Devin Lewtan

Orange is the new Blue (in tech) — A thread 🍊 1. mymind (@mymind)

just encountered this in real life. the guy next to me on the plane from new york to sf said he takes this exact flight every week and the same thing happens with the overhead bins every time. back and forth. every week.

They hate me for my experiments

@afterimage @browsercompany 🦋

The Shadow Boxer For @browsercompany Made October 2024. Unreleased. Afterimage Archives ◍

@HipCityReg oh to see the world through the eyes of reggie james

I didn’t expect my first release at GC to make me emotional, but I truly feel empowered to craft a new General Catalyst and I can’t wait to show you all more

a work of art by my favorite freaks in the biz @DevinLewtan and the @turbopuffer team turbopuffer.supply

@zebriez @turbopuffer 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

@michaelmiraflor damn what happened to them

This was the peak of the era. This feels like a million years ago.

@soontechnology @RainmakerCorp hell ya dagsen

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@eglyman its true! i do feel this way when i use ramp!

Meet Brian. Brian’s been carrying accounting on his back for a long time. Super Bowl Sunday, he finally gets backup.

@ettinger proud of u

Wordsss turns two today. We refreshed our website with case studies and new branding. Some thoughtsss: It's never been more true that the best story wins. A small team with the right tools can now build a meaningful technology company, with all the bells and whistles: good enough, generic writing, functional design, and a passable brand. "Pretty good" became the default. To stand out, great companies have become more determined to establish a differentiated point of view with distinctive writing and memorable design. Many of the supposed truths I believed about this business were just stories that I made up. The world is fake and made-up — and (almost?) everyone is winging it. Learning that is terrifying, but liberating. "You can just do things" is only part of the story. The other part: very few people do. "The reward for good work is more work." —@kevin2kelly. No coffee meeting, outbound email, or networking event proved more fruitful for business growth than simply sharing our work. I've worked with dozens of founders and the variance in archetypes is seemingly infinite. There is an infectious magnetism (aura?) some have that is hard to articulate, impossible to replicate, and incredibly energizing. Find people that energize you and spend more time with them. I recognize that the goalposts have shifted, and I'm reminding myself to stop and appreciate how far we've come, while respecting that the floor and ceiling are both objectively higher. It is our moral obligation to be optimistic. And it is a very wise business decision. The world is going to change a lot — faster and more dramatically than ever before. It's going to be weird, but I believe it's going to be wonderful. Buckle up! I keep coming back to one @tyleralterman thought that perfectly encapsulates the greatest lesson of the @wordsssdotcom experiment: "Anyone who's become radically more capable of creating what they want to see in the world passionately launched into an ambitious public-facing project." This has been the most exciting and rewarding chapter of my career so far. I feel lucky and grateful to have made this well-timed bet. Your turn.

it appears @tamarawinter and @stripepress have done it again, boys

@tbpn @HipCityReg the man the myth the legend

BREAKING: @HipCityReg has joined General Catalyst as Creative Director

@g_kasten ok ok ok!

you met me at a very “the goal is to be bicoastal” time of my life

@HipCityReg @generalcatalyst @htaneja @jcfurstenberg it all comes full circle 🫡

I’m incredibly energized to announce that I’ve joined @generalcatalyst as their Creative Director It’s an honor to be trusted to hold this position by @htaneja, @jcfurstenberg, and the entire GC Famiglia I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with incredible folks across our industry during my break. But the ambition that General Catalyst has to tackle huge problems, is simply unnatural. There’s so much work to do to show the story of the immense world being built here. But I couldn’t imagine doing anything else right now. It would be absolutely foolish to not thank the many people that spent time supporting me during this time. So here’s a list of thank yous: @gaby_goldberg @seanxthielen @menemazarakis @thecpe @tamarawinter @marannelson @pythianism @janehk @cokiehasiotis @jacksondahl @nabeelqu @EmilyHerrera @DevinLewtan @bryce @soleio and I’m sure there’s others I’m forgetting who had a huge impact on me during this time And most importantly, my very offline Wife whom I’m nothing without 💕 *bonus first day of work fit yesterday

reading lips is like subtitles for a conversation

@AnnicaBenning @HipCityReg @jacksondahl pay attention to my actions, not my words

@DevinLewtan @HipCityReg @jacksondahl but SF is back dev!!

2026 ins and outs (crowdsourced from too many holiday parties)

the lioness does not concern herself with new year’s resolutions this year