Brandon Brooks
@bbrooks.bsky.social
Founder, Investor & Pittsburgh Steelers fan!
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Also, hiring someone with specific skills to lead any team is something that takes a bit of time: determine hiring criteria, write a job req, solicit apps, screen & interview some, extend offer, negotiate or extend add'l offers, wait out notice period at their current job (often 8+ weeks end-to-end)
Moderation is a skill.
Hiring a team of moderators is a related, but different skill.
Defining and refining a set of policies for teams of skilled moderators to enforce, is yet another skill.
Building tools and telemetry for skilled moderators to use to enforce policies, is yet another skill.
Hiring a team of moderators is a related, but different skill.
Defining and refining a set of policies for teams of skilled moderators to enforce, is yet another skill.
Building tools and telemetry for skilled moderators to use to enforce policies, is yet another skill.
May 25, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Also, hiring someone with specific skills to lead any team is something that takes a bit of time: determine hiring criteria, write a job req, solicit apps, screen & interview some, extend offer, negotiate or extend add'l offers, wait out notice period at their current job (often 8+ weeks end-to-end)
Sites back up. No updates missed. Sanity saved, for now …
Back to work.
Back to work.
Sending investor updates & potential investor outreach, completely crash the app with a database migration …
Rookie mistake, happy Tuesday.
Rookie mistake, happy Tuesday.
May 23, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Sites back up. No updates missed. Sanity saved, for now …
Back to work.
Back to work.
Sending investor updates & potential investor outreach, completely crash the app with a database migration …
Rookie mistake, happy Tuesday.
Rookie mistake, happy Tuesday.
May 23, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Sending investor updates & potential investor outreach, completely crash the app with a database migration …
Rookie mistake, happy Tuesday.
Rookie mistake, happy Tuesday.
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So I decided to google furby cakes tonight & now I don't know if I will ever sleep again
May 18, 2023 at 11:05 PM
So I decided to google furby cakes tonight & now I don't know if I will ever sleep again
Did two podcast episodes this week, continue building out the backend (finally got the registration process done) and in full blown fundraising mode.
Love the journey.
Love the journey.
May 16, 2023 at 7:47 PM
Did two podcast episodes this week, continue building out the backend (finally got the registration process done) and in full blown fundraising mode.
Love the journey.
Love the journey.
Someone tried charging a friend $2k for an invite to Blue Sky. That’s ridiculous, I remember the same thing happening in early Club House days.
It’s asinine to charge for a free platform. Do better.
It’s asinine to charge for a free platform. Do better.
May 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Someone tried charging a friend $2k for an invite to Blue Sky. That’s ridiculous, I remember the same thing happening in early Club House days.
It’s asinine to charge for a free platform. Do better.
It’s asinine to charge for a free platform. Do better.
I hope all of you mothers had a fantastic Mother’s Day 🙏🏽
May 14, 2023 at 9:57 PM
I hope all of you mothers had a fantastic Mother’s Day 🙏🏽
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Writers! I have a small number of bluesky invites I'd like to give to WGA strike captains and WGA members on strike. If you know WGA folks who would like to join, DM me at @ichthyos on Twitter!
#WGAStrike
#WGAStrike
May 11, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Writers! I have a small number of bluesky invites I'd like to give to WGA strike captains and WGA members on strike. If you know WGA folks who would like to join, DM me at @ichthyos on Twitter!
#WGAStrike
#WGAStrike
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So grateful to have @crowdersoup.com on the team.
Me earlier: “Can you do this thing my brain needs”
Him: “Bet”
And then he goes and does literal magic.
Me earlier: “Can you do this thing my brain needs”
Him: “Bet”
And then he goes and does literal magic.
May 10, 2023 at 10:38 PM
So grateful to have @crowdersoup.com on the team.
Me earlier: “Can you do this thing my brain needs”
Him: “Bet”
And then he goes and does literal magic.
Me earlier: “Can you do this thing my brain needs”
Him: “Bet”
And then he goes and does literal magic.
Today I somehow fixed an issue with our site mishandling redirects. While simultaneously breaking a database in Flask with SQLite , fixed that & am getting another redirect error. And I did a podcast interview.
Not sure if this is a win or…
Building while simultaneously fundraising is something.
Not sure if this is a win or…
Building while simultaneously fundraising is something.
May 10, 2023 at 11:16 PM
Today I somehow fixed an issue with our site mishandling redirects. While simultaneously breaking a database in Flask with SQLite , fixed that & am getting another redirect error. And I did a podcast interview.
Not sure if this is a win or…
Building while simultaneously fundraising is something.
Not sure if this is a win or…
Building while simultaneously fundraising is something.
It’s been crazy coding with ChatGPT4 it’s extremely helpful with building and troubleshooting.
If you get a chance & haven’t yet, give it a shot. Been very helpful for me.
If you get a chance & haven’t yet, give it a shot. Been very helpful for me.
May 10, 2023 at 1:13 AM
It’s been crazy coding with ChatGPT4 it’s extremely helpful with building and troubleshooting.
If you get a chance & haven’t yet, give it a shot. Been very helpful for me.
