfosLiban]

Nous nous excusons d'avance si nous sortons de notre registre habituel, factuel et direct, en laissant transparaître nos sentiments.
Ce sont nos grands-parents, nos oncles et tantes, nos cousins et cousines, nos amis qui sont massacrés aujourd'hui au Liban.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

There are truly a lot of disgusting things in the world of today but reading about babies being tortured to get confessions from their parents is way up there.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The conflict in the Middle East has gone too far.

My message to the US & Israel is that it’s high time to end the war – as human suffering deepens, civilian casualties mount & the global economic impact is increasingly devastating.

My message to Iran is to stop attacking their neighbors that are not parties to the conflict.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

It doesn’t take more than a little bit of heart to feel sorrow at the loss of so many innocent people—and particularly children—anywhere, including Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, Israel and increasingly around the world. Really appalling.

[Maria Dubovikova @politblogme]

One of the most heartbreaking examples of nonverbal communication to emerge from Iran.
I cannot call this a mere propaganda piece. It is the unbearable truth, laid bare through the profound art of cinematography and animation.

[Maria Dubovikova @politblogme]

One of the most heartbreaking examples of nonverbal communication to emerge from Iran.
I cannot call this a mere propaganda piece. It is the unbearable truth, laid bare through the profound art of cinematography and animation.

[Ujjwal Chadha @ujjwalscript]

Unpopular Opinion: We aren't building the future 10x faster with AI. We are just generating legacy code 10x faster.

Everyone is currently bragging about developer velocity. "I built this entire backend in a weekend!" "AI wrote 80% of my codebase!"

But here is the reality check we are ignoring: Code is a liability, not an asset.

If an AI tool spits out 1,000 lines of functional boilerplate in five seconds, that is still 1,000 lines that a human being has to read, review, secure, and maintain when the dependencies inevitably break next year.

We are treating code generation like a pure productivity win, but we are optimizing for the wrong metric. The bottleneck in software engineering was never how fast we could type. The bottleneck has always been comprehension, architecture, and maintenance.

If we don't shift our focus from "generation speed" to "architectural sanity," the tech debt of the next five years is going to be an absolute, unmaintainable nightmare.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@RepOgles You are the one who doesn’t belong in American society.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@filipe_almeida @openclaw Nice, Filipe! I see you’re building towards your health agent / advisor that keeps you running (and sleeping) optimally. 👏

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@taviso @XorNinja @calif_io I thought you were going to rest for a little bit, what was I thinking? 😀 — Congratulations to you, and Thai!

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@taviso You are one of a kind Tavis, with an incredible run at Google! Hope you get to unwind a bit and I am sure your journey ahead will not cease to amaze.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@DanielLurie That’s an exciting update! We had several dangerous close calls while walking on Embarcadero.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

Tonight we pour one to Boulettes Larder in the Ferry Building. We left for a week, came back to find it closed. The staff was always super kind, particularly with our baby, and the chef constantly changed the menu trying new items in season. We will miss them.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

Google is living in the future.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

Stay safe everyone around Santa Monica 🙏

[City of Santa Monica @santamonicacity]

City of Santa Monica is issuing an Evacuation Order for all areas of the city north of San Vicente. Evacuation Order: Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW. The area is closed to public access.

Updates: https://t.co/BTF6UsEbYG

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@lcamtuf Ha ha. I drive less than 3,000 miles/year because I walk nearly everywhere I need to go.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@lcamtuf Too soon to suggest you return to California? I promise it is not that bad.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@VP I am sure Lebanon would prefer the U.S. keeps the money but prevents the use of weapons that brought down all the buildings in Beirut to rubble.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

@bdowney It plays well in the narrative of today, as an added justification as to why companies are streamlining. More companies today are having to focus on margins. When that changes, the narrative will evolve to how founders are great at hiring and delegating.

[Jad Boutros @secplusplus]

I don’t think founder mode would have had this positive reception in the most recent ZIRP era when hiring and funding were plentiful. But now…

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Founder Mode: https://t.co/3hOnlKOJBi