Samir
@heysamir.bsky.social
Over-engineered fintech, tech & stratfin tweets. Opinions my own.
Now: StratFin, Corp Dev & Ventures @ HRT
Before: Unit, Chime, Sift, JP Morgan
Now: StratFin, Corp Dev & Ventures @ HRT
Before: Unit, Chime, Sift, JP Morgan
What is the past tense of troubleshoot? Troubleshot? Troubleshooted? They all sound terrible.
March 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What is the past tense of troubleshoot? Troubleshot? Troubleshooted? They all sound terrible.
March 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wish every product I used had updates as clear and beautiful as @useorigin. This sets the standard for a good product update and I really appreciate the transparency around bugfixes and other improvements.
March 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I wish every product I used had updates as clear and beautiful as @useorigin. This sets the standard for a good product update and I really appreciate the transparency around bugfixes and other improvements.
I left my @Replit app alone for an hour to work on some nasty bug and I came back to this. Should I be worried?
February 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I left my @Replit app alone for an hour to work on some nasty bug and I came back to this. Should I be worried?
Okay I did not realize that you can start a chat in one model and mid-thread change to another model while retaining context. That is definitely a differentiator. Why isn't everyone using @t3dotchat ??
February 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Okay I did not realize that you can start a chat in one model and mid-thread change to another model while retaining context. That is definitely a differentiator. Why isn't everyone using @t3dotchat ??
PSA: Can you all just please index your websites for AI? They will figure out ways around this soon enough on their own. And I'm 100% going to just manually select all on the webpage and feed that to AI (but I'll be frustrated while doing so).
Give access to info & be the source of truth.
Give access to info & be the source of truth.
February 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
PSA: Can you all just please index your websites for AI? They will figure out ways around this soon enough on their own. And I'm 100% going to just manually select all on the webpage and feed that to AI (but I'll be frustrated while doing so).
Give access to info & be the source of truth.
Give access to info & be the source of truth.
Samir's protein builder snacks starter kit for lazy people just dropped.
Brooklyn Biltong - 19g protein / 100cal
Koia Cinnamon Horchata - 9g protein/ 100cal
Wilde protein chips - 6g protein / 100cal
Bavarian Meats Landjaeger - 6g protein / 100cal
Brooklyn Biltong - 19g protein / 100cal
Koia Cinnamon Horchata - 9g protein/ 100cal
Wilde protein chips - 6g protein / 100cal
Bavarian Meats Landjaeger - 6g protein / 100cal
February 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Samir's protein builder snacks starter kit for lazy people just dropped.
Brooklyn Biltong - 19g protein / 100cal
Koia Cinnamon Horchata - 9g protein/ 100cal
Wilde protein chips - 6g protein / 100cal
Bavarian Meats Landjaeger - 6g protein / 100cal
Brooklyn Biltong - 19g protein / 100cal
Koia Cinnamon Horchata - 9g protein/ 100cal
Wilde protein chips - 6g protein / 100cal
Bavarian Meats Landjaeger - 6g protein / 100cal
Wait, what if instead of entering passwords, your password was just the concatenation of the answers to your 3 security questions (could vary order and questions by site)? That would be so much easier to do and still result in strong passwords.
February 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Wait, what if instead of entering passwords, your password was just the concatenation of the answers to your 3 security questions (could vary order and questions by site)? That would be so much easier to do and still result in strong passwords.
Can't get enough of Ototo Design's design ethos focused on creating fun, useful everyday tools.
February 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Can't get enough of Ototo Design's design ethos focused on creating fun, useful everyday tools.
Okay I used to make fun of silly dog owners and their sisyphean game of fetch that never ends. And then my kitten brought back her ball that I threw to her.
I GET IT NOW. It's such a beautiful, powerful thing.
I GET IT NOW. It's such a beautiful, powerful thing.
February 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Okay I used to make fun of silly dog owners and their sisyphean game of fetch that never ends. And then my kitten brought back her ball that I threw to her.
I GET IT NOW. It's such a beautiful, powerful thing.
I GET IT NOW. It's such a beautiful, powerful thing.
Had my first experience w/ connecting a bank account that wasn't @Plaid or @MX that I'm aware of.
Honestly great experience. No loading screen, no logo interstitial & often no req to enter any password (just a direct "Authorize" button).
Unclear how @eMoneyAdvisor does it, but it's awesome.
Honestly great experience. No loading screen, no logo interstitial & often no req to enter any password (just a direct "Authorize" button).
Unclear how @eMoneyAdvisor does it, but it's awesome.
February 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Had my first experience w/ connecting a bank account that wasn't @Plaid or @MX that I'm aware of.
Honestly great experience. No loading screen, no logo interstitial & often no req to enter any password (just a direct "Authorize" button).
Unclear how @eMoneyAdvisor does it, but it's awesome.
Honestly great experience. No loading screen, no logo interstitial & often no req to enter any password (just a direct "Authorize" button).
Unclear how @eMoneyAdvisor does it, but it's awesome.
Just used @perplexity_ai to analyze whether to sell my wife's old Udemy stock following their monster 30% share price boost following solid earnings.
February 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just used @perplexity_ai to analyze whether to sell my wife's old Udemy stock following their monster 30% share price boost following solid earnings.
