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Ben Sandofsky
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Avoiding this site until it’s sold off to private equity for peanuts. Try @sandofsky.com on BlueSky.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Oct 18, 2024
    Since people are flocking to Blue Sky, good time to point out you can follow me there.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Jun 14, 2022
    The perfect setup for crypto traders.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Nov 14, 2022
    12 years ago, Twitter’s office used a Mac Mini to tunnel into the servers. One day, an IT guy found it in the closet. “Anyone know who owns this?” “Unplug it. Someone will show up.” Everyone lost access to servers. Huge crisis. It became known as the “Load Bearing Mac Mini.”
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    May 31, 2019
    I will consider iOS 13 a game changer if I can plug my phone into a car and it doesn't play the first song in my library.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Nov 18, 2020
    Silicon Valley invents unpaid internships.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Jun 3, 2022
    He might lose his visa thanks to Coinbase. linkedin.com/posts/ashutosh…
    Story from a person whose job offer at Coinbase was rescinded.
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    Ben Sandofsky
    @sandofsky
    Apr 7, 2020
    Uber in 2016: “We have thousands of microservices.” Everyone: “That sounds insane." Uber in 2020: “It turns out that was insane.”
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    Ben Sandofsky
    @sandofsky
    Jan 21, 2022
    If you bought into Web3 one month ago, today it’s only worth Web1.9.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Oct 28, 2020
    Everything you need to know about modern gaming via Tetris for iPhone. A perfect game that fit on a 32kb Game Boy ROM is now a 431mb casino.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Jul 24, 2019
    Facebook will pivot into privacy like McDonalds pivoted into salads.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Feb 8, 2022
    With the $3.6B in stolen Bitcoin, Ilya Lichtenstein is technically YC’s most successful alumni.
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    Ben Sandofsky
    @sandofsky
    Apr 30, 2021
    If you liked “How to build a blog in 15 minutes with Rails,” check out the sequel, “How to destroy Rails in 15 minutes with a blog.”
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Dec 24, 2022
    My sympathy to the three ghosts who visit Elon tonight.
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    Ben Sandofsky
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    Jun 1, 2018
    I will consider iOS 12 a game changer if I can plug my phone into a car and it doesn't play the first song in my library.
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