Mark Stetzer

I build teams, software, & Legos. Fueled by coffee. VP of AI @Proofpoint, Founder IndyBigData. Made @RobinNYC laugh in class.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@GergelyOrosz A more appropriate reference would be cloud infrastructure spend - that is absolutely something companies have tried to optimize in the past with varied success. Everyone has stories of teams over spending on infra to try to save time, etc.

[Sam Bowman @sleepinyourhat]

Mythos Preview seems to be the best-aligned model out there on basically every measure we have. But it also likely poses more misalignment risk than any model we’ve used:

Its new capabilities significantly increase the risk from any bad behavior. 🧵

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@simonw Not just the internal security teams, but so many compliance frameworks require code review or it’s what is typically used to satisfy a control. e.g. PCI, SOX, SOC 2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, HIPAA

[malinvestment.jpeg @malinvested]

Of course that's your contention. You're a first-time SaaS bear. You just got finished listening to some podcast, Dario on Dwarkesh, probably. Now you think it’s the end of white collar work and seat-based pricing is screwed. You're gonna be convinced of that til tomorrow when you get to “Something Big is Happening”. Then you’ll install ClawdBot on a Mac Mini, vibe code a dashboard on top of a postgres database and say we’re all just a couple ralph loops away from building a Salesforce competitor. That’s gonna last until next week when you discover context graphs, and then you're gonna be talking about how the systems of record will be disintermediated by an agentic layer and reposting OAI marketing graphics.

“Well, as a matter of fact, I won't, because ultimately the application layer is just ….”

The application layer is just business logic on top a CRUD database. You got that from Satya’s appearance on the BG2 pod, December 2024, right? Yeah, I saw that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or...is that your thing? You get into the replies of anyone posting a SaaS ticker. You watch some podcast and then pawn it off as your own idea just to impress some VCs and embarrass some anon who’s long SaaS? See the sad thing about a guy like you is in a couple years you're gonna start doing some thinking on your own and you're gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life. One: don't do that. And two: you dropped thirty grand on Mac Minis and LLM API calls to come to the same conclusion you could’ve got for free by following a handful of VC accounts.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@arvont Take all the CTE-inducing action of NFL football, remove the protective gear. What could possibly go wrong?

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@echen So many parallels in this area: Give users what they WANT or what they NEED?
When surveyed people will say they watch high-brow TV or read thoughtful books, etc. but they lie and providers know this. It’s a race to the bottom there and it seems like it will be here as well.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@nkellyIN @LeslieABonilla @SmithCaseyA Wishing you a speedy recovery!

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@nkellyIN They are such a wonderful family - thank you @JimDeBrosse and Niki & team for covering this terrible, preventable tragedy.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

By this same logic, making an explicit choice to pursue ZIRPy policy also should not count as inflation. So what was everyone up in arms about the past few years?

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Inflation is a term for a broad increase in the price level. There's no magic exemption because you intentionally pursued a dumbass set of politics. Many episodes of inflation are caused by dumbass policy choices of one form or another.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Inflation is a term for a broad increase in the price level. There's no magic exemption because you intentionally pursued a dumbass set of politics. Many episodes of inflation are caused by dumbass policy choices of one form or another.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@nkellyIN Speaking from an industry insider perspecive, this is a HUGE problem right now. Attackers compromise the smaller supplier to get at the bigger target. Often times these small suppliers have minimal security posture at best, which makes them easy targets.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@nkellyIN I thought we didn’t deal with issues like that during budget years? Right?🙄

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@nkellyIN

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@DanielleMorrill I like how the claim is if you choose this setting “you may see less clickbait”. That should be the default!
Openly user hostile is such a gross business model.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@hspter What, creating a strategic grifting reserve, coaxing the world to arm themselves with nukes, and asking the Russians to conduct more cyberattacks isn’t “winning”? 🤦‍♂️

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@jessfraz We CAN send smells now…basically

[Osmo @Osmo_Labs]

Scent Teleportation Update: WE DID IT!

#Osmo #TechNews #AI #Scent

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming.
1/11

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

Folks, if you’ve managed to piss off Al Roker you should know you’ve gone too far.

[Al Roker @alroker]

Going into the severe weather and hurricane season, this cannot be good.

The Commerce Department has laid off hundreds of NOAA employees, many with specialized skills who work at one of the world's top climate science and weather forecasting agencies.
Why it matters: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible for providing weather watches and warnings, monitoring and studying Earth's climate, as well as operating weather satellites and protecting marine life.
The layoffs of probationary employees that began Thursday hit soon after cuts at the behest of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency occurred at other climate and environment agencies.
The big picture: NOAA's missions require staff to work around the clock to monitor dangerous weather, earthquakes that could cause tsunamis, and other hazards.
In recent weeks, NOAA's National Weather Service has issued warnings for deadly flooding in Kentucky, heavy snow, frigid temperatures and other hazards across the country.
While NOAA had pushed for public safety exemptions from the layoffs for NWS meteorologists, not all were granted. A congressional aide reported hearing that "some" at NWS were spared but "not many."

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@AmandaAskell @jeremyphoward Claude is the model I use the most by far due to observed and perceived quality.
When I ask about areas where I have partial knowledge, Claude can get facts wrong & is very easy to persuade. Presents a problem where I can’t tell what’s true-what it says or what I coax it to say.

[Mark Stetzer @stetzer]

@mlevchin Park Tool makes a tool just for this purpose which is easier to use than an adjustable wrench, but both get the job done. I’ve had to true mine enough to justify the purchase

https://t.co/vKe8QoCihw