brryant
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founder of ploy.ai, co-founder CTO @ webflow.com
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Comment · 3 months ago
agree that many of those markers of quality are now low signal. Ultimately we let our customers vote with their wallet
Funnily enough, we spent a long time on our brand. From our launch video that has human actors, to our product details. I believe a distinctive, high quality, well implemented brand is still a hallmark of a strong product or service.
Comment · 3 months ago
hah - we actually skew staff, senior staff.
We have been testing GPT 5.6 for about a week as a preview model through a YC relationship, providing them feedback on the model. Our evals run in github CI and we can run them all in about 15 minutes against our eval bench of 115+ web design and marketing related jobs that ploy.ai specializes in.
then after we toggled it on (through a posthog feature flag) we actively monitored for failures.
I came from running Webflow, which powers > 1% of the internet so trying my best to relay all of that knowledge to ploy to power more % of the internet!
Comment · 3 months ago
The best prompt isn't a prompt. It's a picture. That and many other I've picked up building websites with AI: how to spot slop, where the models forget, why the design plan is the whole game.
Comment · 1 year ago
not hiring in asia unfortunately at the moment
Comment · 1 year ago
Webflow | AI Full Stack Engineer | Remote or Hybrid (SF) | https://webflow.com| Full-Time $158k - >$220k + equity
Hey HN, this is Bryant (Webflow [YCS13] cofounder, founding CTO now Chief Architect, and head of Webflow Labs).
At Webflow Labs, we're redefining what it means to build for the web, again. We’re building a team of experienced full stack engineers that are now AI-obsessed to bring audacious innovations to life.
Webflow is a growth stage company now (top 20? YC company by revenue) but we still have the spirit of a small company. But since we're operating at scale, I'm looking for experienced engineers that have built at scale but want dip back into the 0 to 1 mode of building something, quickly, from scratch.
If you are interested in other Webflow positions, we have many open roles: https://webflow.com/careers
This is the link for the Webflow Labs team if you're interested! If you have any questions feel free to DM me on X!
Comment · 4 years ago
this is awesome - much needed and your OSS starting point will be really attractive. will give it a go!
Comment · 5 years ago
Thank you HN.
Comment · 5 years ago
Webflow (YC S13) | Remote (HQ in San Francisco) | Onsite or Remote | https://webflow.com
Webflow is an all-in-one, no-code design and development platform for businesses to build and grow powerful, custom websites visually. Developers and designers alike use Webflow to create bespoke online experiences using first-class web technologies, such as CSS Grid (http://webflow.com/grid), Flexbox (http://flexbox.webflow.com), and After Effects & Lottie (https://university.webflow.com/courses/after-effects-lottie).
To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: https://www.keyvalues.com/webflow
We're hiring across the company and have several engineering roles open: https://grnh.se/005a84b11us
Tech Stack: Node.js, React.js, Redis / Mongo, AWS, Kubernates / Terraform / Docker
Comment · 6 years ago
This is honestly a great way for tech entrepreneurs to experience Nordic living. The fact is Finland has one of the most startup friendly environments around:
— top schools (Aalto U. produces incredibly talented engineers)
— startup friendly ecosystem (cheap rents, cheap internet)
— Finnish work culture (direct, no nonsense, hard working but balanced)
— fantastic food and beverage scene in downtown Helsinki
My wife is originally from Finland but we live in SF now, but as soon as COVID is over we'll all go back to Helsinki so I can start Webflow's first EU office there. Hope this program stays around for that!
Comment · 6 years ago
it's intended