John JG Chirapurath

@IsForAt lol I’m married sir

@OriginalJGC Rawrrrr! :-)

Pathetic. Bob Ferguson can’t even own what he is doing to Washington’s economic future with this ill conceived income tax without this ridiculous claim that “Donald Trump & Congress made me do it.” I never thought Jay Inslee could be topped for brazen political jackassary, but here we are.

@mattmcilwain When Matt speaks, pay attention.

My life’s work has been to maximize the size of the pie for the innovation economy: better, bigger outcomes for founders, company builders, and the entire region. For 26 years, I’ve strived to build a vibrant startup ecosystem here in Washington, and I’m very concerned that a state income tax would not only crush the innovation economy that Washington has come to take for granted but also fail to achieve its stated goals. Today, I published an op-ed in @GeekWire laying out my concerns in detail. First, we need to clear the air on the narrative being used. The term “millionaire’s tax” itself is inaccurate. Let’s be clear: this new tax is an income tax. No income tax in history has ever stopped at just high earners. The legislature is trying to convince you otherwise, but their own track record proves otherwise: they’ve raised gas taxes, payroll taxes, revenue (B&O) taxes, and capital gains taxes. In Olympia, it’s never enough! They are trying to claim that an income tax won’t broadly expand in a future “emergency,” but it is folly to trust them on something with such severe risks. My inspiration for expanding the pie is derived from my own direct life experiences. My mom never went to college, and my dad was the first in his family to attend college. They met in the U.S. Army, and both worked incredibly hard to provide an opportunity for our family, which paved the way for me to study and work hard. Twenty-six years ago, I took the greatest risk of my life to move our young family from Georgia to Seattle to join a fledgling investment firm backing founders right as the dot-com bubble burst! Our firm, Madrona, helped founders prioritize, cut costs, and survive a true economic crisis exacerbated by 9/11. Founder resilience produced amazing success stories that contributed back to Washington state in countless ways. Now, many of those entrepreneurs have left the state for other regions that are more supportive of their contributions. Everyone deserves an opportunity to realize their full potential in life and earn the benefits from their hard work and risk-taking. Most who succeed choose to be very generous with their time, talents, and resources in the communities where they live. If state political leaders try to paper over bad economic policy with yet more taxes, those taxpayers will simply leave for a different state, meaning the state still won’t get the additional tax revenues they seek, and the innovation economy will be much worse for it. Ultimately, this income tax would serve to divide the pie rather than expand it. It would drive innovators away from Washington and leave us significantly weaker — and poorer! Sadly, that is not a narrative but a reality the state will have to live with forever if they create an income tax today. geekwire.com/2026/opinion-t…

Must read for Washingtonians concerned about the state's future - A new letter from tech leaders lays out the damage a new 9.9% income tax would do to Washington state’s economy. wsj.com/opinion/a-tech… via @WSJopinion

@IsForAt @pmddomingos Nailed it.

Yes, and that's the micro optimization / local maximum on a burgeoning Washington problem. Golden goose is gagging. @pmddomingos called out early and right

I guess the Seattle SuperSonics aren't coming back after all. Washington’s proposed millionaire tax is already spooking the NBA. It’s just one part of a tax stack that would hit founders and small businesses harder than anywhere in America. garryslist.org/posts/washingt…

@IsForAt 😂😂😂

NPR in Seattle just reminded listeners to celebrate peacefully after the Superbowl. I, for one, would like to meet a Sunday morning NPR listener who has ever, or plans to, rampage after a football game.

SEAHAWKS ARE THE 1 SEED IN THE NFC 🔥 The Seahawks beat the 49ers 13-4 to win the NFC West, claim the #1 seed in the NFC and secure a first round bye.

@realAtlasPress You’ve missed the empires of the South. Like the Cholas, Cheras etc

6000 Years of World History in 1 Picture

Chance meeting with my favorite football analyst @danorlovsky7 on a flight today. It appeared he was working hard the entire flight - 5+ hours! Mad respect for his work ethos - I can see why he’s best in the business!

@theliverdoc Learned a few things here Dr. Cyriac. Thank you. Keep up the great work.

Good morning! Did you sleep well last night? Melatonin for sleep. Who really needs it? 1/10

@fvdmaele @collibra Congratulations!

Thrilled to share that @Collibra has acquired Raito, a data access management platform built for the complexities of modern data and AI ecosystems.

@Tawadros15 You missed Theodosius Mar Thoma of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosiu…

The Apostle Thomas preached in Mesopotamia and India and established the Thomasine Christian communities. He has 6 successors today starting with Cardinal Patriarch of Baghdad and all Chaldea Loius Raphael Sako

The 12 Apostles Peter, James the Greater, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Andrew, Matthew, James the Lesser, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot, and Matthias. All passed their authority down to successors, but who are they today?

@tejchilli @Hadley :) understand where you’re coming from. These two are diff modalities (relational vs doc db) catering to very different types of usage patterns. For a good explanation see bytebase.com/blog/postgres-…

@OriginalJGC @Hadley Yea exactly like when Postgres introduced JSON and wiped out mongo

2 years ago today, A16Z announced they put $100M into Pinecone, as everyone and their mother tripped over each other to invest in vector databases. Given how little standalone vector DBs are valued now, the hype cycle is wild to look back on. Quick timeline below: Late 2022: •ChatGPT launches. •Early RAG architectures emerge. •First buzz around Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Chroma. Q1 2023: •Massive demand surge for vector search. •Vector DBs seen as critical infra. •Heavy VC excitement (“new database category!”). Q2 2023: •Peak hype. •Pinecone raises $100M, Weaviate raises $50M. •Every AI infra diagram has a vector DB layer. Q3 2023: •Saturation hits. •Postgres, Redis, MongoDB add native vector search. •Clouds bundle it. Q4 2023: •Hype fades. •Vector search becomes a commodity. Early 2024: •Market tightens. •Attention shifts to agents, fine-tuning, orchestration.

@StevenXi07 @Hadley I do think the next big thing are converged data platforms as the need for transactional (aka OLTP) v. analytic (aka OLAP) was born in a strict relational world with expensive storage - thus a world of hard choices & optimization. Databricks is definitely leading the way.

@OriginalJGC @Hadley Investors were more excited than the incuments for sure; To their credits, big DB vendors such as Databricks and MongoDB all decided to build their own vectorDB as a features. We took a look but did not pull any trigger..

@asymmetricinfo 😂 The struggle is real everywhere!

It is 4 pm, the witching hour. If I make any move whatsover away from the spot where I am now working, the dogs will conclude that dinner is upon us, and set to making a ruckus. If I deny them, they will be inconsolable, preventing further work. So I must stay pinned to this spot, making as few movements as possible, not daring to even look at the door, until the appointed time ... We thought we domesticated predators and trained them to help us. Instead, we have trained ourselves to act like prey.

@DanishSait attending #AWSreInvent is the funniest thing that has happened to tech conferences! In stitches! 🤣🤣🤣

@levie 😂

I finally understand all the Crypto Lawyers for Kamala merch I’ve seen