Steven Xu

@PokemonDealsTCG Made it through queue, used links to add to cart, added billing details without autocomplete, but it spun and spun and then I got kicked :(

Chaos Rising Preorders going live at Pokemon Center ETB pokemoncenter.com/product/10-103… Booster Box pokemoncenter.com/product/10-104… Booster Bundle pokemoncenter.com/product/10-104… Reminder: New preorders can stay live at Pokemon Center for a while. Hang in there if you're in the queue.

New post on the LinkedIn eng. blog where I have spent the majority of my time in the last year working on semantic job search. I worked w/ team on the cross-encoder small language model as well as experimenting with multiple objectives & ranking! linkedin.com/blog/engineeri…

Vibe coded: a research summarization tool to quickly assess whether a paper/PDF might be relevant to your domain. Technical novelty + business impact summaries included. Papers uploaded go to a public community feed. Lmk if you try it out! paperlens.replit.app

@andruyeung Was just talking to a friend about my favorite bag of beans in SF for my Gaggia.. and this is it.

For those of you who own an espresso machine, this is the last bag of coffee beans you will ever need I've tried everything else. Nothing comes close.

@gustaf @splitmyexpenses is the best

Applying to YC with a "bill splitting app" is a proven way to eventually build fintech unicorn. We have the data.

@ChipotleTweets you uh..you serious? 1.5oz of chicken in a regular order? and your automated chatbot freezes up when I'm trying to complain. Pls fix

@kosigz @lyft @AskLyft @TheRideshareGuy put burden of proof on driver asking for 360 degree photos of his car before and after your ride. If unable, then his claim should be substantially weaker since it could have been any rider (or himself) or any timestamp. Extremely common scam for EU rental cars.

Introducing SplitMyExpenses.com! A delightful personal finance tool optimizes your bill splitting workflow, saving you time and helping you get paid quicker. Say goodbye to complicated spreadsheets and hello to seamless expense management.

@telebears epic view

Today is stunning

@jcstoy a love language

he has a healthier outlook on this than I do and he is now taking the liberty to delete comments he knows will bother me lol

musings while working on a tiktok & ig account with my bf 🧵:

@joshlchinn I'll dm you haha, it was nbd

I forgot I usually post my annual reflections and goals and pin it to my profile so here's 2022: steven-xu.com/2022-by-the-nu…

@ZachEscalan @raveeshbhalla @skylar_b_payne @Airbnb steven-xu.com/coachella-2022… it was definitely terrible. thankfully mine was resolved due in part to internal escalation. hope your experiences are better than mine in 2022!

@raveeshbhalla @skylar_b_payne @Airbnb @stevenxu Ugh, sounds like a terrible experience

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=342194… — good reminder for the new year: @Airbnb really doesn’t care about non-hosts. They regularly let hosts break TOS with no recourse. I’m not saying not to use it. But factor in the “they will cross me” factor to pricing 👀

@jcstoy girl from ny tho

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 I’m workin on it lol 😖🥺

@jcstoy This is your worst take

high key the bread they give you for airplane meals always hits

After an hour of trying to find this song and my favorite moment (0:40-0:45 in this clip) from the @swedishousemfia set at Coachella this year, I learned it was an accident?? Still loved it!!

Let us not forget the day Slack threads went down. Didn't realize just how much more productive that made me.

If you cancel and replace your Chase credit card, Apple Wallet automatically updates with the new card number, before they've even shipped the physical replacement. Pretty magical

Europe blog post is up!! steven-xu.com/europe-2022

@raveeshbhalla Update: day 2 and I'm already exhausted by 6pm. 🤡

@stevenxu I believe it's called "pre-afternoon crash optimism"

Is there a word for being positively jetlagged, I came back from Europe, woke up promptly at 7am, and proceeded to have an amazing wellness morning that included stretching, cleaning, working out, and a hearty breakfast. Feeling so recharged after 2 weeks of vacation!