albert

Product Lead @ Fulcrum

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[albert @thatguyintech]

@WillPapper code plz

[albert @thatguyintech]

"What you do is who you are"

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

I don't think you should be mean to Claude but I don't think you should be mean to an alarm clock either

How you treat every thing in the world matters, becomes reflected in your own mood

[albert @thatguyintech]

@unhappiimochii

[albert @thatguyintech]

yup 😂

[catherine chang @unhappiimochii]

we’re all just context managers aren’t we

[albert @thatguyintech]

intentionally doing less > doing more poorly

[Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen]

Frantically fixing a confusing product caused by frantic shipping is just more of the same.

Pause and step back. Get the team clear on what you’re building and why. Have clarity to guide the shape, what ships and what doesn’t.

Quality is a way of working, not a cleanup sprint.

[albert @thatguyintech]

@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @underdogai @ConwayResearch Congrats on the launch Sigil!!

[albert @thatguyintech]

🫡

[Naval @naval]

When you look back, you’ll wish you’d just done the long-term version of everything.

[albert @thatguyintech]

@gabrieldegiuli @Alchemy @VittoStack @talondragon000 @AnshMinchekar @RocioGonzalezT9 @angelinarusse @BeingDanNolan @punk6068 ❤️ you're the absolute greatest, GdG. Was such a great time building the Alchemy community with you. Really excited for your next adventures!

[Neeraj K. Agrawal @NeerajKA]

Anthropic marketing: We built a god only we can control and gave it a “wet lab”

Muse marketing: Heyy girl I know you have dozens of unpaid parking tickets. Let’s get that cleaned up

[albert @thatguyintech]

or... both 😂

[atlas @creatine_cycle]

when you turn 30 as a dude in SF you have two paths:
- wife guy
- japan guy

[albert @thatguyintech]

@SahilAujla15 @0xElan @angelinarusse @bmoyroud @bradyowen @theaniketg @VittoStack @BrianChenTries @mrssaggybottom @0xNiveda @nikil @thejoelau ❤️ epic run Sahil!!

[lauren @poteto]

everyone spent ten years learning to code and it turns out the terminal skill was english composition. the machine will do anything you tell it. the only thing left between you and what you want is whether you can form a clear thought and put it into words

[albert @thatguyintech]

largely agree

[yitong @yitong]

Alright apparently people want SF Chinese food takes lol so here goes the long list:

S Tier

Four Kings ($$) – absolute goat right now with S tier service too
J & X Bistro ($$) – new and underrated more trad spot

A Tier

Yuanbao jiaozi ($) – beef noodle soup is better than the dumplings
Palette teahouse ($$) – upscale dragon beaux / koi palace
Hon's Wun-Tun House sunset location ($) – new location has expanded menu of trad canto fare
Mr Jiu’s ($$$) – was great, fell off a bit. still good!

B Tier

Z&Y ($) – best sichuan
Oodle Noodle ($) – good and fun rice noodles. uncommon here
Noodle Panda ($) – it’s just fine as far as hand pulled noodles go, but they’re the only ones who do it in the city!

Overrated spots i'd avoid

China Live ($$) – just terribly mid white food media darling
San Tung ($) – respect og status, but no reason to go here anymore.
Happy Crane ($$) – can’t take them seriously when the chinese character of their logo is mangled af
Empress by Boon ($$$) – only reason to come here is to entertain clients
Any two word dumpling restaurant ($) – some are dece but the whole category is cursed

In general, SF chinese food is not that good! but having lived here 10 years, these are our go-tos! Not counting spots outside of SF. I know the scene is better in south and east bay, but can’t always go out of the city!

Also, inb4 “who are you to...” 老子在三番的美食沙漠熬了十年总的有有点发言权了吧

Also, everyone I trust says Fu Hui Hua is excellent,but I haven’t been yet!

[albert @thatguyintech]

@yitong i like china live for the vibes 😂

[albert @thatguyintech]

@yitong yuanbao jiaozi noodles so good

[catherine chang @unhappiimochii]

who are the best animators / video producers out there for AI companies?

have an opportunity to launch a super exciting story & product

super urgent!

[John O'Nolan @JohnONolan]

one thing I don't understand about America - fine there are several things - but why are dryers so good at drying laundry here?

in EU the function of a dryer is to take cold wet laundry & turn it into hot wet laundry, but in US it actually comes out ... dry? is it the freedom

[albert @thatguyintech]

@gabrieldegiuli good times :)

[juan @juanbuis]

i can’t believe someone solved recipe design decades ago and everyone just decided to ignore it