[r]alph [b]addour

Falling down; that’s experience. To struggle; that builds character. To persevere; that’s life.

Weekend. Did a thing. Wrote about it: @baddour/vibe2orient-a-haptic-compass-for-a-smartwatch-that-refuses-to-die-42dd01d4fd28" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@baddour/vibe2… Standing on the shoulders of giants, from @ericmigi to the @pebble_dev team. 🙏

When to quit your job? We get this question a lot. Here's our advice ⤵️

What you don't hear in all the #AI buzz: Though non-tech folks love vibe coding tools, a high % of non-junior software developers don't like using code generation tools (why? having to fix code after, code being lest artful, etc). No rigorous data, just based on empirical convos.

Less ego. Less bluster. More building. More impact.

Been thinking about #journalism and #news #media a lot this week. AI boom may prompt orgs to "cover" less and "uncover" more, i.e. unearthing things we wouldn't have heard of otherwise.

« Disruption » has been the mantra hammered onto startup founders for the last 15 years. It loses its meaning in an era where disruption abounds around us all, every quarter, every month, every week.

Hey @MarkJCarney: The elbows-up move for #Canada now is not retaliatory tariffs but suspending recognition of US patents blocking strategic industries; it’s built into trade law for emergencies. Win-win for 🇨🇦 business AND consumers, max pain for US businesses, e.g. Big Pharma.

Startups building AI to simply evaluate employee productivity (“bossware”) are missing the point. AI potential for business is in working WITH the teams; solving bottlenecks, enhancing training and onboarding, optimizing layouts, filling gaps, etc., thus boosting efficiency.

Curious engineers can make great product managers: Engineers tend to be very creative and probing in their thinking processes, which is very important in most product management roles. #product #engineering

Given the strong sentiments I hear expressed in Canada these days, I think it may be time to revive this old poster from over a century ago showing Uncle Sam kicked out of Canada: "An empty house is better than such a tenant as that."

@EntreEden @aws?

can anyone guess our largest contribution to expenses for 2024?

@BolognaFC1909en Very respectable game. Great effort to ask questions of a tough team!

Thank you for all the support ❤️💙 #UCL #WeAreOne

Slowly but surely, despite the odds, like moss on a roof, Vancouver’s startup ecosystem is growing. #RainCity

Keep an eye on this burgeoning ecosystem: Quite interesting not only for the decentralization aspect, but in the context of the worldwide shortage of GPUs (being massively hoarded by the big guys). @aleph_im could empower startups to train their own “large” AI models.

Tired of business/startup books. One reason: An over-focus on finding and tracking some KPI, ignoring the fact creating a culture of continuous improvement and learning can have even more impact.

I’m confounded by the fact that there is a “Canadian Restaurant” professional category one can self-select on here. What is that?!?

I just updated my profile on here to proudly indicate, despite what different hat I may put on each day, I’m always an “Engineer”.

@gregory_raymond @TheBigWhale_ Ha! No worries; seemed more like a feature than a bug 😉 En tout cas, I don’t mind receiving both EN+FR in the future anytime.

@rphbad @TheBigWhale_ C’était une erreur, vous avez reçu la version française ET anglaise. Nous sommes disponibles dans les deux langues ;)

Hey @TheBigWhale_, presque pas remarqué que votre édition de la semaine (This Week's Token) était en anglais pour la 1ère fois. Beau travail @gregory_raymond! Cela dit, égoïstement, je préfère quand même vos infos web3 en français pour l'indépendance de pensée que ça m'évoque.

@divaio9 You should take a close look at Brian Brobbey as an option for an additional striker to the team. In addition to his skill & demeanor, Ajax is not doing well, and no doubt he would appreciate joining a team on an upwards trajectory! — your pro bono scout in Canada 😉