Romit Mehta
@romitmehta.com
Product manager, data products & platforms
Analytics, data science, ML/AI platforms
USC Trojan ✌🏽 coffee, scotch
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On Threads at @[email protected] (also federating)
Was fun while it lasted @theromit on Twitter
Analytics, data science, ML/AI platforms
USC Trojan ✌🏽 coffee, scotch
🏈 🏏 🏀 🏎️
On Threads at @[email protected] (also federating)
Was fun while it lasted @theromit on Twitter
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Romit Mehta
@romitmehta.com
· Nov 15
Long overdue #introduction:
My day job is product management of data infrastructure, platforms and products.
I am here to discuss more about my work in data but also non-work: news, entertainment, nfl, collegefootball, cricket, formula1). Expect regular shitposts, dad jokes and meme retweets.
My day job is product management of data infrastructure, platforms and products.
I am here to discuss more about my work in data but also non-work: news, entertainment, nfl, collegefootball, cricket, formula1). Expect regular shitposts, dad jokes and meme retweets.
Two ladies joined our leadership team earlier this year. A few weeks into the re-org, one of them sent a lovely note to me about how she was so happy that I have championed her from the beginning and how welcome she feels.
Made my day and year!
Made my day and year!
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Two ladies joined our leadership team earlier this year. A few weeks into the re-org, one of them sent a lovely note to me about how she was so happy that I have championed her from the beginning and how welcome she feels.
Made my day and year!
Made my day and year!
In advance of Black Friday, something to note: getting $xx off still means you pay $yy. If you don’t need that thing, put the $yy away or donate it to someone who needs it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In advance of Black Friday, something to note: getting $xx off still means you pay $yy. If you don’t need that thing, put the $yy away or donate it to someone who needs it.
I don’t know if I would recommend M1 at this point. Great price, but better to get a newer one which will go even longer.
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I don’t know if I would recommend M1 at this point. Great price, but better to get a newer one which will go even longer.
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I had never tried Gemini Deep Research before (and heard rave reviews from folks), so yesterday I decided to give it a go, asking a scholarly question I already know the answer to, so I could see how its response stacks up.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I had never tried Gemini Deep Research before (and heard rave reviews from folks), so yesterday I decided to give it a go, asking a scholarly question I already know the answer to, so I could see how its response stacks up.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
The Tuesday-feels-like-Friday feels when you plan to take Wednesday before Thanksgiving off!
a cup of coffee with steam coming out of it is on a table with the words good morning below it .
ALT: a cup of coffee with steam coming out of it is on a table with the words good morning below it .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Tuesday-feels-like-Friday feels when you plan to take Wednesday before Thanksgiving off!
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We are running our first reader survey, please consider taking it. It will help us out a lot as we plan what we want to do in 2026. I promise for karmic justice I will start doing surveys I'm asked to take
www.404media.co/please-pleas...
www.404media.co/please-pleas...
Please, please do our reader survey
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are running our first reader survey, please consider taking it. It will help us out a lot as we plan what we want to do in 2026. I promise for karmic justice I will start doing surveys I'm asked to take
www.404media.co/please-pleas...
www.404media.co/please-pleas...
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Sure, blocking people after one dumb reply is good, but have you ever tried muting people after one boring reply?
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sure, blocking people after one dumb reply is good, but have you ever tried muting people after one boring reply?
They prolly are, aren’t they?
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They prolly are, aren’t they?
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Let's try this again.
Now I'm looking forward to everyone going around talking about how the Chiefs proved the Colts are frauds with a (checks) 3-point overtime win at home.
Two good teams!
Now I'm looking forward to everyone going around talking about how the Chiefs proved the Colts are frauds with a (checks) 3-point overtime win at home.
Two good teams!
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Let's try this again.
Now I'm looking forward to everyone going around talking about how the Chiefs proved the Colts are frauds with a (checks) 3-point overtime win at home.
Two good teams!
Now I'm looking forward to everyone going around talking about how the Chiefs proved the Colts are frauds with a (checks) 3-point overtime win at home.
Two good teams!
It’s an aggressive move to hit a 1/6 which I adopted over a year ago. Love it. I feel I always have a chance of getting a 1/6 or 2/6.
Don’t @ me, I got the Pope on my side.
Don’t @ me, I got the Pope on my side.
Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.
Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day
Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day. Leo divulged his strategy playing the popular New York Times online game during an online encounter with American young people.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It’s an aggressive move to hit a 1/6 which I adopted over a year ago. Love it. I feel I always have a chance of getting a 1/6 or 2/6.
Don’t @ me, I got the Pope on my side.
Don’t @ me, I got the Pope on my side.
