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Andrew La Grange

@andrewlagrange

Co-founder of Full Stack (@wearefullstack)

As a white South African business person, who has played by the rules, built a technology business with all the challenges of loadshedding and double standards, I take serious offence if the rumours are true that Elon Musk and Starlink are going to get a BBBEE carve out #kakpraat


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🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft launches a free Python library that converts ANY document to Markdown Introducing Markitdown. Let me explain. 🧵

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Introducing Markitdown. Let me explain. 🧵

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The hardest part of business isn't starting, it's staying. Starting is a rounding error. Staying is all the rest. Starting is the most obvious. Staying is the most elusive. Starting gets the glory. Staying can be gory. Anyone can start, few can last. Startup? Stayup!


Software developers have nothing to fear

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This is the kind of remuneration most employees need and will benefit from. Well aligned to what we've done at full stack. Sharing in profits makes thoughtful owners of everyone.

Real profits, shared. One of the most rewarding things about running a profitable business is rewarding others with a share of the profits. For years we've had a profit share system in place where we take 10% of our annual profits and distribute them to our employees based on…



Random fact: Humanity landed on the moon before we had a marketable quartz watch, which only launched in December 1969.


Never have truer words been spoken.

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Someone should tell @PayPal that their new brand from @pentagram looks like a bit of a lift of @MrD_SouthAfrica - awkward... pentagram.com/work/paypal


Articles and regulation like this cnbc.com/2024/12/17/uk-… fundamentally misunderstand the technology. It is too late. This heist has been performed, and is a derivation of technology (crawling) behind search. Inference and probability are insufficiently understood by lawmakers.


#hottake @geordinhl @geordinhlewis As @PRASA_Group @MetrorailWC improves the railways in Cape Town, taxis are: 1. Shifting their routes, 2. driving more aggressively to service the diminishing demand. Is it not time for MyCiti to explore its own branded feeder network of taxis?


Social media sharding is becoming very distinct. X is a bit of a cesspool. LinkedIn is like walking into a lounge where everyone is super friendly until you realise they are all either on cocaine or in a cult. Instagram is for bragging. Facebook is for visiting your grandparents


Hot take: how can a for-profit business make a profit paying social grants in South Africa? itweb.co.za/article/lesaka…


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When the project manager asks why my code isn't working, I remind them that it's spelled "developer" not "magician". Debugging, it’s like being the detective in a crime drama where you’re also the murderer.


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Breaking news: Developer accidentally completes task in the estimated time. Colleagues in total disbelief. Authorities have been alerted.


Outlasting is the toughest but most rewarding strategy

If your opponents are opportunists, one way to beat them is to outlast them. Opportunists almost by definition lack staying power.



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It's easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code. Contributor @mipsytipsy makes the case for hiring junior developers and treating your engineering team like a delicate ecosystem, and why GenAI tools can only take so devs far. stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/gen…

StackOverflow's tweet image. It's easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code. Contributor @mipsytipsy makes the case for hiring junior developers and treating your engineering team like a delicate ecosystem, and why GenAI tools can only take so devs far.

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