Fabricio Buzeto
@nukdf.bsky.social
PhD and YC17 Alumni
Formern founder and CTO of bxblue (acquired)
Engineering manager @ Brex
about.buzeto.com
Formern founder and CTO of bxblue (acquired)
Engineering manager @ Brex
about.buzeto.com
If your support chat takes 2 hours to respond, please don't close the request after 5 minutes of unresponsiveness. Especially if we're talking through WhatsApp.
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If your support chat takes 2 hours to respond, please don't close the request after 5 minutes of unresponsiveness. Especially if we're talking through WhatsApp.
It's never too late to postpone a decision you don't have to make right now.
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's never too late to postpone a decision you don't have to make right now.
The butterfly effect seems to be reaching its critical point...
Or as Homer would say, "critical moment yet"
Or as Homer would say, "critical moment yet"
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The butterfly effect seems to be reaching its critical point...
Or as Homer would say, "critical moment yet"
Or as Homer would say, "critical moment yet"
If your team does not have its own memes, are they even a team?
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If your team does not have its own memes, are they even a team?
If your app has tabs, it's a must-have to be able to:
1. Close all other tabs
2. Close all tabs to the left
3. Close all tabs to the right
1. Close all other tabs
2. Close all tabs to the left
3. Close all tabs to the right
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If your app has tabs, it's a must-have to be able to:
1. Close all other tabs
2. Close all tabs to the left
3. Close all tabs to the right
1. Close all other tabs
2. Close all tabs to the left
3. Close all tabs to the right
Please Specify ...
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Please Specify ...
This is your reminder that meetings are not the problem.
Ineffective meetings are.
Ineffective meetings are.
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is your reminder that meetings are not the problem.
Ineffective meetings are.
Ineffective meetings are.
The real challenge for managers with AI is not using it to manage more people, but to effectively manage people who are expected to produce a higher and broader output than they have in the past.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The real challenge for managers with AI is not using it to manage more people, but to effectively manage people who are expected to produce a higher and broader output than they have in the past.
The mythical man-month is 50 years old, and the typical engineering team remains very close to what it's described there. What has mostly changed since then is what is expected of such a team (on range and output).
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The mythical man-month is 50 years old, and the typical engineering team remains very close to what it's described there. What has mostly changed since then is what is expected of such a team (on range and output).
Always assume people are using granola in your conversations. Unless you need the notes. Then, no one had it turned on.
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Always assume people are using granola in your conversations. Unless you need the notes. Then, no one had it turned on.
Being a founder requires a level of disconnection from reality that is truly admirable.
It will either get you to soar or to fall spectacularly
It will either get you to soar or to fall spectacularly
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Being a founder requires a level of disconnection from reality that is truly admirable.
It will either get you to soar or to fall spectacularly
It will either get you to soar or to fall spectacularly
"[The] relationship between the founders has to be strong. They must genuinely like one another, and work well together. Startups do to the relationship between the founders what a dog does to a sock: if it can be pulled apart, it will be. " -- PG
paulgraham.com/founders.htm...
paulgraham.com/founders.htm...
What We Look for in Founders
October 2010 (I wrote this for Forbes, who asked me to write something about the qualities we look for in founders. In print they had to cut the last item because they didn't have room.)1.…
paulgraham.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"[The] relationship between the founders has to be strong. They must genuinely like one another, and work well together. Startups do to the relationship between the founders what a dog does to a sock: if it can be pulled apart, it will be. " -- PG
paulgraham.com/founders.htm...
paulgraham.com/founders.htm...
Making the yearly recap a subscription feature is an odd move, Strava.
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Making the yearly recap a subscription feature is an odd move, Strava.
Avoid rescheduling your 1-1s as much as possible.
Sometimes you'll need to do it.
But if it becomes the norm, you are doing a disservice to both parties.
Sometimes you'll need to do it.
But if it becomes the norm, you are doing a disservice to both parties.
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Avoid rescheduling your 1-1s as much as possible.
Sometimes you'll need to do it.
But if it becomes the norm, you are doing a disservice to both parties.
Sometimes you'll need to do it.
But if it becomes the norm, you are doing a disservice to both parties.
AI has given us a level of scale that has never been seen before. We can use it to understand our codebases, our documents, knowledge bases, and conversations.
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
AI has given us a level of scale that has never been seen before. We can use it to understand our codebases, our documents, knowledge bases, and conversations.
It's only a bubble if it comes from the region of Bublé in France.
Otherwise, it's just a Sparkling Financial Crisis.
Otherwise, it's just a Sparkling Financial Crisis.
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's only a bubble if it comes from the region of Bublé in France.
Otherwise, it's just a Sparkling Financial Crisis.
Otherwise, it's just a Sparkling Financial Crisis.
The hard truth is that you can never hire or transplant a co-founder; you can only cultivate them.
Fighting against this fact causes so much pain and frustration to the inexperienced.
Fighting against this fact causes so much pain and frustration to the inexperienced.
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The hard truth is that you can never hire or transplant a co-founder; you can only cultivate them.
Fighting against this fact causes so much pain and frustration to the inexperienced.
Fighting against this fact causes so much pain and frustration to the inexperienced.
It's that time of year when people aren't sure if it's too late for Halloween or too early for Christmas... It's both.
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's that time of year when people aren't sure if it's too late for Halloween or too early for Christmas... It's both.
People doing AI Cold Reach, please calm down a bit.
Getting me to feel depressed as I start my day won't help sell your billing solution.
Getting me to feel depressed as I start my day won't help sell your billing solution.
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
People doing AI Cold Reach, please calm down a bit.
Getting me to feel depressed as I start my day won't help sell your billing solution.
Getting me to feel depressed as I start my day won't help sell your billing solution.
This year, we'll have the tenth anniversary of Spotify Wrapped.
It would be cool to have a 10-year wrap-up of what I listened to.
It would be cool to have a 10-year wrap-up of what I listened to.
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This year, we'll have the tenth anniversary of Spotify Wrapped.
It would be cool to have a 10-year wrap-up of what I listened to.
It would be cool to have a 10-year wrap-up of what I listened to.
One day, I'll free myself from the shackles of my alarm clock.
On that day, I'll be free.
And also, I'll be dammed.
Because I'll wake up at 4:50 am and not be able to go to sleep anymore.
On that day, I'll be free.
And also, I'll be dammed.
Because I'll wake up at 4:50 am and not be able to go to sleep anymore.
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One day, I'll free myself from the shackles of my alarm clock.
On that day, I'll be free.
And also, I'll be dammed.
Because I'll wake up at 4:50 am and not be able to go to sleep anymore.
On that day, I'll be free.
And also, I'll be dammed.
Because I'll wake up at 4:50 am and not be able to go to sleep anymore.
Some people need help with asking for help.
From when to ask to how to follow up, people really do a disservice to themselves (and their teams) by not improving on this essential skill.
From when to ask to how to follow up, people really do a disservice to themselves (and their teams) by not improving on this essential skill.
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Some people need help with asking for help.
From when to ask to how to follow up, people really do a disservice to themselves (and their teams) by not improving on this essential skill.
From when to ask to how to follow up, people really do a disservice to themselves (and their teams) by not improving on this essential skill.
“Every software engineer's dream promotion is to some hands-on work position.”
October 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Every software engineer's dream promotion is to some hands-on work position.”
The fact that we have the knowledge and technology to build a generational ship, but the amount of money required would be hundreds of times the world economy, is somewhat bonkers.
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The fact that we have the knowledge and technology to build a generational ship, but the amount of money required would be hundreds of times the world economy, is somewhat bonkers.