Thomas H

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Thomas H

Thomas H

@mongocompass

Most of my life either revolves around tech or bikes

Albuquerque, NM Joined Mayıs 2022
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Thomas H
Thomas H@mongocompass·
@DG802023 @Harriwxu3 It looked like there was a new hole where he took it from in the video, so I assume the answer is yes
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Harri@Harriwxu3·
Picking out cold chunks..
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@paulswaney3 Same goes for tattoos, it’s honestly sad seeing young people ruin their career before it’s started
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Paul W. Swaney III
Paul W. Swaney III@paulswaney3·
Young people massively underestimate how their public social media can kill high-paying job offers I have personally seen 5 offer letters pulled in NY over social media content. All were 300k plus total comp roles. Real cases If you are aiming for 85k forever, you are probably fine If you want bigger things, read this
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Thomas H@mongocompass·
@EscapeCycling This is really sad but not unexpected. I tried to order a bike from them in Feb and it was months of delays and missed ship dates until I had to do a chargeback. The company has been unable to operate for a while now and nobody cares enough to fix it
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Thomas H@mongocompass·
@n0t_pop @joelatwar @brian_armstrong No, CSS is used for changing colors and fonts on websites. There are lots of jobs which have no potential security implications, even for a bank
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Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong@brian_armstrong·
This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase: Team, Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future. Why now Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both. First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth. Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day. All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core. What this means To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice? - Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles. - No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams. - AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role. In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs. To those who are affected I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done. All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information. To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements. Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters. How we move forward To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together: Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it. The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission. Brian
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Thomas H@mongocompass·
@joelatwar @brian_armstrong I mean there’s nothing wrong with a non-technical member shipping CSS, one could argue that’s been the case for 10+ years through website builders
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Joel Guerra@joelatwar·
@brian_armstrong “Non-technical teams are now shipping production code” Yeah… I’m pulling my assets out of Coinbase
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Thomas H@mongocompass·
@TheAboveParty @JamesQueallyLAT @benryanwriter Wouldn’t that still mean 20% of molested children are molested by gay men? i.e. you’re 10x more likely to be molested by a gay man (2% of the population) than a straight or bisexual man?
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The Above Party@TheAboveParty·
@JamesQueallyLAT @benryanwriter Yeah, this is true if you classify males who rape males as heterosexual - which is what “experts” in the field do. Normal people would consider a male raping a male to be a distinctly HOMOsexual act. But hey, they’re not “experts”.
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James Queally@JamesQueallyLAT·
A 'MAGA influencer' told a gay couple there were 'statistics' showing they were likely to molest their child. (There are not.) Now, support grows for West Hollywood dad who threw punches. My latest: latimes.com/california/sto…
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@VCBrags Yeah but he is high-agency
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VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏
"It's important to be high-agency, never follow the herd, and think independently" - Tyler, 29, Ex-FAANG now at an AI startup, lives in SF, into bouldering + cold plunge, self-optimization & peptides.
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@lukecannon727 @amasad I was also thinking that too; he just moved his company from a city center to the suburb, more of a reflection of what kind of house the CEO wants to live in than anything else
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Luke Cannon@lukecannon727·
@amasad I’m confused, all this just to move a few miles south? Why not Texas?
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Amjad Masad
Amjad Masad@amasad·