If you get a chance & haven’t yet, give it a shot. Been very helpful for me.
Happy Monday! Hope everyone has a happy & healthy week 🙏🏽
May 8, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Happy Monday! Hope everyone has a happy & healthy week 🙏🏽
The posts I see during the week are very different than the skeets I see on the weekend 😂
May 6, 2023 at 3:46 AM
The posts I see during the week are very different than the skeets I see on the weekend 😂
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😭😭😭In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, "Halmeoni" is a 2-minute film where we explore the unnecessary guilt and shame many early immigrants experience after forgetting their mother tongues https://vimeo.com/819942580
(h/t @jaehakim.com)
(h/t @jaehakim.com)
May 6, 2023 at 1:37 AM
😭😭😭In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, "Halmeoni" is a 2-minute film where we explore the unnecessary guilt and shame many early immigrants experience after forgetting their mother tongues https://vimeo.com/819942580
(h/t @jaehakim.com)
(h/t @jaehakim.com)
I have a Hong Kong based wealth management firm reach out about potential investment in our startup, does anyone have experience navigating this?
Would love to chat if so.
Would love to chat if so.
May 5, 2023 at 3:37 PM
I have a Hong Kong based wealth management firm reach out about potential investment in our startup, does anyone have experience navigating this?
Would love to chat if so.
Would love to chat if so.
It’s so much funnier & wholesome here, I love it.
No fear of posting. No fear or nasty DMs like this…
It’s nice here.
No fear of posting. No fear or nasty DMs like this…
It’s nice here.
May 5, 2023 at 2:21 AM
It’s so much funnier & wholesome here, I love it.
No fear of posting. No fear or nasty DMs like this…
It’s nice here.
No fear of posting. No fear or nasty DMs like this…
It’s nice here.
The Jordan Neely situation is deeply upsetting to my soul.
As a Black man from a very underserved community, I grew up with people just like Jordan. Unfortunately, for many reasons people like him are underserved & overlooked.
This shit is rough. It’s hard to watch, the discourse is inhumane.
As a Black man from a very underserved community, I grew up with people just like Jordan. Unfortunately, for many reasons people like him are underserved & overlooked.
This shit is rough. It’s hard to watch, the discourse is inhumane.
May 4, 2023 at 11:37 PM
The Jordan Neely situation is deeply upsetting to my soul.
As a Black man from a very underserved community, I grew up with people just like Jordan. Unfortunately, for many reasons people like him are underserved & overlooked.
This shit is rough. It’s hard to watch, the discourse is inhumane.
As a Black man from a very underserved community, I grew up with people just like Jordan. Unfortunately, for many reasons people like him are underserved & overlooked.
This shit is rough. It’s hard to watch, the discourse is inhumane.
We officially got our OpenAI API access this morning to build out our app!
Let’s go!!
Let’s go!!
May 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM
We officially got our OpenAI API access this morning to build out our app!
Let’s go!!
Let’s go!!
Me when I have to get fancy & me when I get to enjoy the beautiful Blue Sky!
May 3, 2023 at 5:47 PM
Me when I have to get fancy & me when I get to enjoy the beautiful Blue Sky!
Lakers won, another angel investor committed & I didn’t lose my mind today…
It was a good day.
It was a good day.
May 3, 2023 at 4:49 AM
Lakers won, another angel investor committed & I didn’t lose my mind today…
It was a good day.
It was a good day.
Slim chance but is anyone else experiencing Heroku issues with accessing the API right now?
All services are showing fine on their page but I keep getting an error.
All services are showing fine on their page but I keep getting an error.
May 2, 2023 at 2:09 AM
Slim chance but is anyone else experiencing Heroku issues with accessing the API right now?
All services are showing fine on their page but I keep getting an error.
All services are showing fine on their page but I keep getting an error.
Just clutched up a WarZone win on Call of Duty! 🎉
May 1, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Just clutched up a WarZone win on Call of Duty! 🎉
There’s an abundance of positivity here, this is truly a breath of fresh air.
May 1, 2023 at 1:28 AM
There’s an abundance of positivity here, this is truly a breath of fresh air.
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The idea of social media is so simple. It's about sharing and connecting.
It really sucks that it turned into "feeding the algorithm". Instagram, YouTube, TikTok etc etc all have these rules to optimize engagement. Where is the humanity in all that?
Hoping BlueSky facilitates change.
It really sucks that it turned into "feeding the algorithm". Instagram, YouTube, TikTok etc etc all have these rules to optimize engagement. Where is the humanity in all that?
Hoping BlueSky facilitates change.
May 1, 2023 at 1:02 AM
The idea of social media is so simple. It's about sharing and connecting.
It really sucks that it turned into "feeding the algorithm". Instagram, YouTube, TikTok etc etc all have these rules to optimize engagement. Where is the humanity in all that?
Hoping BlueSky facilitates change.
It really sucks that it turned into "feeding the algorithm". Instagram, YouTube, TikTok etc etc all have these rules to optimize engagement. Where is the humanity in all that?
Hoping BlueSky facilitates change.