Josh Inkenbrandt

This is a quick way (Bill came in below his 4 minute limit!) to learn more about what we're building with Prak.

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AI is innovating a variety of industries across the US and Agriculture is no exception. 🐄 My new friend, Catie McVey, has created a new "Agtech" startup that uses patented 3D Modeling and Machine Learning algorithms to evaluate the health of cows by looking at specific characteristics such as hoof morphology and facial characteristics. Working with her to architect how to get source data from "The Stockyards" to "The Cloud" has been a lot of fun. I am constantly discovering new ways AI can make an impact in industries from legal, to healthcare and now agriculture! Read more about Catie's journey on RIoT - Internet of Things' blog #AI #software #agtech

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Yesterday, my team at Vareto announced the first-ever multiplayer modeling platform for Finance. 😍 Now that I can finally speak publicly about what we've been working on, the first thing I want to share is a screenshot from a live multiplayer session we did internally at the company. One of the interesting things about building enterprise software as a startup is that we're still too small to *need* our own product. So instead of doing what our customers do--expense budgeting, headcount planning, etc.--we use Vareto's multiplayer modeling to forecast fun things like total pet spend. Yep, that's right. We had 40 people go into a Vareto model and enter in bottom-up inputs for how much they expect to spend on their cats and dogs this year. 😂 While this isn't very useful--especially since many people entered in clearly exaggerated numbers--sessions like this helped prove that our new 2.0 platform can handle even "extreme" usage situations. (In reality, even if some enterprise customers have thousands of users in Vareto, only a handful are ever likely to be in the same model page at the same exact time given granular data permissions.) You can see more useful, realistic ways that finance and business teams can use Vareto multiplayer here: https://lnkd.in/gV9gqKwz

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Today we're launching our newest candidate quality-of-life feature on Ropes - IDE themes. There's a universal dislike for the rigid IDEs that assessment co's force on candidates. These code editors are slow, clunky, and missing the styes/shortcuts that developers enjoy. Developers are unique, and we work in unique ways. Ropes offers two new options to let candidates keep their style: (1) First, many employers on Ropes allow candidates to work in their own IDEs entirely. We've developed a way to gather insights like you were in the room, while allowing developers to use their daily environments. (2) For cases that need a browser-based IDE - we're giving the ability for candidates to choose their style/editor setup before the assessment starts - so they're comfortable when it begins. --- My bet is that if we build a great experience for candidates, we'll be building a great platform for evaluators, too. I hope you'll follow along as we pursue that mission - and we need help! We're hiring founding engineers in NYC - if you're interested, I'd love to talk to you.

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🚀 Hey Folks! 🚀 We're thrilled to announce our newest course from ProKanban.org – Accelerating Product Value! Join us in person at the Crafted offices in downtown Denver on June 24-25. This is a collab you don't want to miss, and we are very proud of this new course! 😍 We're offering an exclusive $200 off for the first 10 people to sign up, and a few spots are still up for grabs. So, why not come and hang out with ME, Colleen Johnson, and Prateek Singh? It's the *literal* dream team in my humble opinion 😎 🤘 Who is this class for? Anyone who owns the identification, prioritization, definition and delivery of customer product value. Typical attendee roles include business analysts, project managers, and product managers (current or aspiring!) Here's what you'll get: 1️⃣ Master the art of accelerating the flow of value in your organization. 2️⃣ Elevate your product management game with Probabilistic Thinking and Flow techniques. 3️⃣ And, of course, have a blast while learning! 🎉 PS - Please share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested, and as always, I am very happy to answer questions etc if you need more info! #ProKanban #AcceleratingProductValue #ProductManagement #DenverEvent #LearningAndFun

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Polls can be a cheat code for earned media, and a great way to build authority. But there are levels to this. Here's how one of the best I've seen - Capital One - does it. (And what I'd do differently to increase earned coverage). Led by Shena Ashley, PhD, Capital One's Insights Center is a masterclass in leveraging polls to create unique insights that would do incredibly well via earned syndication. Here’s what they do great: ✅ Content that sticks: Crucial issues > fleeting trends. Focusing on topics like financial stability, mobility, and entrepreneurship, it's easier to rationalize investment on topics with a longer shelf life. Their insights + stories can drive coverage for months to come. ✅ Visual storytelling: Data doesn’t have to be dry, and Capital One presents original insights through clear and eye-pleasing visuals that are easy to understand. Publishers like charts, they love colorful charts, and they LOVE colorful charts that are easy to understand. Check, check, check. ✅ Strong methodologies and extensive polling numbers: Capital One frequently involves 7k+ participants in their studies - they are not half a**ing it. Well explained methodologies are table stakes to get your polls covered, and Capital One does a great job outlining their data collection process, sample size, and research methodologies.   ✅ Easy to steal: Each report has multiple easy to take stories/soundbites, and are also written as full pieces of content, which can be taken as whole. Finally --- if I could change one thing... Add a byline. Brand publishing NEEDS a byline - no news outlet wants to cover a story that can't be credited back to a human. All in all, polls can be incredibly valuable for driving earned syndication - check out Capital One's Insights Center in comments for killer examples.

