Brandon Jacoby
@JacobyBrandon
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Designer of consequential software. Previously at @CashApp, @X/@xAI, and some others along the way. Believer and Former Buckeye.
Joined August 2009
in an era of slop, the product yearns for an interface from a human touch.
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for a long time — from the time i got started in tech until only recently. science and technology seemed disparate, far from being two sides of the same coin. science was academic, slow and methodical. technology was the inverse: “the best way to make a successful startup is not.
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starting a new decade today. more focused and motivated than ever. time to build.
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thanks @cpaik, sending this to my family so they finally understand what i do
I’ve been evaluating people using my @diabrowser /skill. It’s called /graham and It’s scary good. Watch me test it on a few victims live (incl. @nikitabier )
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now more than ever, i find myself reflecting on these words of john lasseter:. “the art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art”.
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its pretty crazy that more people on the timeline are paying attention to astronomer than openai after a massive product launch.
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forget skynet or wiping out the human race. the worst thing ai has done is force me to not use em dashes when writing product docs.
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and all that we’ve gotten to experience since then….
remember the excitement of when bitcoin crossed $10k for the first time?. just think, we get to experience that all over again!.
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one of the strongest businesses I have seen in my career is looking for a head of design. > AI / intelligence space.> extremely strong traction already.> incredible team, design is the final piece.> grinding in person, in sf. rare opportunity with a massive impact from day 1.
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potential outcomes as an early stage startup employee (ranked):. 1. ipo.2. big acquisition.3. acquihire.4. late stage zombie.5. failure.….108. ceo/c-suite abandons you for big tech and you get zero upside from the deal.
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Well, I guess now’s as good a time as any for some personal news. After a wild chapter at @X, I’ve officially wrapped up my time there. I'm extremely proud of the work we did, and you’ll be seeing more of it soon. More to come on what’s next. .
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it’s crazy that at least 30% of the united states GDP comes from work done on a lenovo thinkpad in a random midwest delta lounge.
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startups were having a hard time hiring staff/principal designers. so they lowered the bar for what staff/principal means. and its making the already wobbly designer market even stranger.
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🇺🇸. happy birthday to the greatest country in the world. may your freedom ring and your ambitions scale.
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but for real, @nikitabier took me to onboarding school.
“But sir we already have 60 billion DAUs”. Nikita:. Ship. the. dark. pattern.
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only 3 things are certain in life:. 1. death.2. taxes.3. extremely slick interfaces built by @jsngr and team. let’s go @mainframe!
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celebrated our one year wedding anniversary this weekend. being married is f*cking awesome. find someone you love and put a ring on it.
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the problem with apple acquiring perplexity is that it’s actually doubling down on apple’s poor AI decisions. they completely abandoned (never entered?) the foundational model race, and instead turned their focus to a (poorly executed) product & integration built on top of openai.
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