Engineering Director, Agent Stack at @Vercel | @aisdk, AI Gateway, and @WorkflowDevKit | Previously Founded @askviable, VPE @eaze, and early eng @Yammer.
Silverton, OR
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Also, people with that kind of money don't do their own taxes. Her tax prep person committed the fraud. She likely signed off without realizing it.
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Maybe my most out there prediction: within 10 years we'll have a Google Translate like experience for at least one non-human animal.
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Our tests show that @OpenAI is onto something with their new embeddings product. For our real-world use case, it blew away the competition.
We tested different embedding models and show the data behind why GPT-3 was the clear winner for our clustering needs
askviable.com/blog/why-we-ch…
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I really wish we just paid everyone a living wage to just... Live.
Then people could do whatever they want without worrying about automation ruining their livelihood.
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This is true for companies that are not distributed by default. It's tough to support distributed workers when the core of the company doesn't work that way.
Generally, if the CEO isn't a member of the distributed team, you probably don't want to be either.
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Wow. @MightyApp + an M1 Macbook Pro means that I only need to plug my computer in once every few days with normal usage. Prior to this combo I had to plug in twice a day😳
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The secret to amazing quality images from #dalle2:
Postfix your prompt with ", photo-realistic digital art featured on ArtStationHQ, hard lighting, lens flare, bokeh"
Some examples:
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Going back to the roots: "an eerie tall vertiginous escheresque piranesian architecture in the middle of a tempestuous, stormy, turbulent, wave-filled ocean at high tide, interior exterior exterior, #wow awesome photorealistic postprocessing"
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She's passionately creative with a big heart. She wants to solve the world's problems because she cares deeply about people.
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I don't have hobbies, I have artifacts of interest. A guitar that sits untouched, a chessboard that hasn't seen a game in weeks, power tools that haven't been powered on in months, and games that have sat unplayed.
As long as the artifacts remain, the illusion is maintained.
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He didn't even link to it! He just pointed out that people could find it on his website.
If that's against the ToS, good luck enforcing it at scale, Twitter!
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Your CSS needs a dependency graph too: techwraith.com/your-css-need…
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"If you care about this job you will perform 20+ hours free labor to prove your worth." is a bad take
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She does all of this, but that doesn't mean she's "just" an activist. She's got great taste in music and movies and books and architecture.
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The spreadsheet may be humanity's greatest achievement.
A database and scripting language that almost anyone can use to track and calculate anything they want.
Spreadsheets power the world.
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Lack of PMF kills more startups than lack of distribution, but lack of distribution comes in as a close second.
Often a product needs to be designed with distribution in mind, so I recommend attacking both problems in parallel.
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Threads about qualia inevitably end up with someone saying "Wait, you __? I thought that was a metaphor!"
"Wait, you actually see pictures in your mind?"
"Wait, you have a voice in your head that criticizes you all the time?"
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This is what happens when you chase conversion. People stick with what works. (and they're not always wrong to do so!)
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PSA: if you see someone saying that they "trained" or "fine tuned" ChatGPT... no they didn't. It's not currently possible through OpenAI.
At best they don't know what they're talking about.
At worst they're lying to you.
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I did!
Advice: Make sure you don't go back too early. Getting through burnout can feel a bit like a rollercoaster, don't get off at the first sign that you're feeling better. Let yourself sit with it for a while.
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Been working on the design for a code-generating test runner that uses this principle to automatically fix broken unit tests, even for non-existent functions. It works surprisingly well, but it's very token heavy. Still cheaper on an hourly basis than your average dev though.
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I think most american socialists are just asking for a few things to be removed from the free market: education, healthcare, utilities, and perhaps some housing. Basically, anything essential to to humans having a happy and fulfilling life should not be left to the market.
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The challenge here is data collection. Any animal that relies mostly on body language to communicate isn't going to be easy to encode into an LLM, so I think we'll start with species that vocalize.
CETI is already starting with sperm whales! projectceti.org/
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Ask them to teach you something that they're passionate about in 1-2 minutes. Give them a few minutes to prepare.
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Threw in some statues for good measure: "an eerie cavernous piranesian organic neoclassical architecture flooded wet dripping marble statues, interior interior exterior, #wow strange surrealist postprocessing"
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My wife: "Wanna Netflix and chill when I get home from work?"
Me: "The married kind or the single person kind?"
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I'm a hiring manager in the real world and I have a strict no asshole policy, so looks like your options are limited.
I have no policy against any kind of hair color though, I'd totally hire @girlgerms in a heartbeat.
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I'm proud and excited to announce that we've raised a $5m Series Seed here at @askviable. Lead by @streamlinedvc, with participation from @craft_ventures, @JavelinVP, @MerusCapital, and a bunch of great angels.
venturebeat.com/2022/05/12/v…
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One of the most valuable things I've learned from @DavidSacks is that you need to be as innovative in distribution as you are in product.
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I'm starting to hire for the @askviable engineering team.
The team is still tiny, so literally everything you do will change the trajectory of the company.
Sound like fun? Apply within.
Viable is hiring engineers! Read on and/or share.
Actively seeking applicants that are women, people with disabilities, people of color, formerly incarcerated, LGBTQ+, 1st & 2nd generation immigrants, and from lower-income families. askviable.com/blog/now-hirin…
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1) build distribution into your app through viral invite flows, exclusive waitlists, or bake distribution into a communications flow (e.g. survey monkey's surveys sends result in more people signing up to send surveys)
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A photographer doesn't make a photograph, a camera does. The photographer just positions the lens and fiddles with some settings.
See, I can do it too!