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I spoke with Eric Ignasik and Michael Sols from The Software House about dealing with silos at work. 🎙️ We discussed how Technology Managers can help their engineers gain deep operational expertise and take full responsibility for product/feature delivery. The best practices I described in this interview come straight from Payhawk. It doesn’t mean they can simply be copied — but they might be inspiring to some. Happy reading 👋🏼 ➡️ hubs.ly/Q02xn9j-0 #softwaredevelopment #cto #softwaredelivery

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CarlosX360 responds to MKBHD's review of Humane's "AI Pin" https://lnkd.in/g-4pPkNJ The #Startups ecosystem in #SiliconValley is buzzing about Humane's horrible "A.I. Pin" launch. #Tech #Technology #Startup #VentureCapital #VC #AngelInvestor #AngelInvestors #Investor #Investors

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A critical question for every biotech leader: how do you make sure you hit your milestones on time, to cross the finish line before running out of money? This topic of picking winners and focusing resources earlier came up a lot at BIO, and it's at the center of what we've been building at Kaleidoscope. I'll share more learnings from BIO separately, soon. In the meantime, if you're interested to learn more about what we're doing, check us out: https://lnkd.in/eRrWcPwt

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Cost is one of the biggest barrier for people to make a multiplayer game, we used to live off of Soylent in college to pay for game servers. So we made a plan for the cost of 2 Soylent meals. We are also launching our Indie Plan for $9 a month - 6 flex servers ($48.21 in server credits) - 3 regions - DDoS mitigation - Version history - Logs & monitors - Automatic SSL - Analytics - Crash reporting - No downtime deploys & instant rollbacks - Automatic geographic routing If game studios were to spend the time to build this yourself, it would cost over $133 a month in subscriptions. Generic solutions don’t work for gaming, and their offerings and pricing don’t work for the game developer, so we built the technology from the ground up to work for game devs at every scale. Game studios can get up to $120,000.00 in credits for our managed cloud when you apply here: https://lnkd.in/geJVxyUF

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BIG product update here at Forwrd.ai! 🔥 Improved business logic editor 🔥 Enhanced usability for data modeling. [link in the comments] Our north star product metric is TIME TO VALUE ⏳ Achieving faster time to value often requires re-writing core product modules. These engineering tasks are complex and can be time-consuming. It’s natural to delay these crucial updates, pushing them to “later” until they become unmanageable. My recommendation: Incorporate these vital tasks into your backlog on a monthly basis. Trust me, the payoff is worth it. Regularly addressing core updates not only enhances performance but also ensures a seamless user experience. #Startup #ProductManagement 

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The discussion with Jason Fried, Co-Founder and CEO of 37signals, during a recent ProducTea with Leah episode (#42) was great. A particular one-minute segment (~14:20) really stuck with me. When asked about failures, Jason states: 🗣 “I don’t really think about failure. How does evolution work? Evolution is not sitting there using energy thinking about the wing shape that didn’t work. The wings that worked let’s make them even better...What’s working? Let’s do more of that. Let’s evolve.” This aligns perfectly with the concept of “slightly better problems” from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson. It’s a never-ending upward spiral. The key takeaway? Don’t ignore failures, but don’t dwell on them either. Focus on what works, refine it, and evolve. This approach ensures continuous improvement without getting bogged down by setbacks. #ProductManagement #Leadership #ContinuousImprovement

