Andrew Lee
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Bringing AI to email @Shortwave . Formerly cofounder @Firebase .
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Introducing Inbox Splits!
We've been working on this since October. It's the most powerful Splits feature in any email client – and it's just one part of our comprehensive toolkit for inbox organization (along with Bundles, Delivery Schedules, Todos, Stars, etc). Check it out!
Divide and conquer your inbox with Shortwave's new Inbox Splits 🗂 – launching today!
Focus your time & attention by dividing your inbox into tabs for important emails, specific senders, labels & more.
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My sister
@bethanyleeart
is opening her art show at the
@sheencenter
at 18 Bleecker St in Manhattan on Thurs, Jan 18th at 6 PM. The show is FREE and open to the public! Here are some examples of her work.
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A lot of people are launching “AI Assistants” these days. Most are just thin wrappers around ChatGPT.
The
@Shortwave
AI Assistant is different. It uses AI to *find the right data* - not just answer the question.
Here's how it works at a technical level👇🏻
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For those that don’t know, I’ve founded a new stealth-mode startup. I wasn’t planning on talking about this at all until we launched (and I'm still not ready to share details), but we’re growing the team and looking for a couple of key roles, so it’s time to put up our bat signal
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Some big, bittersweet news from me today: Friday was my last day working at
@Firebase
. After 6 incredible years (and 10 years on the startup journey),
@JamesTamplin
and I are taking some time off.
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My pet peeve is people pretending cryptocurrencies aren't "fiat" currencies too.
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Shortwave launches today! We’ve redesigned the email experience from top-to-bottom so you can email smarter and faster and actually enjoy your inbox.
Check out our launch 🚀 blog post and 🧵 below:
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We're hiring software engineers. The product is still stealth, but it's cool, I swear. Remote friendly (US time zones). We value hustle & strong CS fundamentals. Strong equity comp and a stellar team.
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Cloud Firestore is now out of beta! It offers:
🌍 13 regions on 5 continents
👩🔧 99.999% uptime SLA
💰 Lower pricing
🔥 Firebase magic
If you use the Firebase Realtime Database, I'd suggest taking a look. I think most developers will find it superior.
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Ever wondered how
@JamesTamplin
and I built such a strong team at
@Firebase
? Check out my new blog post: How Firebase Interviewed Software Engineers
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According to the Stack Overflow 2018 survey, Firebase is used by 14.5% of all developers. It’s the 9th most popular platform, ahead of Azure, Heroku, and the rest of Google Cloud Platform. Woohoo!
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We have over 30 ready-made samples for using Cloud Functions for Firebase for common use cases on Github:
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Startups I Want to Fund
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Firebase is the 4th most popular cloud platform in the world in this year's StackOverflow developer survey.
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I gotta admit,
@Superhuman
keeps us on our toes. No better motivation than a worthy competitor.
Kudos
@rahulvohra
!
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.
@Firebase
is now the 7th most popular database in the world.
Ahead of Redis, SQLite, Elasticsearch, etc.
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I'm blushing ☺️ "[Firebase is] a hidden gem... the gateway drug that got me into GCP. Firebase... allowed me to convert into a 100% serverless architecture, which basically runs itself... I've now migrated the backends of 2 apps... perfect for my needs"
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.
@JamesTamplin
@vikrum5000
and I in the early days of Firebase. “We’re serious about your data.” Painting by
@bethanyleeart
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When we were raising the
@Firebase
Series A back in 2013, most investors didn't think there was a big market for real-time, collaborative software.
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My startup has been building for well over a year now, and we're ready to expand our alpha. Are you a startup employee who wants a better, more collaborative email experience? DM for details. As thanks for trying it out, we'll send you a $30 gift card (or make a donation for you)
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When considering an angel investment where you're not the first investor, ask to see their last few investor updates. It's both an easy way to learn more and a good way to see if the team is organized and disciplined. Disciplined teams send regular updates.
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The
@Firebase
Realtime Database now allows sharding across multiple databases per project. This was a long time coming; is super useful for big apps:
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Want to know how the
@Shortwave
AI Assistant works at a deeply technical level? Read our latest blog post.
A deep dive into the world’s smartest email AI
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.