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Leaning into it: "an eerie huge massive towering hundred tentacled slimy eldritch wide mawed sharp toothy mouthed kraken in the middle of a tempestuous, stormy, turbulent, wave-filled ocean at high tide, interior exterior exterior, #wow awesome photorealistic postprocessing"
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Riffing off that: "an eerie cavernous piranesian organic neoclassical architecture in the middle of a swirling, windy, shimmering, dust-filled canyon at low tide, exterior interior interior, #wow strange surrealist postprocessing"
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Today marks the end of my time leading the engineering team at @eaze. For the last 3.5 years I've watched this team grow from a small band of 4 generalists into a team 50 people strong. The feats that I've seen this team accomplish in that time have been nothing short of amazing.
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The only real 10x engineers that exist aren't 10x better themselves: they make 10 other people around them 2x better than before.
Otherwise it's just sparkling burnout.
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Lifting heavy things is a fairly common emergency situation survival tactic. The rush of good feelings that come during and after are to mask the pain and to reward you for getting out of a dangerous situation.
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Now that you've learned how, what would you tell your younger self so that they could more quickly learn how to get to know their own needs?
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Viable Fit
Untangle your customer feedback to find product market fit
viable.fit
$2M
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It's pretty damning for our industry that "just ask about their experience" isn't the accepted interview style. Like, look at their resume, they've been doing this for years across many companies, they're not faking it.
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The end result is that almost every meeting has at least one person who is in a position to complain about the meeting, so it seems like all meetings are bad. When in reality, most meetings are good, but not all participants get something out of it.
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For those of you who missed it this morning, here's the next part in my Geddy & Node.js tutorial series: net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/j…
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Thesis: Product/Market Fit is measurable.
When measured and integrated into your team's process, this metric can drive substantial growth for your product.
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The gap between what you think you know and what you really know can be closed by teaching what you think you know to others.
Teaching forces you to simplify and structure your thoughts.
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🎥 I'm excited to introduce our new feature: Ask Viable. It's designed to direct our analysis toward any specific goals you have. Watch the full walk-through here: loom.com/share/71819a6577d04…
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We shipped viable.fit
By collecting structured user feedback and measuring PMF on an ongoing basis, it allows you to use historical survey data to answer new questions instantly, without needing to survey your users again, helping you find your fit faster.
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With new funding from amazing investors like @craft_ventures, @JavelinVP and others, @askviable has built state-of-the-art qualitative analysis powered by AI and ML. Everyone should have access to insights from their customer feedback instantly.
We raised $3.9mil to automate qualitative analysis! Led by @craft_ventures and @JavelinVP, we're helping companies understand what customers are telling them in their feedback. businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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I was contemplating playing a librarian in Skyrim. Buy a house, see if I can collect every book and scroll in the game. Totally ignore all quests other than those that will get me access to more scrolls and books.
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I should change my Twitter name to "Daniel Erickson and 10 others" just so people feel good when I follow them.
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I actually think that ChatGPT is a boon for curious people. You can ask questions about anything and get a coherent and well cited answer (assuming you're using the best models).
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🚀 Exciting news! We just launched the latest version of Viable on @ProductHunt!
Experience our revolution in data analysis with new features and updates. Special thanks to @julien for hunting us!
Support us here:
producthunt.com/posts/viable…
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This is why I like to share interview questions and problems ahead of time.
That's how it works on the job, so that's how it should work in the interview.
I've been analyzing why I'm more effective pair programming in the real world than in interviews, & it boils down to knowing the problem before I meet to pair. Even if I haven't done a deep dive, I've passively thought a/b the problem before meeting w/ my pairing partner.
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As a founder, I'm balancing IC work, management, and strategy again for the first time in years.
I forgot how refreshing it is to have a concrete problem to solve where there is a knowable solution that isn't just "choose the best of these bad options".
Take care of yourself!
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Honestly that's the going rate for a boot camp grad in SF, but I always look for:
1) a quick learner
2) not afraid to ask for help
3) puts the group before the individual
5) a passion for the journey, not the destination
6) empathy for people who are different from them
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Individual contributor engineers: in your opinion or experience what is the role of a VP of Engineering? (only looking for answers from ICs here, but if you're a manager or in another profession, feel free to retweet for reach)
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For the first time ever, you can use @askviable without talking to sales first!
We're live on @ProductHunt today, showing you how Viable helps you transform feedback into action.
I'd love your support: producthunt.com/posts/ask-vi…
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Most of these models have a hard time with negation, so it might be better to try something like: "a woman with a beautiful neck in the style of Mucha" (oddly, these things also usually understand"beautiful" to mean "not in the uncanny valley")
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One week off every quarter.
One hour of fiction reading every night.
Calm for meditation.
Unplug every Sunday.
Get enough sleep.
Eat well.
30 minutes of exercise every day.
Go outside.
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So if anyone happens to be in the Maxwell Park neighborhood in Oakland and sees a scared orange tabby with no collar, let me know.
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Watching this come together first hand at Yammer was amazing. When the whole company is in lock step, it feels like magic!
You think you need a COO. What you actually need is an operating philosophy. What I've learned about how to operate SaaS startups over the past 20 years:
link.medium.com/97ACTOb0L7
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DM me if you have a product with ~1000 users and want to know if you have Product Market Fit.
I'm looking for alpha testers for a new product in this space.
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2) make it easy share, generate seo friendly content, and other features where a second or third order effect results in more sign ups.
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For all new managers:
WELCOME TO MANAGEMENT. THE FEEDBACK LOOPS ARE LONG AND THE ACCPETANCE CRITERIA IS VAGUE.
Good luck, take care of yourselves.
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4) build on a platform: Instagram started by sharing to FB and Twitter, PayPal built on eBay, Zynga build on FB, etc. — this route also has risks though! Make sure that your product can stand on its own too, if not from the beginning, eventually.
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