Product Engineering @browsercompany. Previously, early @pinterest. I play lots of tennis.
Kansas City
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What if sites could specify their own @arcinternet actions via HTML metatags? The idea is we'd expose some core primitives, and then sites could build on top of that.
Would you find this useful? What would be on your wish list?
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It's spring cleaning @browsercompany!
Live in today's release —
Before: opening a new could window take 4+ secs on my M1
After: opening new windows shows no delay
Baby steps... 🙂
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Life update: after 7.5 years, today is my last day at Pinterest.
I’m forever grateful to the team for taking a chance on an overly optimistic college dropout from the Midwest. This company has changed my life forever. 🖐🏻📌❤️
open.spotify.com/track/264Jd…
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THRILLED to share I’m joining the wonderful folks at @browsercompany at the end of November!
I’ve wanted to work with @joshm & @hursh since first meeting them back in ~2011. After meeting the rest of the team & using the beta builds, it’s a no brainer.
Let’s go! 🥳🖐🏻💯
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4 years at @browsercompany! I'm still shocked at how talented, kind & rigorous my teammates are. Proud of what we've built together.
We've got so, so much more work to do, but worth mentioning how incredible these past 4 years have been. Thanks, fam; here's to many more.
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Tiny thing dropped in last week's @arcinternet release: Membership Card stamps!
It was fun to jam on these with @karlamickens & @j_l_kelly.
My favorite part — the stamps rotate and nudge themselves around when randomizing, just like on loyalty card stamps from coffee shops.
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Been at the @browsercompany for 3 years today! 🚀🏄♂️💙
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Real talk: working remotely can make you feel super lonely. Big fan of everyone trying it out, but it’s very easy to burnout *especially* when most of the team isn’t remote as well.
Strongly encourage anyone trying it out to heavily focus on mitigating this from the beginning.
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I coded for fun for the first time tonight in ~6 weeks and wow it’s nice to feel like myself again. Depression is real, fam. ❤️
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Just want to call out the folks at @browsercompany who have been incredibly supportive of our growing family. Specifically @joshm, @tfeener & @dolapo. Thanks, fam.
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.@makressin and I are thrilled to share that we’re expecting! Our little guy is due in early August! 🎉❤️🔜👶🏼
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Six years ago I started working for @Pinterest.
Grateful for the world-class teammates, mentors and friends I’ve made along the way — thanks for taking a risk on an overly optimistic dropout from the midwest.
High fives, y’all. Let’s get back to work. 🙌🏻❤️📌
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The phrase "better is possible" is becoming a mantra at @browsercompany & I'm here for it!
Baby steps...
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Two things:
1. @adamstern_ is, objectively, the best.
2. Arc Search comes w/ a built-in fidget spinner.
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Wow, @_adenab is the first person I’ve ever scheduled something with who proactively set a buffer for naptime unpredictability. Thank you! Wish more people did this. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Thrilled to share that Charlie’s going to be a big brother! Baby girl Montgomery coming in September 🙂
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Energizing to have people using @diabrowser & sharing in public again!
There's *so* much to do, but I think we're off to a strong start.
Pivoting from Arc to Dia was tough for me. I had my doubts & was/am so proud of what we built Arc to be.
Thankful & excited 🤘🏻
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Maybe my favorite part of this... since it's driven by metatags, people could boost sites to add behavior they want. 🤯
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We’re *not* building a web browser @browsercompany.
piped.video/u2-d5Sty-K0?si=_x8Q…
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Of course the woman sitting next to me on the flight home is using Pinterest. I still get butterflies in my stomach when this happens 😂
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It’s pretty inconsequential with the state of the country, but I’m excited so here we go...
the end-to-end core of a thing I’ve been hacking on during nights, naps & weekends (with some A+ people) all clicked together today and is working lovely. 🎉🖐🏻😷
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A few weeks ago I LOL’d @ the parenting advice “keep the kid alive and brush your teeth sometimes”. It’s very true - never have I appreciated a 2+ hour stretch of sleep like I do now. Also, very thankful for the generous parental leave policy @PinterestEng. Here’s the little man!
