Shreyas Damle

Security @rippling. Previously @coinbase, @amazon Opinions are my own

[Matt MacInnis @stanine]

This is the biggest product payload of my career. Data Cloud morphed from a BI platform into an insane AI data machine over the last 2.5 years.

[Parker Conrad @parkerconrad]

We launched Rippling Data Cloud today - an all-in-one rebuild of the modern data stack, with AI deeply integrated throughout.

Why would you want an org-and-employee-centric data stack? Well, here’s how I used Rippling Data Cloud to help with token burn and cut AI slop. 1/

https://t.co/2rhp8x3KVn

[Deedy @deedydas]

Most software engineers are facing an identity crisis bordering on depression.

As CTOs aggressively evangelize tokenmaxxing, a class divide ensues.

The lazy. The lazy push code. They don't write it. They don't manually test it. They don't even read it. They're on autopilot. See Jira ticket, prompt for task, submit code. Many of them are barely on their computer the whole day. A comment on the PR asking why they did this? The lazy ask AI. A Slack message? The lazy ask AI. Need to prepare for standup? The lazy ask AI. As long as it sounds enough like them and isn't detected. Some of the lazy are even overemployed, and work multiple jobs. The lazy smart ones get away with this, and even rewarded. After all, software engineering for the lazy is just a dance to convince your colleagues you're smart and hard working.

The craftsmen. The craftsmen are tired. Very tired. 15 PRs in queue. Slack blowing up. The entire burden of review falls on the craftsman. The burden of understanding. They try. They work their way through the code, thoughtfully commenting to improve what ships. The response? A lazy: "That's a clever idea! You're absolutely right." with an incorrect change. It's fine, the craftsman says. I can fix them. They write a doc urging his colleagues to be better. The next day? 20,000 line PR to review. Day after day, their workload grows. Bugs seep into production. No one seems to care. Another round of AI is thrown at it. Their animosity to their colleagues rises. Eventually, they give up. It's just not what it used to be. The craft they loved is dead. They eventually wake up, a lazy.

This isn't all companies. Many companies are genuinely more productive, adopt the right set of principles and practices around AI development and have highly talented teams that trust each other. It tends to happen in bigger companies that are 10+yrs old with a higher talent variance. But it happens. A lot.

[Parker Conrad @parkerconrad]

Rippling AI was the most successful launch we've ever done. On the heels of this launch, Rippling's revenue is now growing 78% YoY (at ARR over $1 Billion). And this growth rate has now increased, every quarter, for three straight quarters.

[Parker Conrad @parkerconrad]

Rippling launched its AI analyst today. I'm not just the CEO - I'm also the Rippling admin for our co, and I run payroll for our ~ 5K global employees.

Here are 5 specific ways Rippling AI has changed my job, and why I believe this is the future of G&A software. 🧵 1/n

[Tyler Bruno @tylerbruno05]

Patrick Collison on how to change the world

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

Gukesh defeats Alireza Firouzja in the penultimate round of the Candidates Tournament, now taking sole lead!

Gukesh played a phenomenal game with the White pieces to take down Alireza Firouzja. This game was a huge fight - Gukesh actually got a worse position out of the opening, but kept fighting and managed to equalize. After the first time control, the position still remained complex.

Gukesh showcased his endgame prowess here! Alireza made a wrong decision to trade the Queens, and Gukesh didn't miss this chance - he wonderfully converted to a win.

With this win, Gukesh is the sole leader of the FIDE Candidates Tournament with 8.5/13 points! He will face Hikaru Nakamura with the Black pieces in the final round tomorrow.

Photos: Michal Walusza, Maria Emelianova

#chess #chessbaseindia #GukeshFTW #Candidates2024

[Shreyas Damle @shreyas_rd]

If you are interested in reading more, you can dive into our complete strategy and explore the decisions that I made to shape our approach to AWS security and productivity in our latest blog post.
👉 https://t.co/Cfmzd6mNWZ
#AWS #CloudSecurity #Rippling #DevSecOps

[Shreyas Damle @shreyas_rd]

One of the things that I love the most about working at @Rippling is the scale of the problems I get to solve. Check out my blog-post about implementing secure human access for @awscloud at scale without impacting developer productivity.
https://t.co/Cfmzd6mg7r

[Shreyas Damle @shreyas_rd]

3. Data-driven phased team onboarding of teams without impacting business processes and team productivity
4. Monitoring & logging systems - augmented with proactive controls for a fortified security posture

[Shreyas Damle @shreyas_rd]

@MonosTravel received my order and noticed a mix-up. I ordered two check-in bags: one gray, one ocean blue, but got two gray ones instead. Can you help resolve this quickly? I'd love to exchange one gray bag for the ocean blue one I originally ordered. Thanks!

[Matt MacInnis @stanine]

Our customers' employees were getting paid. No. matter. what.

https://t.co/ODViaaFsDx

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Argentina wins the World Cup!!!!!!

Messi is the greatest of all time!!

Legendary player. Legendary game. The greatest sporting event I've ever seen in my life.

I love you all!!!!!!!!!!

[Shreyas Damle @shreyas_rd]

🤯🤯🤯

[Sam Altman @sama]

today we launched ChatGPT. try talking with it here:

https://t.co/uWra8LKFMN