Replit left San Francisco for Foster City. The "why" we're leaving is boring, sad, and predictable (crime, dysfunction, etc), so instead let me tell you why we chose Foster City. Foster City embodies the American post-war optimism and the long-lost California pro-growth mentality. in 1958 businessman Jack Foster set out to build "a master-planned community concept"; in 1960 bought Brewer Island, a largely undeveloped land used for salt evaporation and dairy farming; in 1961 started building, and in 1964, the first family moved in. By 1966, more than 5,000 people were living there. Can you imagine how long it would take to build such a project today? The city is also known for its innovative engineering, particularly its "Venice-like" lagoon system. Instead of employing massive landfills to elevate the terrain for development, engineers devised a system of lagoons that provided essential drainage and a super cool aesthetic landscape. Finally, the city is super livable. When Haya and I moved to California, we first took residence there and, in fact, incorporated Replit here. Our first bank was Wells Fargo, a few steps from our new office. It's relatively affordable compared to the rest of the Bay Area and has a healthy mix of residential, commercial, and recreational spaces. Downtown San Mateo is a bridge away, a fun place to hang out or live. Finally, in the Bay Area, almost every town has an associated iconic tech company. When you think of Mountain View, you think of Google; when you think of Cupertino, you think of Apple. My hope is that in the future, when you think of Foster City, you'll think of Replit.
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@heynavtoor > a lightweight rust implementation So it’ll also susceptible to supply chain hacks too?
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Nav Toor
Nav Toor@heynavtoor·
LastPass was breached in 2022. Hackers stole the encrypted password vaults of 25 million users. Then they started cracking them. In January 2024, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen lost $150 million in XRP to attackers who cracked his LastPass vault. By December 2025, blockchain analysts at TRM Labs traced over $438 million in cryptocurrency thefts back to that single breach. LastPass paid $24.5 million to settle the class action. Your passwords. Your credit cards. Your bank logins. Your crypto keys. Stored on a company's server. Breached. Downloaded. Cracked. Used against you. For years. 1Password: prices going up 33% starting March 2026. Bitwarden Families: $47.88/year. LastPass Premium: $36/year. All of them store your vault on THEIR servers. There is an open-source alternative. Your vault lives on YOUR server. Nobody else can access it. Nobody else can breach it. Nobody else can sell the encrypted backup to criminals. It is called Vaultwarden. 58,700+ stars on GitHub. A lightweight Rust implementation of the Bitwarden server API. It works with every official Bitwarden app. Browser extensions, mobile, desktop, CLI. You point them at your server instead of Bitwarden's cloud. That is it. Here is what it does: → Full password vault. Logins, cards, identities, secure notes. → Works with every Bitwarden client. iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Windows, Mac, Linux. → TOTP authenticator built in. No separate 2FA app needed. → Password sharing. Organizations, collections, roles, groups. → Emergency Access. Give a trusted person access if something happens to you. → Send. Share encrypted text or files with self-destructing links. → FIDO2, YubiKey, Duo, and Email 2FA. → AES-256 end-to-end encryption. Your master password never leaves your device. → Single Docker container. 50 MB of RAM at idle. Here's the wildest part: Bitwarden's official self-hosted server needs 11 separate Docker containers to run. Vaultwarden is one container. One Rust binary. Less memory than a single Chrome tab. All the premium features Bitwarden charges for are free on Vaultwarden. TOTP. Send. Emergency Access. Vault Health Reports. Organizations. All of it. One of the active Vaultwarden maintainers is employed by Bitwarden and contributes on their own time. Vaultwarden: $0. Unlimited users. All premium features. Runs on a $5 VPS. Runs on a Raspberry Pi. 2,700+ forks. 81 releases. 83% Rust. AGPL-3.0 license. Your passwords. Your hardware. Your keys. 100% Open Source. (Link in the comments)
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@curiously729 @Polymarket I feel like I’d rather own Ford (51B market cap) and have 9 billion dollars than just Cursor.
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Polymarket@Polymarket·
JUST IN: SpaceX has secured the right to acquire Cursor AI for $60 billion later this year.
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Thomas H@mongocompass·
@gatlactica @LundukeJournal @mozilla But if they said nothing then Firefox would just be an objectively worse browser with nothing special about it. Now it’s worse but different
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The Lunduke Journal@LundukeJournal·
Meet “Kit”. The Firefox Web browser’s new, non-binary mascot. Yes. You read that right. Non-binary. With “They/Them” pronouns. Because, of course @Mozilla had to inject “pronouns”, and “gender identity” politics into a web browser.
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Pirat_Nation 🔴@Pirat_Nation·
Mozilla has introduced a new non-binary mascot called “Kit.” Kit uses they/them pronouns.
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@AmiriKing I don’t get it, cyclists belong on the road? He’s supposed to be there
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Amiri King@AmiriKing·
I’m leaning cyclist but it’s close.
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Amiri King@AmiriKing·
A ‘wheely kid’ smashes into a cyclist and I can’t decide who I’m mad at more. Help me out cuz I hate both of these people.
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@_MaxBlade @Scobleizer Where did the assets come from? Did your agent make them or download them from somewhere else?
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Max Blade@_MaxBlade·
Vibe coded this game in 2 hours. Ported to mobile this morning, video is on iPhone, it runs insanely smooth. Code naming it project dreadnaught for now.
@levelsio@levelsio

