Jaime

Lots to chew on in Instacart S-1, but was curious what people make of this. Their Snowflake bill was $13M, $28M, $51M in 2020/21/22. 2023 bill will be $15M. Is that just "optimization"? Did they migrate? Is that indicative of the magnitude of optimizations? What's the read here?

> The authors believe that the modified/strained structure of their material creates a large number of “quantum wells” between particular lead atoms and the adjacent oxygens of the phosphate groups bound to them, in effect making a two-dimensional “electron gas”. They propose that electron tunneling between these quantum wells, which are between... See more

The usage of dbt+Snowflake in spilling to disk in running dbt models at Instacart is bananas. 🍌🍌 *This is very expensive, and unnecessary **Instacart is throwing cash at the problem, which they can do because the wheelbarrow of VC money, but this will get you fired in a… Show more

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

I think a lot about the way visibility is mediated by digital communication. On apps, the only way to be seen is to speak. Silence is a meaningful form of communication, but it’s not one that social media apps have any patience for