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Why does @microsoft.com #Teams on iPhone show such inconsistencies as:
1. Not showing my workflow in the contextual menu even though it shows in desktop app and web (the flow is triggered on "for a selected message")
2. Show Copy Link sometimes and just Copy some other items on long press
1. Not showing my workflow in the contextual menu even though it shows in desktop app and web (the flow is triggered on "for a selected message")
2. Show Copy Link sometimes and just Copy some other items on long press
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Why does @microsoft.com #Teams on iPhone show such inconsistencies as:
1. Not showing my workflow in the contextual menu even though it shows in desktop app and web (the flow is triggered on "for a selected message")
2. Show Copy Link sometimes and just Copy some other items on long press
1. Not showing my workflow in the contextual menu even though it shows in desktop app and web (the flow is triggered on "for a selected message")
2. Show Copy Link sometimes and just Copy some other items on long press
Which is worse -- the political texts and emails asking for more money or Invesco QQQ mailing, texting and calling to vote for something?
Regardless, I want a button that says "we commit to never calling or texting you if you provide proof of doing X or Y".
Regardless, I want a button that says "we commit to never calling or texting you if you provide proof of doing X or Y".
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Which is worse -- the political texts and emails asking for more money or Invesco QQQ mailing, texting and calling to vote for something?
Regardless, I want a button that says "we commit to never calling or texting you if you provide proof of doing X or Y".
Regardless, I want a button that says "we commit to never calling or texting you if you provide proof of doing X or Y".
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A lot of people got interested in my technique lol. The measures for my smaller French press means
27 oz/.8 liter coffee maker
6 tbsp / 60-72g coffee (depending on the coffee mass itself - your coffee bean may vary!)
Ground as coarsely as possible!
27 oz/.8 liter coffee maker
6 tbsp / 60-72g coffee (depending on the coffee mass itself - your coffee bean may vary!)
Ground as coarsely as possible!
Lisa texting me & asking how to make French press coffee after she is halfway through making French press coffee 😑
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A lot of people got interested in my technique lol. The measures for my smaller French press means
27 oz/.8 liter coffee maker
6 tbsp / 60-72g coffee (depending on the coffee mass itself - your coffee bean may vary!)
Ground as coarsely as possible!
27 oz/.8 liter coffee maker
6 tbsp / 60-72g coffee (depending on the coffee mass itself - your coffee bean may vary!)
Ground as coarsely as possible!
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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We all love Remembering Guys, but mostly it's just that Cleanthony played so much international ball that it was a good hook for a category about basketball terms in foreign languages.
"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We all love Remembering Guys, but mostly it's just that Cleanthony played so much international ball that it was a good hook for a category about basketball terms in foreign languages.
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The push to break up tech giants keeps running into one obstacle: By the time the government's cases reach trial, the market has changed. Yet the same companies remain on top.
We wrote about how Big Tech keeps beating the allegations — by getting even bigger. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
We wrote about how Big Tech keeps beating the allegations — by getting even bigger. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The government failed to break up Meta. It’s becoming a pattern.
Silicon Valley’s ever-changing landscape is blunting the movement to rein in its power.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The push to break up tech giants keeps running into one obstacle: By the time the government's cases reach trial, the market has changed. Yet the same companies remain on top.
We wrote about how Big Tech keeps beating the allegations — by getting even bigger. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
We wrote about how Big Tech keeps beating the allegations — by getting even bigger. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
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Last week I spoke to Shireesh Thota, CVP Databases at Microsoft, about Azure HorizonDB, a new hyperscale variant of PostgreSQL before it's launch at #msignite.
My resulting deep dive:
www.infoworld.com/article/4093...
My resulting deep dive:
www.infoworld.com/article/4093...
Azure HorizonDB: Microsoft goes big with PostgreSQL
Microsoft’s latest database is a fast, scalable PostgreSQL for cloud-native and AI developers.
www.infoworld.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Last week I spoke to Shireesh Thota, CVP Databases at Microsoft, about Azure HorizonDB, a new hyperscale variant of PostgreSQL before it's launch at #msignite.
My resulting deep dive:
www.infoworld.com/article/4093...
My resulting deep dive:
www.infoworld.com/article/4093...
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Bay Area tech history nerd friends: Paul Terrell, the founder of the Byte Shop–Apple’s first dealer—is holding a 50th anniversary party next month. It’s open to all and I’ll be there! byteshop50thyearbirthdayp.rsvpify.com
Byte Shop 50th Year Birthday Party • RSVPify
December 6, 2025 @ 5:00 PM - Double Tree by Hilton 2050 Gateway Place San Jose, Ca. 95110
byteshop50thyearbirthdayp.rsvpify.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Bay Area tech history nerd friends: Paul Terrell, the founder of the Byte Shop–Apple’s first dealer—is holding a 50th anniversary party next month. It’s open to all and I’ll be there! byteshop50thyearbirthdayp.rsvpify.com
Also lol, the URLs are all over the place too
How many AI IDE does Google have? Did I miss any?
- Firebase Studio: firebase.studio
- Google Antigravity: antigravity.google
- Google AI Studio: aistudio.google.com
- Gemini Code Assist: codeassist.google
- Google Jules: jules.google
- Gemini CLI: geminicli.com
- Firebase Studio: firebase.studio
- Google Antigravity: antigravity.google
- Google AI Studio: aistudio.google.com
- Gemini Code Assist: codeassist.google
- Google Jules: jules.google
- Gemini CLI: geminicli.com
Google AI Studio
The fastest path from prompt to production with Gemini
aistudio.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Also lol, the URLs are all over the place too