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Divya

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Divya

@shortdiv

She/Her. Recovering nomad. Building and breaking platform things. Formerly @jazz_tools @flydotio @netlify Tweets about tea/climbing/bikes/food/tech

Brooklyn, NY

Joined January 2012

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Divya
@shortdiv
May 1, 2022
I sold a chair to a dude on marketplace and I got an invite to his (and his partner's) housewarming party, is this how you make friends in your 30s?
Divya
@shortdiv
Jul 30
My latest hack for preventing burn out is remembering that I can just do things in my community and neighborhood where the effects of tech and agents are rarely felt
Divya
@shortdiv
Jul 25
I wrote up an RFC for a client once and got accused of sending them AI slop even though I wrote it all by hand which was a pretty sucky feeling
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Jul 23
From a friend who joined a fast-growth, later-stage startup: "I was wondering why no one is doing PRDs here. Then I realized that the Head of Product and most PMs are 25-year-olds who don't have the attention span to *read* even a 1-page doc. You lose them after 3 bullet
Divya
@shortdiv
Jul 22
Genuinely curious, do people actually enjoying reading articles on here as opposed to a linked blogpost? I often skim x articles bc they feel more disposable compared to a post on a blog. Also <3 RSS
Divya
@shortdiv
Jul 16
Wrote up some thoughts to accompany my unending question: should I use an agent? Maybe I should start a series called "Will It Agent?" 🤔
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Should I use an agent?
Every once in a while you find yourself caught between two warring bureaucratic processes. This was me back in 2024, while I was trying to finalize my immigration paperwork. I was missing a key...