AI Assist: Leadership / Influence
- S: Working at start-up: owning the front-end
- S: When I came into the company code-base was a mess (SOLID)
- T: Exploring code-base and reported this to the founder
- A: Research, designed and implemented new architecture
- R: Leading to 30% reduction on API calls for typical user session
- R: SOLID, extensibility and scalability
AI Assist: Teamwork
- S: Importance of teamwork in small scale startup environment
- S: Not forced to constantly check in when you each own a separate component compared to team owning a component (basically different)
- T: Brought a new member on board to do some backend work on creating and adapting some APIs (decoupling some components), but he didn’t know how everything was integrated
- A: Worked closely with him to define the spec and context for front-end
- A: There was some compat challenges so scheduled Discord call with him to sort them out
- R: Lead to ship the new feature bug-free
AI Assist: Success
- S: Being able to learn and be adaptable
- S: Prev internship guidence from senior dev
- T: Pivot the app direction: reworking front-end / backend
- T: Backend dev unavailable
- A: Responsibiltiy of redesigning system and learning backend dev
- A: Deep dive into learning materials and execute
- R: Result is the pivot was successful
- R: Also managed to decouple some of the code and SOLID, can already see more extensbile and bug free.
AI Assist: Mistakes / failures
- S: Let go of prev backend dev because not following best practices
- S: Multiple API end-points for different CRUD operations with inconsistent parameters
- T: Tasked with creating some new APIs
- A: Followed his example, learn through reverse engineering. Mistake for first API
- A: Did some research on best practices and realised problem -> mention to Founder
- R: Ended up redesigning the 10 APIs to simplify endpoints and make more concrete / fail safe.
- R: Result: Fulls stack interactions more streamlined and bug free
AI Assist: Challenges
- S: Love + Challenge: Ability to wear multiple hats / exp in different roles multiple sides of the business
- S: Main backend developer let go / temp contract
- T: Full stack dev, create new APIs for features
- A: Made a few mistakes initially
- A: Did a learning deep-dive, techical videos and system design articles
- R: Simplify and migrate 10 APIs to new direction for app, incl dev 3 from scratch
- R: Shipping features accross full stack, can now itterate and dev much faster.
AI Assist: Learning from role
- S: Neccessity to adapt and learn fast, to do different things I have never done before.
- S: More so than any of my other roles. Enjoy this -> Palantir convo.
- T: Many different instances (can go into) such as redesigning app architecture, becoming backend dev and start-up problems
- A: Each situation focused on reverse engineering existing solutions in the app and doing a learning deep-dive online into specific area. (Can go into detail)
- R: Learned is being able to adapt, learn and excell in unknown situations.
AI Assist: Exit story
- Love the ability to have a large impact and influence direction of end-product.
- Few things don’t like about startup environment: not following best engineering practices, and limited internal network of brilliant people
- Right now focused on being able to develop into an amazing engineer, so I can deliver the best impact possible throughout career
- Palantir seems like the perfect place for this to develop in multiple dimensions FDSE (Jack flexibility) and be able to actually find meaning through work Gotham: saving lives, western values. AIP western leading AI race Mention CEO podcasts
- Read zero-to-one book about the architecture of Palantir
- Think this is an amazing place to acomplish these goals.
AMCHAM Mistake story
Nugget: Story about when I was 16 developed app for chamber of commerce.
- ST: IB project. Diff to peers. Had self-taught Flutter the prev summer
- A: Reached out through network to develop app at AMCHAM (they needed one)
- A: During Christmas break, immersed in development, morning to evening
- R: Developed mobile app, admin portal website, SA payment features. Met all their requirements.
- R: They didn’t end up using it, off the shelf sultion
- Mistake: didn’t explore hidden ways to unlock value, just did what they asked. Unique opportunity with sharing and monitising their events with low-income audience, however afterthought, did dev.
- Learning: constantly look out for ways to create hidden value. This is also what peter thiel talks about.
