David Barrett
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Founder and CEO of @expensify
Portland, OR
Joined May 2008
Like everyone, we've been thinking a lot about and investing in AI -- here's a quick peek of what's going on at Expensify behind the scenes, and a framework to understand how every large legacy player like us will gradually embrace the change (if at all):
use.expensify.com
Discover how Expensify revolutionizes financial workflows with AI receipt scanning and intelligent expense tracking. Our three-step framework transforms legacy processes into smart solutions.
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It's here! Book all your employees' travel on one central card. Also, create dedicated travel links to customize the travel policy for each link! https://t.co/rR1O4S2hnE
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Expensify Travel now supports centralized billing, event-specific booking links, and mobile-friendly itineraries for faster, smarter business travel.
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This thing is very large, very real, and very very cool #tesla of construction https://t.co/ZRH7ZItD0n
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This thing needs to be seen to be believed: the #Tesla of bulldozers is right. @ahmedshubber25 is creating something incredible. https://t.co/zb9F1yPr4J
businessinsider.com
Lumina founder Ahmed Shubber built the first prototype of his startup's EV bulldozer called Moonlander. The bulldozer will be autonomous, he said.
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Proof that New Expensify's freelance contributor program is one of the largest and most sophisticated OSS projects in the world: OpenAI used 1488 of our real Upwork jobs to build the authoritative measure of AI coding capabilities. #freelance #OpenSource
https://t.co/m54zfqCm0p
Today we’re launching SWE-Lancer—a new, more realistic benchmark to evaluate the coding performance of AI models. SWE-Lancer includes over 1,400 freelance software engineering tasks from Upwork, valued at $1 million USD total in real-world payouts.
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I had some free time this holiday season and wrote up a blog post about how we use NUMA balancing on our 384-CPU, 6TB monster servers to keep the site humming reliably (and some of the challenges we've had to overcome). It's pretty low level, enjoy! https://t.co/NPQb2ibmnl
use.expensify.com
Check out our deep dive into how Expensify's core hardware works – down to the chip level – with an explanation of how that enables a critical feature of our software to work with NUMA balancing.
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I find the whole "cloud exit" trend so confusing. The math on the extreme cost, stability, and performance advantages of self-hosting seemed obvious from the start -- what has changed that has people suddenly realizing this? - https://t.co/fPzurEViHC -
arstechnica.com
After buying its own hardware, 37Signals will be “literally deleting our AWS account come this summer.” But most firms are looking at hybrid mixes.
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It's a little known fact that @2chainz had an early prototype of the #AppleVisionPro in our Expensify This #SuperBowl music video ( https://t.co/1IL3pAkO7D). I can't believe nobody noticed.
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The secret experiment behind the Expensify Lounge
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When we first launched the "Expensify Lounge", people couldn't help but ask "Why are you doing this?" and "How long can this possibly last?"
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This is an incredible glimpse into the lives of ordinary Gaza citizens, and outlines the eroding support for Hamas amongst the people it claims to represent. Yes it was elected in 2006, but the average Gaza resident is under 18, meaning half of Gaza wasn't even born before the
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Know any teachers? Let https://t.co/bY4NbzCKHE help them help their students
use.expensify.com
Refer a K-12 teacher to Expensify.org so we can reimburse 50% of any purchase they make to help underprivileged students in their classrooms. As fall begins, countless kids around the world have...
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It's so horrifying that it can seem like it doesn't need to be said. But obviously there is no defense for murdering children and gunning down a music festival. This isn't religion, it's not even war, it's just terror, and needs to be stopped.
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Who wouldn't want to meet one of these superheroes?
At #Xerocon and want to simplify the way you or your clients’ business manages money? 💸 We’re joined by the @Expensify team on the floor who are here to help with corporate cards, expense tracking, travel booking and more! 📍Find them at stand EP+1.
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'Our focus has been creating an oasis': Midtown Beer Garden replaces old downtown Portland food cart pod
kgw.com
Developers prioritized safety and creating a family-friendly environment in a corner of downtown Portland that has struggled.
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Packed house at the @expensify SF Lounge for @techweek_‘s Expert Panel, “Building Safe AI” with speakers @RepAnnaEshoo and Laurie Richardson, moderated by @dwarkesh_sp. #SFTechWeek #AI
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Great case study on how we use StackOverflow internally. It's been a lifesafer. https://t.co/NE2Ed5KNn7 via @stackoverflow
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