XML apologist. Erlang enthusiast. Currently JVMs & Performance stuff at @Netflix. Previously JVMs & performative stuff at @Twitter. He/him.

San Francisco, California
Joined September 2006
Here’s another angle I forgot I had that shows the X strobing. Also, my apartment building needs a bath.
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Ian Brown retweeted
Replying to @realchrisjbeale
Hackathon at your place to try and figure out all the ways to disable it?
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Imagine no more. This is my life now.
I would be fucking LIVID. Imagine this fucking X sign right across from your bedroom. #x #twitter
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get this shit off my linkedin
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i’m sorry i can’t think of a joke funnier than twitter failing to get the necessary permits to change their building signage and the police shutting it down just in time for “er” to remain
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Imagine being one of the richest people on earth and being this fragile over a color
I wouldn’t wear pink if you put a gun to my head
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As a guy who has had a private email ABOUT me between two Twitter executives leaked during the Twitter Files fiasco because the new owner of this site falsely believed in an insane conspiracy theory... let's just say I do not recommend giving this company your banking info.
Replying to @zaimiri
9. Financial Institution "If done right, X would become half of the global financial system." The vision is to create the most efficient database for the thing that is money. Goals: • Least amount of fraud • Everything real time • Seamless integration
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Enjoyable to imagine Kendall Roy saying this to investors
Replying to @lindayaX
X is the future state of unlimited interactivity – centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking – creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we’re just beginning to imagine.
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Ian Brown retweeted
I will be at peace with this. I have never been at peace with the name Twitter 2.0 as it implies it is still Twitter. The Twitter I knew and worked at for ten years no longer exist since the acquisition. theverge.com/2023/7/23/23804… via @Verge
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Ian Brown retweeted
Replying to @cwun
Upside is there are T-shirts I’ll be able to wear again
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the biggest regret in my life so far is clicking through on elon's tweet asking for x logo submissions and then looking at them
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oooooh i finally get the rebrand
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tweets on X are actually called seXts
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🚨 Job Alert 🚨 My team is looking for backend engineers to join our team in Productivity Engineering at Netflix! jobs.netflix.com/jobs/285371…
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Ryan is an incredible manager so this is a rare opportunity to work closely with him!
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 My team is looking for backend engineers to join our team in Productivity Engineering at Netflix! jobs.netflix.com/jobs/285371…
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Elon Musk (owner of Twitter) promotes an interview with Tucker Carlson (disgraced former Fox News anchor who pushed white supremacist rhetoric) and Andrew Tate (misogynist influencer charged with rape and human trafficking). This is why millions of people are leaving Twitter.
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Thanks for the heads up about the negative stuff
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If I’m being honest, I sincerely doubt any platform will be able to provide what Twitter was at its best: A way to access diverse voices and perspectives from outside the established institutions that helped me in my attempts to make sense of the world.
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Ian Brown retweeted
Replying to @elonmusk @fentasyl
I propose a literal dick measuring contest 📏
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