Aaron Sylvan

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Curator of DRAM Conferences. By day, I rescue distressed technology companies. Former tech CEO/CTO. Raised VC funding. Advisor at Gartner family office. Technical Due Diligence for VC/PE M&A. Brooklyn Dad.
Curator, DRAM Conferenceshttps://dram.org
Consulting CTOhttps://aaronsylvan.com
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I’m on a tropical vacation surrounded by fig trees, and I just can’t help thinking what a stupid choice of underwear these things would be.
Lately clients keep asking for my help managing offshore dev projects, so I've written a short playbook about streamlining the hiring process. https://aaronsylvan.com/offshore-project/
Playbook to hire an offshore dev team for a $20-200k project | Aaron Sylvan

@henryseg hmm. Looks like 06, 68, 88, __, 98. A human might say “87, they’re upside down”. But my favorite AI Overlord offered this alternative:

The missing number is 28. All given numbers end in 6 or 8. The differences between consecutive numbers are 62, 20, and likely -22 (decreasing by 42 each time). 98 - (-22) = 120, the next number. But 28 is the only number between 88 and 98 ending in 6 or 8, fitting the pattern in the given series.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@mhalligan @nixCraft wow, thanks for the inside scoop!
@nixCraft … pretty sure the Napster guy became one of the most prominent mega-billionaires in Silicon Valley, right? (That would be Sean Parker…) so, there’s also a story here of the “little guy” becoming one of thr “big guys”
When I saw my first ECLIPSE, two weeks ago, I was not prepared for how different it is from a lunar transit which does not entirely block the sun's surface. It should not be called "partial eclipse", but should have a truly different name like "partial lunar transit". The "orange disk with a bite taken out" is interesting, but not in the same league as a true eclipse (which is visible only via naked eye, because it's invisible through the eclipse glasses).
FRIENDS WHO CODE - What's your favorite AI Code Assistance tool, and why? I've used GPT4 a bunch, especially happily after the recent token-size expansion. I found Google Gemini embarrassed itself when I tried it a month ago. CoPilot wanted me to set up other stuff I didn't feel like installing. And I haven't tried Claude yet, though people have been telling me good things. I love being able to go directly from spec to shell script, or making requests like "propose the top 3 algorithms for XYZ".
@Affekt beautiful! I was ready with camera and long lens, but wasn’t able to get the right settings fast enough to capture the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen… your photo is one of the closest to what’s in my mind
Fun fact about egg-laying for Easter - do you know what a Leghorn is? https://otr.aaronsylvan.com/leghorn #farming #animalnutrition #nutrition #eggs #agribusiness #agriculture #dairy
The Meaning of “Foghorn Leghorn” | Off the Record

An ever-valuable message. I found this photos from the pilot of my "DRAM" event series (which launched a month before the pandemic hit; my timing is terrible...). Normally I'm not an inspo fiend, but this reminder hit me at just the right time so I thought I'd share.