The command that shows who wrote each line of code. Usually it was you, last year, and you have no memory of it.
Ran git blame on the cursed function. It was me. It's always me.
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An engineer who supposedly does the work of ten normal engineers. Usually also produces the Tech Debt of ten normal engineers and answers approximately zero Slack messages.
Our 10x engineer rewrote it over the weekend, and now he's the only living person who can fix it.
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Aggression, or the attention of enemies in a game. To 'pull aggro' is to make everything angry at you at once. Applies equally to raids and meetings.
I asked one question in the all-hands and pulled all the aggro for the entire quarter.
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A database for Embeddings, sold in 2023 as the missing piece of every AI app. Half of them were a spreadsheet with better marketing.
We added 'vector database' to the deck and the round closed in a week.
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A rich individual who funds very early startups, frequently a former founder who wants to give advice with their money attached.
Our angel investor texts founder wisdom at 2am and owns 8% of us for $25k.
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