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Devon ☀️

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Devon ☀️

@devonzuegel

I've gone to look for myself. If I return before I get back, please ask me to wait. Prev @GitHub @NotionHQ @Affirm @StanfordReview. Now building @Esmeralda_Inst

Joined July 2012

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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Jun 7
I am grateful to the reporter, Julie, for this thoughtful article She spent her time to really learn about what we're proposing with @esmeralda_inst, interviewed tons of people, & dug deep on history & context This is sadly not a given in journalism these days, so I'm extra
Esmeralda
@esmeralda_inst
Jun 6
We are honored that the @sfchronicle published an article about our project this morning!
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Jun 14, 2024
Need to get this flag for my office
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Dec 16, 2024
I've never learned a fact about Karl Marx's personal life that didn't increase my dislike of the man
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Oct 17, 2024
The Netherlands is one of the most sci-fi places on earth The Dutch deserve a new word: hydropunk Over centuries, they have created & maintained one of the most advanced water management systems on the planet
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Mar 29, 2024
Reminder: It is illegal to build storefronts with such a small footprint in most cities in America
lusso
@luusssso
Mar 28, 2024
Cozy little coffee shops are such a vibe
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Apr 24, 2020
Brutalist sandcastles flic.kr/s/aHsmDRjJo2
Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Jul 4, 2023
A while back, I was talking with a friend who'd moved to the US a few years prior At some point, I said something like "we Americans..." and he froze with shock. He asked, "Wait, do you think of me as American?" Without much thought, I said "Of course!" He paused for a while
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Apr 23, 2025
Removing query params before sharing a link is a basic sign of respect
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Aug 20, 2021
Removing query params before sharing a link is a basic sign of respect
Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Jun 7, 2019
We've all been targeting 10k steps a day because some Japanese pedometer company thought the character for 10,000 (万) looks like a person walking...
Steve Stewart-Williams
@SteveStuWill
Jun 1, 2019
You don't need to walk 10,000 steps a day. theatlantic.com/health/archive… "It turns out the original basis for this 10,000-step guideline was really a marketing strategy... [T]he actual health merits of that number have never been validated by research."
Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Jun 21, 2023
DocuSign has how many employees??? Do they do more things than I realized?!
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Oct 17, 2024
I've been quietly working on something for a while, so I'm excited to finally be able to share it with you... We are creating a new town called Esmeralda! Our team has an exclusive option on a beautiful piece of land 90 mins north of SF, in California wine country
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Mar 14, 2024
The problem with learning Spanish from Argentinians is you pick up vocab about monetary policy before you learn basic survival words like food and water
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegel
Jul 5, 2024
SimCity had to pretend all parking lots were underground, because the game would be "really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots" "We were originally just going to model real cities … We had to do the best we could do and still make the game look attractive"
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