Pushing software engineering limits with “napkin math”

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simon62x no texto
“Using “napkin math”, Simon discovered they were far more expensive than necessary.”
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Frase de exemploUsing “napkin math”, Simon discovered they were far more expensive than necessary.
turbopuffer27x no texto
“Origins of turbopuffer .”
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Frase de exemploOrigins of turbopuffer .
cursor26x no texto
“A new product without VC funding & Cursor as customer no.1.”
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Frase de exemploA new product without VC funding & Cursor as customer no.1.
napkin25x no texto
““Napkin math” as a superpower.”
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Frase de exemplo“Napkin math” as a superpower.
search22x no texto
“Fast search was needed, but the search solutions were surprisingly expensive.”
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Frase de exemploFast search was needed, but the search solutions were surprisingly expensive.
shopify21x no texto
“Eight years of infra at Shopify.”
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Frase de exemploEight years of infra at Shopify.
database16x no texto
“For example, you’re saying that with Database A, as per the benchmark, it takes 10 seconds to do this one thing.”
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Frase de exemploFor example, you’re saying that with Database A, as per the benchmark, it takes 10 seconds to do this one thing.
cost15x no texto
“How long does a round-trip operation to AWS S3 take, and how much does it cost?”
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Frase de exemploHow long does a round-trip operation to AWS S3 take, and how much does it cost?
funding13x no texto
“A new product without VC funding & Cursor as customer no.1.”
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Frase de exemploA new product without VC funding & Cursor as customer no.1.
programming13x no texto
“Aware of how little he knew about programming, Simon doubled down to catch up.”
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Frase de exemploAware of how little he knew about programming, Simon doubled down to catch up.
didn13x no texto
“In my first year at Shopify, every time I heard something I didn’t know, I noted it down on a piece of paper.”
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Frase de exemploIn my first year at Shopify, every time I heard something I didn’t know, I noted it down on a piece of paper.
told12x no texto
“As Simon told me on stage: “Toxiproxy is a proxy that sits in between the application and the databases.”
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Frase de exemploAs Simon told me on stage: “Toxiproxy is a proxy that sits in between the application and the databases.
company11x no texto
“The biggest benefit of a long tenure at a company was learning to write software that ages well.”
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Frase de exemploThe biggest benefit of a long tenure at a company was learning to write software that ages well.
product10x no texto
“A new product without VC funding & Cursor as customer no.1.”
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Frase de exemploA new product without VC funding & Cursor as customer no.1.
numbers9x no texto
“See the full table on GitHub Simon started to memorize key numbers with flash cards.”
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Frase de exemploSee the full table on GitHub Simon started to memorize key numbers with flash cards.
performance8x no texto
“But this was the core of it.” What about performance?”
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Frase de exemploBut this was the core of it.” What about performance?
raising7x no texto
“After raising $8M in seed funding, Cursor rolled the dice on the new turbopuffer team after Simon helped with their search & database needs.”
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Frase de exemploAfter raising $8M in seed funding, Cursor rolled the dice on the new turbopuffer team after Simon helped with their search & database needs.
while7x no texto
“He wanted to help Cursor with the unit economics, while also proving that turbopuffer works.”
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Frase de exemploHe wanted to help Cursor with the unit economics, while also proving that turbopuffer works.
startup7x no texto
“This held him in good stead at Shopify, and then at his startup.”
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Frase de exemploThis held him in good stead at Shopify, and then at his startup.
raise7x no texto
“Reasons to raise venture capital .”
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Frase de exemploReasons to raise venture capital .
problems7x no texto
“IOI problems are pretty similar to Leetcode problems: algorithmic challenges that value correctness, speed, and memory usage.”
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Frase de exemploIOI problems are pretty similar to Leetcode problems: algorithmic challenges that value correctness, speed, and memory usage.
knew7x no texto
“Aware of how little he knew about programming, Simon doubled down to catch up.”
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Frase de exemploAware of how little he knew about programming, Simon doubled down to catch up.
per7x no texto
“For example, you’re saying that with Database A, as per the benchmark, it takes 10 seconds to do this one thing.”
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Frase de exemploFor example, you’re saying that with Database A, as per the benchmark, it takes 10 seconds to do this one thing.
enough7x no texto
““ And the problem was the same thing as it always is with Postgres: autovacuum hadn’t run enough.”
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Frase de exemplo“ And the problem was the same thing as it always is with Postgres: autovacuum hadn’t run enough.
few7x no texto
“When you open the codebase, after a few seconds it’s all in RAM and the queries are as fast as everything else.”
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Frase de exemploWhen you open the codebase, after a few seconds it’s all in RAM and the queries are as fast as everything else.
software6x no texto
“The biggest benefit of a long tenure at a company was learning to write software that ages well.”
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Frase de exemploThe biggest benefit of a long tenure at a company was learning to write software that ages well.
founders6x no texto
“Fund R&D, fund growth, stroke founders’ egos, and more.”
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Frase de exemploFund R&D, fund growth, stroke founders’ egos, and more.
ioi6x no texto
“One was about his IOI experience and learnings .”
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Frase de exemploOne was about his IOI experience and learnings .
infra6x no texto
“Eight years of infra at Shopify.”
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Frase de exemploEight years of infra at Shopify.
learned6x no texto
“I learned that there is almost always a simple way to solve a problem without explicitly handling edge-cases.”
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Frase de exemploI learned that there is almost always a simple way to solve a problem without explicitly handling edge-cases.