Kim
3.3K posts


.@flowglad is an open-source, zero-webhook payments provider.
Their full-stack SDK lets you check customers' features and usage credits in real time, based on billing state.
And their AI generates a setup prompt for your pricing model and stack, so you can one-shot payments.
ycombinator.com/launches/P0L-f…
English

If we followed @ColinandSamir for 48 hours as they put together their first Press Publish event in NYC, it would be a dream come true.
I don't expect this to work...
Shooting the shot anyway.
English

@zendadddy If Figma highlighted when someone’s following you in a file that would be the end of me
English

My takes from Meta Connect (if you are interested in VR/AR, this is an important read)
- Super strong keynote. Meta has never been this cohesive, useful and exciting.
- They made Apple look like fools (and made Snapchat instantly regret mocking their hardware for being "too big").
- Meta doesn't seem to care about headsets that much. The Quest 3S feels like Meta's last big headset push, and the way they are opening the store up (and flooding it with 2D apps) feels like a bit of a resignation (we don't care that much anymore, let the best man win).
- At the same time, opening the Quest store is likely all about making devs pay for ads. By allowing thousands of new apps to enter the store, they will be creating a strong demand for advertising in their platform, allowing them to squeeze devs and start a race to the bottom. This will allow Meta to effectively make 50%, 60% or even 90% per purchase on their store instead of the usual 30%. Unfortunately I suspect that the same thing that happened to musicians on Spotify is about to happen to 3rd party devs on their store. The only question is when will they pull down that lever and how far will they go.
- Meta is dumping INSANE amounts of money into Horizon, but headsets seem to have very little to do with. It's just a full blown Roblox competitor now, targeting smartphones & computers users. Headsets seem to have digressed into a tiny (and much less relevant) piece of the puzzle.
- But they love their appstoreless Raybans where they own everything. This is a signal of what's to come. They want to minimize 3rd party devs as much as humanly possible and use A.I. to fill in the blanks. This is how they will own the hardware and software layer of the next generation of computers. If you are a 3rd party dev, understand this now: your days are numbered and you should make plans for the future.
- Glasses will win, but I don't believe Orion will go to market in the form presented. I look at it as a north star. The 3D stuff is too much of a bottleneck and has to be dropped for a mainstream device within the next 5 years.
Anyway, that's it! Lots of changes, lots of moves.
English


We’ve just unveiled the latest generation of @Snap Spectacles at #SnapPartnerSummit!
This fall, we’re bringing them to student developers through University Hackathons to create the next wave of immersive AR experiences.
Can’t wait to see what they build ! #AR #Hackathons

English

Never trust a computer you can’t l̶i̶f̶t̶ talk to. @jsngr gets where the future of computing is going.
Jordan Singer@jsngr
i'm excited to introduce @mainframe we're building a future operating system with AI as the default
English

POV…making the @figma logo on the biggest screen imaginable. This has been a rad project to be a part of!
English

Loving what the brand team is doing at @Figma — check out our new typeface, "Figma Sans", and lots of brand hotness:
figma.com/blog/the-story…
English
Kim nag-retweet

The best tool for research and learning just became free for students!
Perplexity@perplexity_ai
Students! Get a free month of Perplexity Pro. Perplexity can explain that confusing physics lecture. Or calculate your football team’s odds at the next home game. Or meal plan based on what’s in your fridge. You ask, Perplexity answers—with citations, of course 🎓
English








