Michael Salinger

Boom! 💥 @kintent launches free, self-service #SOC2 prep for startups. This is game changing as we work to change how companies think of #security, #compliance, and #trust. So proud of the entire Kintent team for making this happen! lnkd.in/d9GP6HJQ

@SiGallagher @jeremybp @sama You're forgetting one important factor of how our economy works - companies need people to buy their stuff. If everyone is out of a job, then no one will be able to afford most of the things companies make.

So you’d like to be in the pocket of the government for your entire life? Do you realise the hoops people currently on benefits have to jump through to justify their existence? You actively want that. The government barely even matters when companies have more money and more influence than them. Who do you think lobbies them?

I am very excited about AI, but to go off-script for a minute: I built an app with Codex last week. It was very fun. Then I started asking it for ideas for new features and at least a couple of them were better than I was thinking of. I felt a little useless and it was sad.

@iCollectSupport I am getting errors trying to open the app, HTTP errors.

At @TrustCloudAI , #AI has been part of our DNA since our founding. Early on we learned that understanding how #LLMs actually work was critical for mastering #PromptEngineering, leading to far better, more consistent AI outcomes. linkedin.com/pulse/understa…

@duolingo We've been kicked out of our family plan - only my wife who set up the plan still has access. She tried to reinvite us but it says the invitation is no longer valid.

@OneFutureOfMany @mcuban @DemattosJeffrey I'm certainly seeing that. Cyber security may be one of the better areas to be in though.

@mcuban @DemattosJeffrey Interesting stuff. Have you seen any direct impacts on VC funding? Currently seeking late seed funding for my cybersecurity startup and definitely getting a lot more hesitant signals from funding sources than I think we would have had a year ago… curious your sense on that.

Let’s talk about why inflation isn’t up, as economists predicted. It’s really simple. I see it in all my product based companies. 1. They borrow money or use their available cash to front run the tariffs and buy as much inventory as they can. 3, 6 months or longer. In many cases they get a better price because the mfg knows the risks post tariffs 2. But that cash is expensive. They either lose the ability to earn interest , (4pct) the ability to invest in other parts of their biz or they pay interest on a loan (10 to 20 pct ) 3. None of the above is a positive. Not having cash or add to their liabilities is a risk. 4. They see the on and off again tariffs in action , so they don’t know how long their inventory will have the value they expected 5. So they don’t raise prices. In fact they may even discount some as a way to clear out inventory and replenish cash or pay down expensive loans 6. This isnt just small companies. This is all companies facing this. This is why Walmart says they will be raising prices in the future. The variance in tariffs has made it impossible to know how to manage costs , so you do all you can to clear out inventory and get back to cash. And take your chances on tariffs not being as big as you feared. 7. This is why prices haven’t gone up to this point

@DrMattBob @RossKneeDeep The research does not back this up. Productivity is generally better in WFH/Hybrid environments. Your assertion is not backed by the data.

During Covid, working from home seemed to be very successful and advantageous for employees. Why are so many employers making their employees come back to the office?

@rakyll My experience is the opposite - larger companies can often let a lot of stuff slip into the codebase that would never pass scrutiny at any startup I've worked at.

People coming from startups to large companies sometimes underestimate how much damage could be done by shipping crap. If you ship crap, it sometimes drags the company and cause exponential damage. People build layers of crap over crap. At a startup, the damage is contained.

@jenlooper Sorry to hear that Jen.

Laid off today, it’s a sad thing to have your work “deprioritized” but the heart will go on, as Celine says.

@dottkhan There are numerous companies that have proof that it does. Mine included.

Great move by Amazon. Every company should consider doing this. Remote doesn’t really work if you have more than 5 employees. theverge.com/2024/9/16/2424…

@marcorus @jack__smitham My experience has been micromanaging much more prevalent at larger companies than smaller.

@jack__smitham Yes and no. Micromanaging is more common in smaller organizations. A key differentiator is native remote vs. native office companies. The former have no reasons to change, but the latter often thought of Remote/Hybrid as temporary.