🕹️ THE VIBE JAM IS BACK! I present you... 🌟 2026 @cursor_ai Vibe Coding Game Jam #vibejam Sponsored by @boltdotnew + @cursor_ai Start: Today! Deadline: 1 May 2026 at 13:37 UTC, so you have a whole month to make your game! REAL CASH PRIZES: 🏆 Gold: $20,000 🥈 Silver: $10,000 🥉 Bronze: $5,000 RULES: - anyone can enter with their game - at least 90% of code has to be written by AI - it should be started today or after today, don't submit old games - game has to be accessible on web without any login or signup and free-to-play (preferrably its own domain or subdomain) - multiplayer games preferred but not required! - can use any engine but usually @ThreeJS is recommended - NO loading screens and heavy downloads (!!!) has to be almost instantly in the game (except maybe ask username if you want) - add the HTML code on the Google form in the reply below to show you're an entrant - one entry per person (focus on making one really good game!) WHAT TO USE: - anythign but we suggest @cursor_ai's Composer 3 and @boltdotnew, they are both fast, affordable and great at ThreeJS and making games THE JURY: Me, @s13k_, and I will ask some real game dev and AI people to jury again too Sponsors and jury suggestions still very welcome, just DM me! It will be interesting to see the difference in quality with last year, and the Vibe Jam can be kind of like a fun benchmark for AI coding seeing it close in on real commercial games I think To enter, complete the form in the reply below this tweet!

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Thomas H@mongocompass·
my whole life everyone told me not to put anchovies on pizza and I can finally, confidently, say they were right
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@TrenchJohnXina @zerohedge The most advanced frontier models in the world and supporting tools, including six massive data centers and large user communities. One of the strongest moats for a private tech company in the world (least that I’m aware of)
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zerohedge@zerohedge·
*OPENAI VALUED AT $852 BILLION AFTER CLOSING $122 BILLION ROUND
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@andyrosenbaum @sircalebhammer That’s what I was thinking; the bottom photo is AI and they just replaced the sidewalks with trees and flower gardens. Cool idea but not feasible
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Caleb Hammer@sircalebhammer·
I understand that new neighborhoods will not be mature enough to have wonderful canopy trees, duh. But why are they (basically) not planting any trees at all? I think I see four or five baby trees? A new neighborhood rarely looks good, but ones like this will NEVER look good.
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we ruined such a good thing

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Thomas H@mongocompass·
@mountainwesttax Denver is a top-tier outdoor city, the real question is if you can afford 1,100/foot why would anyone choose NYC
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MWT@mountainwesttax·
unrelated, but if you can afford $1,100/foot why wouldn’t you choose somewhere better than Denver?
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MWT@mountainwesttax·
lol, lmao even
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@kaxishk Did she though? I don’t see it on any of her recent posts
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kanishk@kaxishk·
katy perry posting this about Justin Trudeau lmaoooo😭😭
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@Subconscio39622 @adeolale @FearedBuck Thank you for explaining this, I was wondering why he said Kimani was cheated. Looking into it it looks like he followed a pace vehicle off course (technically his fault but still, I have sympathy), and then some lady ran in front of him. So thing happened to lead to this outcome
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SubconsciosOX@Subconscio39622·
@adeolale @FearedBuck I’m proud of my American brother, but you’re right. The crowd led Kimani down the wrong path earlier in this race. Those seconds lost cost him the race. Facts over feelings, guys.
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FearBuck@FearedBuck·
Nathan Martin, a 36-year-old high school cross-country coach from Jackson, Michigan, won the 2026 Los Angeles Marathon by running past Kenya’s Michael Kamau in the final second.
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