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Comment · 19 days ago
yes - kathack or something. I won a lot of friends because of it back in the day.
Comment · 19 days ago
So much fun. If it had the original music that'd be super awesome!
Comment · 9 months ago
What I mean is that later employees—especially the ones who joined during the 2021–2022 hype when Brex was valued at that crazy $12.3 billion peak—got their RSU grants priced at those very high levels. That meant their equity was basically "underwater" once valuations crashed post-2022; the shares they were promised wouldn’t pay out much (or anything meaningful) unless the company somehow got back to those crazy heights.

To keep people from jumping ship and to make things feel fairer, IIRC in 2024 Brex did some RSU "top-ups" - basically, they handed out extra shares at the much lower current valuation to compensate for the drop and give those folks a better shot at actually making some real money or "breaking even".

Comment · 9 months ago
That's less than half of Brex's crazy $12.3 billion peak back in 2022.

But honestly, it’s still one of the biggest fintech deals ever and actually gives people real money in a market where most unicorns are just stuck. The founders are reportedly splitting about $1 billion each, early investors (2017-2018) are getting 12-80x returns, and YC’s tiny $120k seed turned into ~$100 million (800x, insane TBH). Even later folks (especially the 2021-2022 crowd) are breaking even (at least) or getting a little upside thanks to some 2024 RSU top-ups.

Comment · 11 months ago
Yes! You bought back fond memories, despite the frustrations.
Comment · 11 months ago
I used to play a game called Pro-Am on Nintendo. This game reminds me so much of that. The controls are basically the same.
Comment · 11 months ago
What sorts of assumptions?
Comment · 1 year ago
I user the ycombinator link, but it still says 0 credits, what gives?
Comment · 1 year ago
> Building nôn pipelines

Never heard of "nôn pipelines" - is that like a new thing?

Comment · 1 year ago
> She gets credit for being complicit in a violent overthrow of the Democratic government of the united States.

Care to elaborate what is this in reference to? Especially the "violent" part. Please do not simply link to some news article in your response.

Comment · 1 year ago
While there is pingora https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-built-pingora-the-proxy-t..., I would recommend checking out envoy. Although not rust based, envoy has gained quite the repute for being extremely versatile and robust.
Comment · 1 year ago
Basic question: Is PF related to ebpf by any chance?
Comment · 1 year ago
I have seen Nextdoor also do the same and I had alway wondered. I believe it uses the same mechanism. Quite interesting.
Comment · 1 year ago
I use ngrok for exactly this type of functionality. Can someone clarify why would anyone need malai over ngrok?

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