I usually don’t post about topics other than #data. But is there a more relevant news today? I was discussing with a friend about when (good or wrong, it doesn’t matter) other companies will align to Amazon. 1 year, 2 years, or more? cnbc.com/2024/09/16/ama…

@marcorus @howdataworks Hybrid and remote work is actually on the rise. Other big tech may follow suit but startups and newer tech companies will use remote and hybrid work as a tool to attract talent.

@howdataworks I don't know. I would have said 1-2 years before today because it was a process already in place, but I would have expected to stop at 3 to 4 days in office. Amazon raising it to 5 days means that (many) others will follow, and the process could accelerate.

@itamarw @SarahPerezTC @HilzFuld This is far less true than it was years ago.

@SarahPerezTC @HilzFuld iOS has tons of AI-powered stuff, but sprinkled in in ways that are just delightful and not like "in your face AI". And +1 what Hillel is saying- the iOS/MacOS ecosystem is just so amazing, how everything works so well together, etc... I vote stay iOS :)

Thinking about switching to Android....can someone talk me out of it / into it?

@disneyglimpses Problem is that would still be too many people on G+. But maybe tier it - $10 for deluxe (or free), $15 for moderate, $20 for value, and $49 for everyone else.

Genie+ should be free for resort guests and $49/guest for everyone else. ILL stays as is. I'm not convinced that the money they make on Genie+ (particularly with resort guests) is simply lost somewhere else. False sense of incremental revenue.

@fotodave @ScottGustin Peltz is no Roy Disney....

Disney published a new "Fact vs Fiction" page on its Vote Disney website that refutes claims made by Nelson Peltz and Trian Fund Management. Disney specifically addressed Peltz's track record and Jay Rasulo's "stale" perspective on the media industry.

@RisingSekhmet @micgoins @greenhousemd That's BS

@micgoins @greenhousemd The shots weaken your immune system sir

I have never, in a long career as a pediatrician, seen so many very sick babies and kids with RSV. That is all.

@jezhumble @ealexhudson @4wmturner @mipsytipsy My company TrustCloud.ai has a common control framework that is approachable and takes a DevOps / CICD viewpoint. It's really not hard to implement ISO 27001:2022 or SOC2 with using DevOps principles.

@ealexhudson @4wmturner @mipsytipsy Yes. It is SO FRUSTRATING!

This is a *perfect* example of how an overly literal interpretation can screw you over and cause great harm. In finance, "segregation of duties" means the person who submits expenses shouldn't also be the person who approves those expenses. In tech, it means get a code review.

Great🧵on the perceived tension between compliance and modern CI/CD best practices. tl; dr; the tension is artificial - CI/CD is not only compatible, but more fully achieved the intention behind various compliance frameworks.

@mipsytipsy I am VP of Eng for a company focused on a product to (among other things) help with compliance. This is exactly right and what we do internally as well as help other companies achieve through our product. Compliance and CICD are not incompatible.

Reuse without shame! This reminds me of something else I wanted to say. There is a TERRIBLE dearth of testimonials and use cases from engineers on how they've interpreted or implemented regulations, or the arguments they have successfully used to pass sane policies by auditors.

@gatortebowfan15 @CbCtravels @disneyglimpses @mmontuori @ScottGustin What would likely happen if they undid the new law is a consent decree that would prohibit the legislature from touching the district for a period of time.

@CbCtravels @disneyglimpses @mmontuori @ScottGustin There are very valid reasons for changing RCID, Democrats wanted to do it in 1990s, until last year the local paper was very critical of it. Just seems like it would be very hard to prove intent 100%.

BREAKING: Walt Disney World is suing DeSantis. Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

@BrianHJacobson @MattBelloni Yes it will.

@MattBelloni I get that they have to do it but this lawsuit is not going to go well for them.

Disney just sued Florida, as I said they should last week. Enough with the silly pageantry, let’s see DeSantis defend these retaliatory actions in court. puck.news/it-may-be-time…