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hi my dad is GETTING HIS OWN BOBBLEHEAD TODAY!
We’re honoring Royals legend and current @FSKansasCity broadcaster Jeff Montgomery with his own bobblehead on August 25! #Royals50
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Just built a simple thing I’ve been wanting for years.
It took 41 minutes, start to finish.
Do the thing!
I’ll share + write up later. 😴
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…and then there were four!
June Frances Montgomery was born last Wednesday, 9/13.
She’s perfect.
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Some of you have asked, so here we go: for the foreseeable future, I’m going to be focused on childcare for our son.
It’s not ideal (I love to work!), but since I’m at high risk for COVID-19, we’re being extremely cautious & don’t want to risk having our nanny back in the house.
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Time flies! Soaking in these last few days of parental leave, but oh boy am I excited to get back on the Browser train. Life is good 🤘🏻
Just want to call out the folks at @browsercompany who have been incredibly supportive of our growing family. Specifically @joshm, @tfeener & @dolapo. Thanks, fam.
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Feeling super thankful to be on team @Pinterest today. Lots has happened since I joined - dropped out of school, got engaged, moved across the country twice (and a half!), got married, bought a home, became an uncle 3x. Life is good. 🙌🏻❤️📌
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One of my favorite parts of building Arc @browsercompany is we can imagine completely new & better ways of interacting with the internet.
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Today wraps up week 1 at @browsercompany! My cheeks have hurt all week from smiling so much. ☺️
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Having a “yes, and” day with Charlie is just what we both needed. If you’ve got kiddos, I can’t recommend this enough.
Ice cream for lunch? Please. Buy sister a gift, just because? Of course!
Paired with a little staycation downtown. Look at the joy on his face!
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Little man said* “Dada” on Saturday & Sunday, and woke up repeating it this morning. 🥰
So yeah, how’s your day going?
* made the sound, not knowing what it meant
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I honestly couldn't be happier at @browsercompany. Between here, @PinterestEng & working with @tonystubblebine ~10 years ago... I've truly hit the jackpot in terms of teams & teammates. ❤️
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Alexandra for president @alexandracoding
Here's a behind-the-scenes documentary
on the making of Arc for Windows
and what happens next @browsercompany?!?!
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Big day @Pinterest!
Announcing +200M MAU & starting to test out our #1 requested feature - boards within boards.
blog.pinterest.com/en/celebr…
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one of my fav sayings at @browsercompany has always been “we’re not making a web browser”
That’s why we raised $50 mil. That’s why we’re being so bold.
That’s ALSO why we started this company in the first place. That’s why we’ve been building at browser layer.
It’s never been about making a Browser, but waiting for opening to build a new OS… here it is, lucky!
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Excited to share that @makressin and I are moving (back) to Kansas City at the end of the month! Thankful that I can continue working for 📌 and will be visiting SF fairly regularly 🌯. Onward!
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MY DAD IS GETTING A BOBBLEHEAD!
We’re honoring Royals legend and current @FSKansasCity broadcaster Jeff Montgomery with his own bobblehead on August 25! #Royals50
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Dusting off the ‘ol blog...
Here’s part 1 of 2 on how I built the @npr macOS app.
@NPRTechTeam @kcur
cnnr.me/blog/building-npr-ma…
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Just went inside Whole Foods for the first time since Feb ‘20. Charlie’s first time since then, too (he was 5 months old). Absolutely loved it. We then walked to a coffee shop. And he’s seeing my mom for the first time since Christmas of ‘19. It’s 75 today. Great day. ❤️
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Two years of building Arc with the wonderful folks at @browsercompany! 🏄🏼♂️💙🌎
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just booked my first trip to nyc since the 📌 IPO (and first flight since my last day there in Feb of ‘20). i am so, so excited. it’s a quick one to meet some of the Browser Co folks next week. ❤️🖐🏻💯
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Designed and built an app yesterday that used this. Still needs some polish but it's working! Will open source it once it's shipped.
