Tech enthusiast and VP of Sales @FusionAuth X- @VMware @Heptio, @BlueBox, @IBM . K8s, Open Source, Finance, curious about Crypto; Seattle native.

Arizona, USA
Joined July 2009
I can’t understand how any strong and intelligent woman, if she’s honest and not deceiving herself, could encourage others to elect to any office, let alone to the American presidency, an adjudicated sexual assailant whom a court found committed acts that in many jurisdictions, and in colloquial terms, would be considered forcible rape.
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Utterly brutal. Deserves 300,000 retweets.
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Apparently, Gen Z is making fun of older generations for never buying big ticket purchases on their phone and always using a desktop. I’ve never felt more attacked in my life by something I didn’t realize I was subconsciously doing.
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After eight years of covering Donald, too many journalists have gotten into the habit of seeing strategy in his crude and instinctive behavior. The truth is quite simple--Donald can’t help himself. When it comes to him, we shouldn’t overthink it. He is exactly what he seems: a racist, a misogynist, a liar. He is a bully who has no business getting anywhere near the White House. His pulling out of the debate should remind us that he is also a monumental coward.
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Read these. Print them out. Send them to your friends and family. These are the official psychiatric diagnostic criteria for two very severe personality disorders. Ask yourselves: 1. Which of these criteria does Donald Trump not satisfy? (Note that not all of them are required!) 2. Are these the traits you want to see in the leader of the free world? In a friend or colleague or boss? We’re going to start this discussion tomorrow.
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Immediately started imbibing the new InfraRed Report (redpoint.com/infrared/report…) from the good folks at @Redpoint: @ericabrescia @sraney @loganbartlett @jordan_segall @SaiVC_ @patrickachase @Machiz Tons of insights worth unpacking, but this chart jumped out at me above all: multiples delta between private and public cloud infra companies has never been wider! Either: 1. public co's multiples recover because recent sell off and "software is dead" clarion is overdone; or 2. private co's best of breeds accelerate with new/better offerings, while taking advantage of "private status" to grow into their valuations Reality always ends up being somewhere in the middle Anyways, you should read the report!
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COHEN closes with this disconcerting thought: "Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power."
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Replying to @ChrisJBakke
Gilfoyle makes over $6M/yr writing a newsletter about why tech newsletters are insufferable. He doesn't understand why it's so popular, and he spends his money investing in the least-popular YC hardware companies.
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Them: “Listen with empathy.” Me: “Are you quoting AWS management training to me right now?!” Them: “Yea, sorry.”
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Major tech layoffs so far this year: Okta - 400 (7%) Zoom - 150 (2%) SAP - 8000 (7%) eBay - 1000 (9%) Discord - 170 (17%) Unity - 1800 (25%) Twitch - 500 (35%) PayPal - 2500 (9%) Wayfair - 1650 (13%) Google - 1000 (0.5%) Salesforce - 1000 (1%) Microsoft Gaming - 1900 (9%)
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IF YOUR APP IS FREE AND IT GOES VIRAL YOU OWE APPLE MILLIONS LMAO GOOD LUCK EUROPE
I fell for Apple’s misleading numbers. It’s actually WAY WORSE. The $310k is MONTHLY. 8 million installs would cost $3.7 MILLION
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The 2023 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵
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2023 Headline of the Year nominee (August)
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Clerk: cuts prices by 75%+ Auth0: increases price by 300% The entire auth industry shifted in under a week
So @auth0 just increased their pricing by 300%?? including for existing customers?? (don't be fooled by the "to support greater flexibility for our customers" marketing-speak nonsense) auth0.com/blog/upcoming-pric…
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