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Allen Pike, pixel crafter

Allen Pike writes about making nice software, building teams, and other tricky things.

  • By Allen Pike
  • Based in Canada
  • Roughly two posts per month
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Aug 2023 1
Sep 2023 1
Oct 2023 1
Nov 2023 1
Dec 2023 1
Jan 2024 1
Feb 2024 1
Mar 2024 1
Apr 2024 2
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 1
Jul 2024 0

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Feeding the Baby
A lot of startups with first-time founders have unclear roles. When I started my first business, Steamclock’s co-founder Nigel was far more experienced, being ten years my senior. I’d assumed he would take a more …
On , by Allen Pike, 639 words
LLMs Aren’t Just “Trained On the Internet” Anymore
I often see a misconception when people try to reason about the capability of LLMs, and in particular how much future improvement to expect. It’s frequently said that that LLMs are “trained on the internet,” …
On , by Allen Pike, 1,169 words
Building Slack
Two of Slack’s original employees, Johnny Rodgers and Ali Rayl, have started writing a delightful newsletter/blog called Building Slack. There are some great passages already. The clarity of the initial pitch from Stewart: “You’ll know …
On , by Allen Pike, 206 words