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I know I’m biased, but it’s still such a magical feeling to go down the Pinterest rabbit hole. We built a pretty neat thing.
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My team at @browsercompany is in NYC for an offsite that I was unable to attend relatively last-minute.
In the words of @kristinatastic: "absent, but not forgotten"
💙 this pin they made of me!
(👋🏻 @heyvrk @EricaEngle2)
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We moved 6 (!!!) months ago yesterday. Living and working out of Kansas City has been 💯 so far (except the heat...).
Excited to share that @makressin and I are moving (back) to Kansas City at the end of the month! Thankful that I can continue working for 📌 and will be visiting SF fairly regularly 🌯. Onward!
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but maybe our comfort with the risk increases? I’m not sure how it’ll play out.
But for now I’m spending my days with this little man.
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hi, new dad here tweeting a ton about my kid but LOOK AT THAT ONESIE! So on brand. 🖐🏻, Charlie boy.
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Sitting here with my 10-day old son sleeping on me, sipping a pour over I made & @LoyleCarner is (quietly) bumping. Life is good, y’all. 🖐🏻
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My wife @makressin just created her first Pull Request! 🖐🏻
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.@makressin and I just bought one way tickets from JFK to SFO for the end of April - looking forward to calling California home again!
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Things are pretty weird right now. Here are some photos of my kid. Hopefully they make you smile, even a little bit!
(I’m telling myself that in the last one he’s winding up for a high five.)
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March 8, 2020 / Feb 21, 2021
Last year, we brought Charlie to see my grandma. That night we started quarantine.
Well, Mamaw got her 2nd vaccine a few weeks ago. She slipped her mask off for a few photos with the (not so little anymore) little man. So happy! ❤️
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3 years ago today, M & I decided to move (back) to SF from NYC. It was extremely difficult at the time. Looking back, I’m incredibly glad we did. I got to try out managing, start a team with @bthdonohue & help lead our Product Eng org as an IC. Chalking it up as the right call!
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Last night I made a @domainr Mac app. Gotta fix up the horrendous icon, but submitting + open sourcing this weekend.
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Loving how the #Royals are playing! If only they could've done this about 15 years ago (that's me, front & center).
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First holiday season as a family of four! Wishing you and yours a season full of joy & wonder.
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Got a city bike & infant seat for my birthday/Father’s Day (didn’t want to attach things to my road bike).
Finally arrived today; I love it! Not sure who’s happier about it 😂
But really... once we were rolling, Charlie was ALL smiles.
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Show & Tell time!
It's a macOS app that sits in your menu bar & lets you quickly save/unsave @spotify tracks. I polished it up last weekend.
Have been using it all week. It's little, but I've wanted it for a long time.
Will do a write up of how it works & open source later. 🖐🏻
Just built a simple thing I’ve been wanting for years.
It took 41 minutes, start to finish.
Do the thing!
I’ll share + write up later. 😴
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Hey so @makressin and I have kept a human alive for over 6 months! (actually almost 7, but who’s keep track; I just want to share a cute photo)
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Me, at therapy yesterday: “yeah I am going to be intentional about taking better care of myself - 8h of sleep, eating well, etc…”
Me, last night: “yes I am going to stay up past midnight spit-shining the browser while eating Thai food and drinking beers”
It was fun though! 🤷🏼♂️
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The past few weeks have been pretty hectic.
My father-in-law passed away on the 19th; we celebrated his life today. Dave was a truly wonderful man.
I wish he could have been around to meet his grandson due later this summer, but I’m so thankful for the 14 years I’ve known him.
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Little dude went to his first ballgame today. Papa showed him around the booth, too!
@j_montgomery21
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On the way to school this morning, Charlie said he wants to “build Arc” when he grows up. 🚀
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I used to do a lot of sell calls for candidates who were considering @PinterestEng. I’d often describe the product as “my happy place; where I go to be inspired and motivated to live a life I love”.
That’s been very true, especially the past few weeks.
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