Robert Yi
@ryi.me
In a hole, building things.
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Prev: co-founder hyperquery.ai (acq Deepnote, Khosla-backed), DS @ Airbnb + Wayfair, physics @ MIT + Harvard.
I've had a lot of folks coming to me lately asking me about my journey, but have struggled to distill the eigenvectors into something compelling. So I spent some time writing a post where I try to illustrate this through allegory. I hope this helps for some of you.
https://buff.ly/3CCLD0R
https://buff.ly/3CCLD0R
Oh the places you'll go [as a startup founder]
The five stages of startup delusion: denial, denial, denial, denial, denial
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've had a lot of folks coming to me lately asking me about my journey, but have struggled to distill the eigenvectors into something compelling. So I spent some time writing a post where I try to illustrate this through allegory. I hope this helps for some of you.
https://buff.ly/3CCLD0R
https://buff.ly/3CCLD0R
It's easy to make decisions when there are no consequences, but pretty hard when it means you're going to make a bunch of people angry.
January 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It's easy to make decisions when there are no consequences, but pretty hard when it means you're going to make a bunch of people angry.
And a militant commitment to honesty is the only thing that will help you scrutinize whether you've bad the right decisions, esp bc the action required to *correct* such decisions is often excruciating.
January 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
And a militant commitment to honesty is the only thing that will help you scrutinize whether you've bad the right decisions, esp bc the action required to *correct* such decisions is often excruciating.
Your outcome is largely bound by a few decisions: eg your choice of space, who you choose to work with, and to a lesser but still significant extent, your initial architectural decisions. No amount of grind will save you if you hire narcissists to build a PHP app that tracks pogo stick competitions.
January 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Your outcome is largely bound by a few decisions: eg your choice of space, who you choose to work with, and to a lesser but still significant extent, your initial architectural decisions. No amount of grind will save you if you hire narcissists to build a PHP app that tracks pogo stick competitions.
Most people who want to start a company know how to work hard. But in general, you don't end up with 100x outcomes by working 5% more than your peers.
January 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Most people who want to start a company know how to work hard. But in general, you don't end up with 100x outcomes by working 5% more than your peers.
yeah makes sense. odd though, you would've thought someone would've tried to figure it out at this point, and I imagine it's possible to test out and at least constrain the possible machines they're using
December 6, 2024 at 12:56 AM
yeah makes sense. odd though, you would've thought someone would've tried to figure it out at this point, and I imagine it's possible to test out and at least constrain the possible machines they're using
seems like snowflake is on there now!
but I have no idea how to read these results though. do either of you know if there's any way to know what EC2 instances snowflake is actually running behind the scenes?
seems like cost is the only way to make a real comparison here
but I have no idea how to read these results though. do either of you know if there's any way to know what EC2 instances snowflake is actually running behind the scenes?
seems like cost is the only way to make a real comparison here
December 5, 2024 at 9:35 PM
seems like snowflake is on there now!
but I have no idea how to read these results though. do either of you know if there's any way to know what EC2 instances snowflake is actually running behind the scenes?
seems like cost is the only way to make a real comparison here
but I have no idea how to read these results though. do either of you know if there's any way to know what EC2 instances snowflake is actually running behind the scenes?
seems like cost is the only way to make a real comparison here
yeah good point. I suppose the scariest then are those that delegate responsibility to the analyst, in terms of potential negative impact
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 AM
yeah good point. I suppose the scariest then are those that delegate responsibility to the analyst, in terms of potential negative impact
that's amazing. I'd honestly love to work in the climbing gym too but I worry about all the chalk getting in the crevices of my devices. I usually just work nearby
November 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
that's amazing. I'd honestly love to work in the climbing gym too but I worry about all the chalk getting in the crevices of my devices. I usually just work nearby