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Excited to officially introduce Layouts - customizable filters and views to track POs and production on a granular level. 🍚 A Director of Ops we work with wanted two things: Complete control and complete flexibility when it comes to managing their production runs. With granular logic powering layouts, operators saw an immediate impact thanks to: ⚡️ Advanced filters (Vendors, Expected Ship Dates, Payment Status, Tags +) ⚡️ Saving custom layouts for your team to monitor (eg; POs where invoice is unpaid but status is received, etc.) ⚡️ Ability to toggle between multiple layouts (Classic Apparel Vendors, Footwear POs, etc.) Centro Layouts gives you the flexibility to filter and customize your PO data to see exactly what you need, when you need it. Save time flipping through spreadsheets and fast track critical decision making. Drop a comment or send me a DM if you want to see a quick demo of Centro Commerce in action. :) #inventorymanagement #procurement #production #brandoperators #shopify

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If you had a great startup idea, should you keep it a secret? Are musicians natural entrepreneurs? In this episode, Seed Zeng and I chat with Yotam Rosenbaum, musician, YC founder, and investor. 👉 Listen on your podcast app: https://tr.ee/ZmRr5NjEtk

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tl;dr - We're pausing NoCode Pros as a paid community for a few months. Why is this happening? John Krueger and I started NCP last summer to help our journey growing our own low code agency, DreamLabs. Our hypothesis was that the best way to level up and achieve flourishing would not be to read some books or guru videos. Instead, we wanted to learn directly with and from other practitioners, fellow nocode / lowcode agency owners in the trenches building their own businesses. Our hypothesis was correct. Over the past 8 months we've applied the insights, lessons and connections made through NCP to achieve our goals as an agency, expanding from a team of 2 to over a dozen. We're now so busy with the agency we can't in good faith maintain the NCP vision at the same time. So we're temporarily pausing NCP to focus on stabilizing our agency. The idea is that after we're built in more foundational stability, we can open up time to return to NCP and bring it to the next level. We appreciate all the NCP members' participation, engagement and support as we learn and grow together. Upwards 🚀

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Here is the new demo video for LEFT JOIN for 2 Timeplus Versioned Streams. Before I talk more about this feature, let me "show off" what I learned from Mark Needham. Mark created a lot of great terminal-based videos to demo how powerful and easy-to-use for #ClickHouse. I grabbed him during KSL. He kindly shared his workflow: how to write Python code to automate iTerm2, how to record the talk and combine them together 👍 Today I got some time to test his script. It works so well 🚀 Here is my folk for your reference: https://lnkd.in/gWP3RkRp Back to this new feature in Proton, versioned stream is really cool. You can just keep appending new rows with same primary key and new value overrides the old one. We support INNER JOIN 2 versioned streams long time ago. This time, per user feedback, we added the LEFT JOIN support. In 👇 example, you create a dimension table with a list of products, and an order table. For LEFT JOIN, the newly-listed product will be counted even there is no matching orders. This is available in Timeplus Proton 1.5.7 or above. Give it a try https://lnkd.in/g8aJBsPa

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The Humane ai pin is getting demolished by reviewers. It’s slow, heavy, has a short battery life, gets basic things wrong, and just overall misses the mark. The thing is, it didn’t have to go down this way. Two ways I think they could have avoided the PR nightmare: 1- Don’t overhype. No fashion shows, TED talks, and promises of the future. Play the underdog. Attract early adopters who are willing to grow with you. Build a community, then launch 2- Wait until it’s actually useful, then launch

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Asana is probably one of the earliest adopters of Bazel + Typescript. I sat down with Eric Rafalovsky to discuss how they manage the builds with Bazel. Listen to the full podcast episode at: https://lnkd.in/gDFTrnjn Bazel: - Adopting Bazel and TypeScript has brought benefits in terms of performance, correctness, and unified tooling. - Maintaining state with tools like Bazel can be challenging, especially when using incremental modes. - Remote caching is surprisingly easy to manage using Bazel DevEx: - Shadowing product engineers is a valuable exercise to understand their experience and identify pain points. - "Build for developers as the customer." - Key metrics for developer experience include cycle time, local iteration time, and crash rate. - A good platform engineer needs empathy and a continuous learning mindset. #bazel #developerexperience #developerproductivity

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Tinkering fuels innovation and curiosity. It allows us to truly understand the tools and systems we work with at a granular level. Recently, I've been tinkering with Rust, a language gaining popularity for building reliable, safe, and sustainable systems at scale. The best way to learn is by doing. So, I turned our simple summarization proof of concept, Distill, into a CLI leveraging Rust's performance and memory safety advantages. As builders, it's our responsibility to continuously look for optimizations in everything we do. To ask questions and challenge the status quo. To learn and be curious. I encourage you to give Distill CLI a try, tinker with it, and share your feedback. And as always – now, go build! #AWS #tinkering https://lnkd.in/e7HUQwEt

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