@Shortwave
is seeing a 44% conversion rate from website visit -> Shortwave user. People really really miss inbox 🤯
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Pineapple Day: How I Started a Global 🍍 Holiday (new blog post)
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Cloud Firestore has had about as many questions tagged on Stack Overflow in its first 1 week as
@Firebase
did in its first 1 year.
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Check out the video of my
#IO17
talk: Building apps with
@Firebase
and
@googlecloud
, in which I live code an app
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Technical hiring can make or break your early stage startup.
Tomorrow morning I’m publishing a blog post about how we did it at
@Firebase
, followed by a live streamed Q&A. Tune in at 1 PM Pacific right here on Twitter and bring your questions!
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A big ❤️ to all the Firebase alpha testers coming back to support us again in our new project, almost 10 years later 😃
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After 2+ yrs of development, we're launching Cloud Functions for Firebase. Add event-driven code to your app in mins
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Their secret? Firebase.
CoderPad
The company reached $4m in annual revenue with just 4 employees.
They've since raised funding to scale the company.
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We're hiring product managers at
@Firebase
, to help us make developers' lives awesome! Ping me if interested.
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It’s a bigger opportunity than
@Firebase
, and a mission I’m super excited about. We’ve also got a killer early team of 7 ex-Firebasers, and more funding than Firebase ever had. If you want to join an ambitious, well-resourced, and passionate early team, follow the links below.
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Can someone recheck that Mayan calendar for me? Maybe they were just off by 8 years.
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I think
@AjitPaiFCC
does a nice job of laying out the reasons for Title II internet regulation repeal in his Myth vs. Fact doc. He attempts to dispel a lot of FUD around the change. I hope more people read this with an open mind:
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Welp... me and my big mouth.
@Shortwave
made it to
#5
! 😆
If Shortwave gets to the top 5 on Product Hunt today I will jump into the pool fully clothed with a pineapple (and share the video). 💦
Lets go!!!
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We’re opening a
@Shortwave
office in San Francisco.
Remote work has its perks, but I miss the intensity, camaraderie, and shenanigans of in-person work.
If you do too — come join us! We’re hiring designers & frontend engineers. We’re going to have a sweet space in downtown SF.
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.
@ianbarber
has been clandestinely taking photos of me, and today he decided to roast me with my own custom calendar. I present to you: "The Humble Billionaire" 😆 (thread)
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Found an old 2010 email re: Envolve: "The business has been my main focus for this past year, and I'm proud to announce that since then we have managed to successfully transform our software from a crummy prototype that nobody uses, to a crummy product that nobody pays for.
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If Shortwave gets to the top 5 on Product Hunt today I will jump into the pool fully clothed with a pineapple (and share the video). 💦
Lets go!!!
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I literally use this diagram to show my team where we are in our startup journey.
"New we're here"
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I've received receipts from 61 people totaling $12190. Here's my $10k match. Thanks
@command_tab
@stewart
@stevenf
@cabel
for starting this!
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If
@Shortwave
gets to
#1
on Product Hunt my entire team has promised to jump in the pool with their clothes on.
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We're looking for a freelance frontend engineer to help us build our new website. If interested, email me: andrew at shortwave dot com.
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Thank you to our awesome investors and advisors —
@guruchahal
,
@nickgrossman
,
@JamesTamplin
,
@merci
,
@binarybits
,
@immad
,
@olivercameron
,
@RafaelCorrales
,
@gjain
,
@anamitra
,
@vikrum
,
@gsoltis
,
@avlok
,
@bgalbs
,
@chazard
and many more.
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I'm matching ACLU donations up to $10k. Send me receipts and ill match.
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This is big.
Your code. Your packages. One login.
Meet GitHub Package Registry 🎁
Publish public or private packages next to your source code, easily.
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A friend came to town and started a group thread to plan a meetup. A long discussion ensued.
I didn't have to read it 💪🏻
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We've had 3 employees leave Shortwave so far, and every one of them was basically the last person to leave work on their last day, working overtime to wrap things up and nail the handoff. Amazing class acts every one 🙏
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Just passed $6,000. I'm still matching. Please RT!
I'm matching ACLU donations up to $10k. Send me receipts and ill match.
