Stefan Smagula
@ssmagula.bsky.social
I like to cook and smoke brisket on a smoker with an offset firebox, Texas style. Skateboarded the hills of Berkeley, California before riding the subways of NYC and biking the streets Austin. Work as a product manager for the Mozilla Firefox browser.
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Stefan Smagula
@ssmagula.bsky.social
· Dec 7
What I learned from the first browser I worked on
Stefan Smagula, Product Management and Design Case Studies
ssmagula.github.io
My work aims to help us understand how we can use machine learning, clever design, and moxie to improve productivity for the hundreds of millions who use the Firefox browser. But this is not my first browser. Here's a product lesson I learned from my first browser:
ssmagula.github.io/2024/11/30/m...
ssmagula.github.io/2024/11/30/m...
We are aligned.
Join the Workforce !
The Factory owns your Mind and Body.
You have no say !
You have no will !
Join us in complete obedience to the Factory.
Join the Factory Hive Mind !
Be a Factory Worker !
Join us ! Join us ! Join us ! Join us !
The Factory owns your Mind and Body.
You have no say !
You have no will !
Join us in complete obedience to the Factory.
Join the Factory Hive Mind !
Be a Factory Worker !
Join us ! Join us ! Join us ! Join us !
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We are aligned.
Reposted by Stefan Smagula
Great piece, and I think Charlotte gets Hank completely right.
"I don’t know how to precisely explain why King of the Hill captures a particular vibe that resonates with Texans, but you just know when it you see it... It is us. We are it. It is more documentary than sitcom."
The Return of the King
"Forget it, Hank. It's Texas."
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Great piece, and I think Charlotte gets Hank completely right.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Spring grass "of hopeful green stuff woven" has started to sprout here in Providence, Rhode Island. Finally.
April 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Spring grass "of hopeful green stuff woven" has started to sprout here in Providence, Rhode Island. Finally.
"You find yourself in a garden of forking paths. There is one path to the left and one to the right." At 7 my friends and I split the cost of renting a teletype terminal to play text-based adventure games at the science museum. “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” Haha.
February 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"You find yourself in a garden of forking paths. There is one path to the left and one to the right." At 7 my friends and I split the cost of renting a teletype terminal to play text-based adventure games at the science museum. “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” Haha.
At work I help to bring productivity improvements to Firefox, like Tab Groups and something I'm calling Smart Tab Groups (machine learning models that anticipate user needs). Below is a blog post I wrote about the kickoff for another browser: ssmagula.github.io/2024/12/08/a...
He said "All you have to do now is just write the code"
Stefan Smagula, Product Management and Design Case Studies
ssmagula.github.io
December 15, 2024 at 9:31 PM
At work I help to bring productivity improvements to Firefox, like Tab Groups and something I'm calling Smart Tab Groups (machine learning models that anticipate user needs). Below is a blog post I wrote about the kickoff for another browser: ssmagula.github.io/2024/12/08/a...
From HackerNews (discussion here news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4228...) comes this article summarizing research that generates an image from a sound recording. From these thumbnails, the sky/concrete/grass/vegetation ratios are pretty solid. Neat. news.utexas.edu/2024/11/27/r...
Researchers Use AI To Turn Sound Recordings Into Accurate Street Images
AUSTIN, Texas — Using generative artificial intelligence, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has converted sounds from audio
news.utexas.edu
December 8, 2024 at 11:19 PM
From HackerNews (discussion here news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4228...) comes this article summarizing research that generates an image from a sound recording. From these thumbnails, the sky/concrete/grass/vegetation ratios are pretty solid. Neat. news.utexas.edu/2024/11/27/r...
My work aims to help us understand how we can use machine learning, clever design, and moxie to improve productivity for the hundreds of millions who use the Firefox browser. But this is not my first browser. Here's a product lesson I learned from my first browser:
ssmagula.github.io/2024/11/30/m...
ssmagula.github.io/2024/11/30/m...
What I learned from the first browser I worked on
Stefan Smagula, Product Management and Design Case Studies
ssmagula.github.io
December 7, 2024 at 9:25 PM
My work aims to help us understand how we can use machine learning, clever design, and moxie to improve productivity for the hundreds of millions who use the Firefox browser. But this is not my first browser. Here's a product lesson I learned from my first browser:
ssmagula.github.io/2024/11/30/m...
ssmagula.github.io/2024/11/30/m...