Johnny Rodgers
@johnnyrodgers.is
Former principal engineer/product architect at Slack. Now writing https://buildingslack.com and building https://mathmagic.fun.
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Johnny Rodgers
@johnnyrodgers.is
· Jan 22
Invest yourself, your time, and your resources in things with intrinsic value: people, places, art, tools.
Is there a name for this?
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Is there a name for this?
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
- Go to cancel a subscription and get a discount to keep it.
- Return an item and get offered bonus $ if you receive the refund as a gift card.
I understand the psychology and the business reasoning. But what's this called?
PS: Go get a 92% reduction in your NYTimes rate
One Battle After Another. Really enjoyed the filmmaking and performances. Still puzzling out the message.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
One Battle After Another. Really enjoyed the filmmaking and performances. Still puzzling out the message.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
Stellar work from Chase Infiniti amidst the performances of the veteran actors.
Couple quick Sunday projects in the shop. Walnut, maple and wenge cutting board. Maple burl candle holder with live edge.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Couple quick Sunday projects in the shop. Walnut, maple and wenge cutting board. Maple burl candle holder with live edge.
Made boeuf bourguignon today. Or as I like to think of it, wine soup. 🍷
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Made boeuf bourguignon today. Or as I like to think of it, wine soup. 🍷
Aurora borealis at 50deg north
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Aurora borealis at 50deg north
New post up on Building Slack: part one of the story of taking Slack public.
buildingslack.com/going-public...
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Going Public – Part One
On April 26th, 2019, Slack filed to take the company public. We’d managed to overcome the most painful growing pains of scaling the company from a fledgling startup to a large, well-funded corporation...
buildingslack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New post up on Building Slack: part one of the story of taking Slack public.
buildingslack.com/going-public...
buildingslack.com/going-public...
Great first set from Radiohead’s European tour www.setlist.fm/setlist/radi...
Radiohead Setlist at Movistar Arena, Madrid
Get the Radiohead Setlist of the concert at Movistar Arena, Madrid, Spain on November 4, 2025 from the European Tour 2025 Tour and other Radiohead Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
www.setlist.fm
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Great first set from Radiohead’s European tour www.setlist.fm/setlist/radi...
I loved this film.
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I loved this film.
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
Perfect Days (2023 - d. Wim Wenders)
Did @greatdismal.bsky.social come up with the term “one shot” in its modern form?
October 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Did @greatdismal.bsky.social come up with the term “one shot” in its modern form?
New post up on Building Slack:
You asked: What is the right way to use Slack?
buildingslack.com/you-asked-wh...
You asked: What is the right way to use Slack?
buildingslack.com/you-asked-wh...
You asked: What is the the right way to use Slack?
Hello friends,
First off, thanks for all the questions you sent in for our interview with Cal. It was so fun hearing what was on your mind.
Second, thank you for the corrections and for schooling us...
buildingslack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New post up on Building Slack:
You asked: What is the right way to use Slack?
buildingslack.com/you-asked-wh...
You asked: What is the right way to use Slack?
buildingslack.com/you-asked-wh...
The Smashing Machine is very good. Dwayne Johnson's performance is incredible. A lot of pathos in his portrayal of addiction and the victories and failures of a fighter.
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Smashing Machine is very good. Dwayne Johnson's performance is incredible. A lot of pathos in his portrayal of addiction and the victories and failures of a fighter.
The extent to which Liquid Glass makes everything blurry and harder to read is astonishing. What a step backward
September 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The extent to which Liquid Glass makes everything blurry and harder to read is astonishing. What a step backward
Listen to our interview with Cal Henderson on SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/UlXA2dCl3c1S...
Transcript at buildingslack.com/in/
Transcript at buildingslack.com/in/
Cal Henderson Interview - 2025-09-19
Our interview with Slack's co-founder and CTO, Cal Henderson. Recorded Sept 19th, 2025. Music by Danny Simmons from the Glitch Soundtrack.
Read the transcript at https://buildingslack.com/in/
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September 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Listen to our interview with Cal Henderson on SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/UlXA2dCl3c1S...
Transcript at buildingslack.com/in/
Transcript at buildingslack.com/in/
Why does MacOS take about 10 seconds for downloaded files to show in Finder now? It's distressing.
September 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Why does MacOS take about 10 seconds for downloaded files to show in Finder now? It's distressing.
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Reposted by Johnny Rodgers
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
Having fun collecting questions from readers for our upcoming interview with Cal Henderson, Slack co-founder and CTO.
Reply or DM: what should we ask Cal?
buildingslack.com/email/98e99a...
Reply or DM: what should we ask Cal?
buildingslack.com/email/98e99a...
What should we ask Cal?
Hello subscribers and friends of Building Slack.
Next week we'll be interviewing none other than Cal Henderson – Slack's CTO, plaid shirt connoisseur, and lego fanatic.
We have a whole bunch of thin...
buildingslack.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Having fun collecting questions from readers for our upcoming interview with Cal Henderson, Slack co-founder and CTO.
Reply or DM: what should we ask Cal?
buildingslack.com/email/98e99a...
Reply or DM: what should we ask Cal?
buildingslack.com/email/98e99a...
Hack the planet
September 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hack the planet
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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This is so crucial. When people think about these land comparisons, they don't think about the entire sprawling infrastructure behind FF.
"0.3 per cent of the world’s land area – yes, just the land – would be needed to meet the current energy demand from solar alone, which is LESS THAN THE CURRENT LAND FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE."
Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run
Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet
www.newscientist.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is so crucial. When people think about these land comparisons, they don't think about the entire sprawling infrastructure behind FF.