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Alex Bass (efficient.app)

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Alex Bass (efficient.app)

@alexbass

Posting about Software, Product, & VC Co-Founder & CEO: @EfficientApp @EfficientVC YouTube (30K) → efficient.yt

Austin, TX

Joined November 2009

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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
May 21
You search Google or ChatGPT for the "best software" and get back what looks like a recommendation. But those recommendations are shaped by incentives you never see. Here's how it actually works:
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Jul 12, 2024
.killer-css-trick { pointer-events: none; } Hat tip to @dubdotco 🔥 #littlebigdetails
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Mar 30, 2023
We suck at content... but love Arc Browser 🫶 Full video showing the depths of how I use Arc Browser: youtu.be/ixVzbZuTSUo @arcinternet @browsercompany
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Mar 30, 2024
It has been decided, our tech stack: 🏆 @nextjs 🏆 @payloadcms 🏆 @vercel Postgres (@neondatabase) 🏆 @vercel Hosting 🏆 @awscloud S3 Temporarily using @render to host Payload until the NextJS v3 rewrite comes out so that we can go serverless with it as well. Have a LOT planned
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Jul 15, 2024
Sub-navigation becomes main navigation 👇 @dubdotco #littlebigdetails
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
May 11, 2023
After nearly a decade of consuming @profgalloway's content, @AndraVomir and I finally got to see him talk in person. While I've already heard and reiterated most every thought he's had (mainly to Andra 😅), it was still super engaging. Appreciate you Prof G! Here's a clip 🙌
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Sep 5, 2023
Episode 1 of @ateamseries is finally here 🎉 efficient.link/ateam/1 Tune in to hear how a failed job offer in Silicon Valley led to me and @AndraVomir serendipitously meeting at a co-living/co-working house (@outsiteco), resulting in us moving in together just 3 days later (3
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Oct 3, 2023
No other software company in the world does feature releases in such a cool way, nearly 10k people waiting for them to go live. And they actually did it LIVE! Not some pre-recorded/pre-edited cop-out like everyone else does 🔥 @arcinternet by @browsercompany
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
May 14, 2024
Replying to @joshm
100% - left OpenAI keynote feeling inspired and excited to try it. Left Google keynote feeling like "you're just delaying until later this year and none of your demos are live". Huge respect to the brevity OpenAI had, the "mistakes" actually showed how powerful it actually is.
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Feb 14, 2023
The Journey of an Arc skeptic: ↳ 🗣️ 5 hour debate ↳ 🎉 Arc Installed ↳ ⏱️ 2 Days ↳ 👋 Chrome @ArcInternet @browsercompany
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Apr 15, 2023
Replying to @bengold
Move to a new city where new people are also moving to (e.g. Austin). Hot tip: out of the gate stay at a co-living/co-working house like @outsiteco (immediately made friends + met my now wife @AndraVomir there). You connect with people on just being "new" to q place. People want
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
May 21, 2024
When AI has access to your email featuring @Superhuman's new "Ask AI" feature 🤯 efficient.link/r/superhuman
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Nov 15, 2023
We tried investing in Arc Browser and this is what @joshm said... 🎥 Full story: efficient.link/ateam/6 So incredibly stoked to be able to share our season finale with the world—HUGE thank you to @lafillemouen and team for making this possible 🙏 @arcinternet @browsercompany
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Alex Bass (efficient.app)
@alexbass
Aug 2, 2024
new brand, who dis? (audio on)
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