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If you want to know what Gmail's going to pre-announce at I/O, just look at whatever we shipped ~9 months before
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In 2023, we shipped 117 new features, including 14 AI-powered features, and made 817 other enhancements to
@Shortwave
Read the full blog post here:
Our biggest launches of the year were our flagship AI features: our AI assistant, AI-assisted search,
2023 Wrapped: Shortwave’s Year of AI
117 new features and 817 other enhancements
www.shortwave.com
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I missed watching server load graphs spike during announcements 📈. Nothing's melted yet 🤞
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Firebase Dev Summit was awesome! So great to meet so many of our developers!
We had so much 🎉fun at
#FirebaseSummit
and we can't wait to see you all again next year! 🙏
Highlights →
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Introducing Cloud Firestore: Firebase's new document database for apps
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Firebase has had a similar approach.
Docker's philosophy in a nutshell:
1) solve a painful problem with a simple tool. Ignore the purists criticizing the tech
2) get lots of happy users
3) gradually improve the tech without sacrificing simplicity
4) tech previously reserved for purists is now democratized
5) repeat
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We're hiring at Firebase! We need frontend, mobile & backend devs who are passionate about empowering other devs. Ping me if interested!
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Apple having control of what you can run on your laptop and phone == governments having the same control. People are underestimating how scary this is.
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At
@Shortwave
we're ensuring an open, distributed future for messaging by building next-gen UX and tech — all built on top of email, the largest messaging platform in the world. We’re hiring for multiple design & engineering roles — come join us!
Thread ➡
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If you're a San Francisco Firebase developer, I'd like to meet you. If you'd like to meet too can you fill this out?
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Developers sure have been busy during lockdown! More Firebase questions were posted last month than during our first 3 years combined.
In April there were 3716 questions about Firebase on Stack Overflow. 🔥📈
That's 40% more than in March, and 89% more than in February.
Last time we saw such growth was for the relaunch at I/O 2016.
Thanks everyone who's giving Firebase a try. Keep on coding, keep on asking!
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In 2010, I survived the Haitian earthquake, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history (~250k dead).
@JamesTamplin
and I spent 3 days digging for survivors, bandaging the wounded, and burying the dead. Here is the journal of my experiences:
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I had a great conversation today with
@hwchase17
from
@LangChainAI
about how
@Shortwave
's AI assistant works at at a deeper level.
Check out the video:
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If you’re ready for a better inbox experience and want to try out
@Shortwave
, request access on our homepage:
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Whoa. The pitches are rolling into my inbox. I promise to reply to all of you, but it might take a bit...
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Despite the production surprise on Wednesday, I think
@Tesla
is actually following a more carefully thought out strategy than most commentators realize. Thread.
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.
@Shortwave
started 2 years ago with a fateful call from
@_jwngr
. “I’m in” he said. I was pumped. I called
@jonnydimond
next: “Well, if Jacob’s in, I’m in.”
Thread 👇
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The vaccines are such an epic triumph of science and engineering 🧪 👨🏽💻
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The censorship-resistant, decentralized, global communications network that everyone suddenly realized we need is… email.
I mean this with no snark. Email is the answer.
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We're getting real close to 1000 followers for
@Shortwave
. We've got a big offsite coming up, and it would be awesome if I could tell the team we just crossed 1k... a little help? 😉🙏
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@Firebase
@JamesTamplin
I want to say *thank you* to everyone who made this journey possible --investors who believed in us, employees who built the business, the folks at Google who took things to the next level, and my friends and family who supported me along the way.
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Does this mean we have to build Stadia now too?
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It is interesting to me that HTTP has seen such tremendous investment and innovation over the past ~25 years, while SMTP, which is used by a similar number of people, has almost completely stagnated.
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@Firebase
@JamesTamplin
As for me... I'll be taking some time off to rest and spend time with friends and family. No, I'm not diving into another startup right now. I'm going to enjoy the unemployed life for a bit.
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Growth Superhero - be the first member of our go-to-market team. This is a great opportunity for someone with ambition and hustle who wants to grow with our company as we scale:
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This is a skill I have taught students many, many times. It’s fun to see the process get so much attention on Twitter.
Gymnastics is great training for life - teaches self-control, perseverance, attention to detail, and so much more
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