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by tschellenbach 1y ago
My bad, 71% to be exact: https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1913286165408735255?t=IC_fuRNG9...
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by tschellenbach 1y ago
Your CEO is correct that ~80% of VC funding is currently focused on AI. So you have only 2 options basically. You either don't raise VC funding (which means hitting break even, rule of 40% performance). Or, you go all in on AI If it&#x
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by tschellenbach 1y ago
it's an aggressive preemptive round, so i'd guess 2b/50 = 40M of revenue. Probably low margins since the free tier/ hosting postgres nature of the business.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Adherence to tribal views is how you end up with the space shuttle Columbia crash.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Funny how everything goes through a cycle of it's amazing, it's terrible, it's boring
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Doesn't always help. Price hikes on CockroachDB for instance have been crazy.
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Cursor Without the Vibe(getstream.io)
2 points by tschellenbach 2y ago|1 comments
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Wrote a guide for using Cursor for large/real projects. Crazy times, to see just how much faster you can build with AI
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Keep in mind that many companies don't do non-coding engineering leaders anymore. So from a career perspective, if you take a role that's non-coding, you are making yourself unemployable for large parts of small - medium sized com
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
actually we're hiring faster than ever before. we have hired 10 engineers each quarter the last 2 quarters, and will keep that pace for the next 3. and some of the hires we've made have never even used Go before.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
actually we're hiring faster than ever before. we have hired 10 engineers each quarter the last 2 quarters, and will keep that pace for the next 3. and some of the hires we've made have never even used Go before.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Yes, managers not coding was caused by ZIRP. It's a dumb idea. - You need to understand the work to evaluate your team - You need to understand the work to prioritize and rank what's important - You need to understand the work to
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Stream | Golang Staff Engineer | On-site: Amsterdam/Boulder/Skopje (sometimes remote) Stream ( https://getstream.io/ ) provides APIs for building in-app chat, feeds and realtime video. We do this for over a billion
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Personally I think it's about perseverance, but mostly with an emphasis on learning and growing. You iterate, you learn and you eventually build up a skillset that is hard to stop even if things don't go your way. It's not fo
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
High inflation and poor GDP growth probably also factor into this given the price point of Tesla cars
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Things that seem weird to me: - Why are employment and insurance connected? - Why can't you select an insurance company? - Why are there no standardized 3 levels of insurance with a legal mandate for the coverage to be the same across
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
come to the land of no drama, no changes and always productive Go :)
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
this is a real problem in go, very easy to have bugs when working with channels and the way it handles errors etc.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
It's not true that in all companies you have to chose between tech and management. It's true in some companies. But at many companies lead and director roles are very hands on. At Stream a lead is 80% technical, a director roughl
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Chat, feeds and moderation run on AWS for us. Video on the other hand is bandwidth intensive. So we run the coordinator infra on AWS, but the SFU edge network on many different providers. I think the cloud is good for some things, and not s
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
The same forces that enable high tech salaries, also make layoffs more likely. - The market for talent is competitive. So companies bid up to the absolute max they can - The market for managers is also competitive. Creating dynamics that le
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Google rule of 40
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Failing is normal, good that you gave it a shot and learned.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
Part of this is also just the bubble from the last few years. Everything that startups spend money on has become more expensive. Right now there is less funding available, but prices haven't adjusted.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
We use them at getstream.io, the RAG on SDKs is way ahead of other platforms in this space.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
When you hire managers, some percentage of them won't be solid. And even the best managers have to balance giving someone a chance vs spotting abuse.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
I don't like this us vs them mentality. Nothing stops you from starting your own business and being on the "manager" side of things. Cost of capital is up, productivity is down. So all companies have to work through options t
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
I actually think this is good for both employees and companies. Transparency makes the market more efficient.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
I think it's related to the job market atm. Everyone is hired in a stretch position at very high comp. This is true for VPs, directors, ICs etc. Because of this it's less viable than it was as a manager to be fully hands off.
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by tschellenbach 2y ago
I've been using it for a while and it's amazing :)

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