Dre Smith

@marccampbell @albert_ isn’t it portability? you’re not locked to one database’s dialect or migrations, so the same app runs across whatever a customer mandates on-prem

@albert_ ageee with everything except the orm starement. that feels off. why do you think that makes it on prem friendly?

We've seen million dollar deals die over this. If you want to sell to enterprise, you need to be on-prem ready now. - Containerize - Use postgres with an ORM - Don't lock in to one cloud provider - Provision infra with Terraform

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Figma CEO watching 14 years of work get cooked by one tweet 😭

What would happen to the economy if #opensource was truly “dead”?

You basically need to be unemployed to keep up with all this AI stuff. @jack feels it too

@devahaz LMAO

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Go to prompt I use after the first response from AI: You can do better. Claude/GPT/Gemini will say - "My bad, you're right Dre..." The second response is almost ALWAYS better than the first. Also, just last night I told Claude it was being lazy and it told me.. "You're right, I cut corners on that response.." All in all, never trust the first answer from AI.

Github will be replaced.

for the record, we see a lot of people saying @zocomputer is just hosted @openclaw... but really OpenClaw was inspired by Zo June 20, 2025 - we launch our beta Nov 19, 2025 - we launch 6 days later... first OpenClaw commit

Over the next 48 months, the founders I work with will raise and generate $100M. Because in this market: Building product has never been easier. Winning attention has never been harder. The best product doesn’t win. The best narrative + distribution does. If you’re serious about both — let’s talk.

I said I was taking on only 4 founders... …and we’re already at 9 in 21 days. 😅🚀 Half of my clients are repeat founders. And they all say the same thing: “The product matters… but narrative + distribution wins.” Because they’ve lived it. They’ve seen great products die in silence… …and “okay” products become inevitable because the story traveled. That’s why my GTM coaching for Founders has been taking off faster than I expected. What’s been wild to see in the first wave: These founders aren’t “early.” They’re smart. They’re building real products that'll shape the future. They just needed: a GTM plan that helps them own their space a story investors can repeat a network of warm introductions to top firms the confidence that comes from working with me What we’ve already shipped together: 🤝 Investor intros into my network (no need for cold email outreach to top funds) ✍ Pitch rewrites that turn “what we built” into “this feels inevitable and we're the right team to execute” 💸 GTM strategy: ICP, offer, outbound messaging, and the exact plays to land first enterprise conversations 😎 Weekly accountability so execution stops relying on motivation The biggest lesson so far: The market doesn’t reward the best product. It rewards the clearest narrative + distribution. If investors don’t immediately understand: who it’s for why now what makes it inevitable and how you win …you’ll keep hearing “This is interesting” (aka the kiss of death) If customers don’t immediately understand: who it’s for what pain it removes why they should act now what makes you different and what to do next …you don’t have a GTM problem. You have a clarity problem. I’m grateful (and honestly fired up) that this is taking off. If you’re a Pre-seed -> Series A founder raising this year or pushing for your first enterprise deals, and you want a right-hand to help you get to the next milestone send me a DM! let's talk about it 💰 💰 Dre

Is having to write code largely solved with Claude? Just finished @lennysan most recent episode with Boris Boris was born to write code hasn’t edited a line of code since last year Because of Claude This trend will continue .. until all of our commits are pushed with AI Anyone else listen to this episode? Let’s discuss youtu.be/We7BZVKbCVw

On 6.9.2025 - I could barely do 50 pushups in one go… But I kept going 💪🏿 - 25,770 pushups to date. At least 100 everyday since then. 🙏🏾 tiktok.com/t/ZTr32M2NU/

@druski This is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

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