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Sam Kottler
@samkottler
critical optimist. none of this is advice. building big, fast computers for @cursor_ai
New York, NY
github.com/skottler
Joined January 2010
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Nov 6, 2022
    As a person who evaluates engineering performance and has done so across several organizations: this is in no way true.
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Oct 29, 2025
    I joined @cursor_ai a few months ago to help build a fast model for agentic coding. Very excited the first version has shipped and can't wait to hear what you all think!
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    Cursor
    @cursor_ai
    Oct 29, 2025
    Introducing Cursor 2.0. Our first coding model and the best way to code with agents.
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Jun 28, 2023
    they're dragging your ass in the SOC 2 report right now
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Feb 22, 2023
    y'all are out here comparing the cost of two cabinets of compute and storage with a service that has 17 9s of durability...
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Nov 6, 2022
    Replying to @samkottler
    Even the worst managers I’ve encountered have avoided using lines of code as a productivity metric.
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Mar 10, 2023
    I will ask the question that's on everyone's mind: what is a bank
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Apr 17, 2024
    I'm not unemployed, I'm the interim director of my family office.
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Mar 10, 2023
    it's wild how you can make a bank insolvent by telling everyone it's insolvent
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Jan 4, 2023
    Over the past year we've overhauled the @planetscaledata edge network and disaggregated connection handling and query processing. In this post @mattrobenolt talks about how we've now introduced HTTP/3 support - planetscale.com/blog/faster-my….
    planetscale.com
    Faster MySQL with HTTP/3 — PlanetScale
    In this article we explore how our HTTP/3 API compares to the latency of a traditional MySQL client.
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Aug 20, 2023
    Kris was an absolute force of nature. This is so sad. x.com/jbeda/status/1…
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Jun 11, 2024
    working in an office is so crazy like I just had to say "ed25519" out loud
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Apr 19, 2023
    this radicalized me into a sw*ftie
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Dec 8, 2022
    love how all b2b saas now costs "contact us to find out" dollars
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    Sam Kottler
    @samkottler
    Nov 2, 2022
    the look of disappointment on my husband’s face when a new computer shows up in the mail…

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