nick bradford
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something new | prev co-founder/CTO @ellipsis_dev (YC W24)
NYC
Joined July 2012
after 21 incredible months building @ellipsis_dev, I’ve decided to step down as CTO. thanks to the customers/investors/friends who made it possible; you’re in good hands with @HunterFromNYC. for what’s next, stay tuned
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the year is 2015. Alexa is struggling to turn on the lights in my living room. the year is 2025. Alexa is still struggling to turn on the lights in my living room.
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i think more teams working on LLM applications should use test-driven development. without evals, it's easier than ever to flail around endlessly without making actual progress.
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💰 new blog: FUNDRAISING ADVICE FOR SEED STAGE STARTUPS. when i first got into startups, trying to raise money from VCs felt opaque and mysterious. it doesn't have to feel that way. [link below].
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if i had a nickel for every time i built (or integrated with) a sandbox for codegen agents, I would have 6 nickels, which is just an unnecessary number of nickels.
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RT @konstiwohlwend: man, @ellipsis_dev is so underrated. of the code review AIs we use on GitHub, Ellipsis is consistently the best one, ev….
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🚀 new blog: JUST ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT. I've sent/received a lot of cold outbound; here are my tips for getting a response. - Do NOT lead with an ambiguous request.- Do NOT try to manipulate people with opacity.- DO directly send one message with all relevant context. [link in.
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new AI tool i've been loving recently: voice dictation. - the tech has gotten much better recently: automatically fix verbal stumbles, very high accuracy, instant latency.- I'm around ~80 WPM typing, voice is ~50% faster.- took a few days to get used to holding Fn, now I do it by
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o3 has remained my default model. o3-pro has replaced Deep Research for me, but it's absolutely brutally slow on normal queries that o3/4o/sonnet will get instantly
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every second spent prioritizing is a second not spent building. as the marginal cost of software plummets, the bias should increasingly be action > analysis.
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personally, i'm very happy about Liquid Glass because it means i'll be spending less time on my iPhone and more time in Cursor.
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time for a personal website refresh. goodbye, gradients and icons 🫡 . 2023 | 2025
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rip Pocket, did one job and did it well. anyone have suggestions for alt ways to bookmark and manage links?
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idk why i slept so long on the chatgpt/claude desktop apps, they're easily a 2x improvement over web even before you factor in the Cursor integrations.
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do apply if:.• you want to ship.• you've built LLM agents.• you like wearing many hats.• you want to work in-person in NYC. don't apply if:.• you don't want to work long hours on hard problems.
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