Funny story - a good friend tells me I have a very similar personality to @pitdesi, have personally referred a few companies to The Mint, have worked at a @btv_vc company, and am good friends with one of @iamjakestream's newest portco founders, and yet I've never met Jake or Sheel in person.
February 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Funny story - a good friend tells me I have a very similar personality to @pitdesi, have personally referred a few companies to The Mint, have worked at a @btv_vc company, and am good friends with one of @iamjakestream's newest portco founders, and yet I've never met Jake or Sheel in person.
Sure I knew some things would be different when we adopted another kitten, but I wasn't expecting to lose MFA security answers:
February 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Sure I knew some things would be different when we adopted another kitten, but I wasn't expecting to lose MFA security answers:
Okay I've been a @Bellroy fanboy for such a long time because they have had the best quality backpacks, cable bags, dopp kits and phone cases.
But a new challenger approaches. @aer_sf blew me away with the best cable bag I've ever owned.
But a new challenger approaches. @aer_sf blew me away with the best cable bag I've ever owned.
February 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Okay I've been a @Bellroy fanboy for such a long time because they have had the best quality backpacks, cable bags, dopp kits and phone cases.
But a new challenger approaches. @aer_sf blew me away with the best cable bag I've ever owned.
But a new challenger approaches. @aer_sf blew me away with the best cable bag I've ever owned.
fwiw, I think of @cursor_ai and @Replit as different from each other. Cursor is AI-assisted programming. Replit is AI-driven programming.
February 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
fwiw, I think of @cursor_ai and @Replit as different from each other. Cursor is AI-assisted programming. Replit is AI-driven programming.
Strongly considering just subscribing my favorite services who somehow have terrible customer support to @DecagonAI just to improve the situation ( @beeper, @getvolv I'm looking at you).
February 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Strongly considering just subscribing my favorite services who somehow have terrible customer support to @DecagonAI just to improve the situation ( @beeper, @getvolv I'm looking at you).
One of my favorite uses of AI from Google yet - AI-driven screensavers for your Google TV:
February 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
One of my favorite uses of AI from Google yet - AI-driven screensavers for your Google TV:
Unpopular opinion: Google should kill the Pixel business unit. Pixel was started to raise the quality level of OEM phone manufacturers on Android and to give users an option for vanilla stock Android. And it succeeded in a big way.
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Unpopular opinion: Google should kill the Pixel business unit. Pixel was started to raise the quality level of OEM phone manufacturers on Android and to give users an option for vanilla stock Android. And it succeeded in a big way.
tfw the NYT article perfectly encapsulates your state of being (not a dad yet but already feel like a gear dad).
Article - www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/...
Article - www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/...
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
tfw the NYT article perfectly encapsulates your state of being (not a dad yet but already feel like a gear dad).
Article - www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/...
Article - www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/...
Hands down the best IRA rollover experience of all time. Between Robinhood painstakingly evaluating every part of the user journey to Capitalize seamlessly handling all the logistics of a transfer, it's the perfect example of how fintech makes financial services accessible.
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hands down the best IRA rollover experience of all time. Between Robinhood painstakingly evaluating every part of the user journey to Capitalize seamlessly handling all the logistics of a transfer, it's the perfect example of how fintech makes financial services accessible.
In the age of a one-screen world (Desktop) I understood wanting to encourage data lock-in for note-taking apps, but in the multi-device world where we also have history with other apps, the ONLY way to get a user to want to come try out your app is if you have pre-built import AND export features.
February 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In the age of a one-screen world (Desktop) I understood wanting to encourage data lock-in for note-taking apps, but in the multi-device world where we also have history with other apps, the ONLY way to get a user to want to come try out your app is if you have pre-built import AND export features.
Hey Google - instead of building AI features I didn't ask for like AI-generated lists in Keep or half-baked AI overviews, why don't you use AI to bring back natural language event inputs to Google Calendar?
If we had this back in 2018 and it worked well, imagine the AI-powered one!
If we had this back in 2018 and it worked well, imagine the AI-powered one!
February 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hey Google - instead of building AI features I didn't ask for like AI-generated lists in Keep or half-baked AI overviews, why don't you use AI to bring back natural language event inputs to Google Calendar?
If we had this back in 2018 and it worked well, imagine the AI-powered one!
If we had this back in 2018 and it worked well, imagine the AI-powered one!
The dark side of the ease of app-building - making scammy apps just became way easier.
When I was getting off the subway, there was a sticker for free wifi that I'm 99% sure was likely a phishing scam of some sort and now just about anyone can deploy something professional without coding skills.
When I was getting off the subway, there was a sticker for free wifi that I'm 99% sure was likely a phishing scam of some sort and now just about anyone can deploy something professional without coding skills.
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The dark side of the ease of app-building - making scammy apps just became way easier.
When I was getting off the subway, there was a sticker for free wifi that I'm 99% sure was likely a phishing scam of some sort and now just about anyone can deploy something professional without coding skills.
When I was getting off the subway, there was a sticker for free wifi that I'm 99% sure was likely a phishing scam of some sort and now just about anyone can deploy something professional without coding skills.
hey @MKBHD I have to ask - why are you so negative in your main channel and so positive in other channels like Autofocus?
February 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
hey @MKBHD I have to ask - why are you so negative in your main channel and so positive in other channels like Autofocus?