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Imagine having a $300K+ year job at Apple. Then notice Apple matches charity donations up to $10K/year and deciding… you want that additional $10K/yr. So you defraud Apple with a fake charity to funnel the matching contribution back to you.

6 ex-employees did this. Just… wow:

1.9M views Imagine having a $300K+ year job at Apple. Then notice Apple matches charity donations up to $10K/year and deciding… you want that additional $10K/yr. So you defraud Apple with a fake charity to funnel the matching contribution back to you. 6 ex-employees did this. Just… wow:

We'll look back at this week as an inflection point when Big Tech lost its former attractiveness. It will be stories like Justin's, and the countless ones to be told, where many realize that, during layoffs, people become numbers, and 8% of those numbers need to be "marked."

1.3M views We'll look back at this week as an inflection point when Big Tech lost its former attractiveness. It will be stories like Justin's, and the countless ones to be told, where many realize that, during layoffs, people become numbers, and 8% of those numbers need to be "marked."

My first manager at Uber started a GitHub page back at the time with resources to become a more proficient developer - ones he personally found helpful (he did not have a CS degree).

I realized he is *still* updating it, 7 years later! A neat list: https://t.co/QtWeltMDWz

1.1M views My first manager at Uber started a GitHub page back at the time with resources to become a more proficient developer - ones he personally found helpful (he did not have a CS degree). I realized he is *still* updating it, 7 years later! A neat list: https://t.co/QtWeltMDWz

Huge news for anyone working in tech in the US.

Noncompetes are now banned: not just in California (like before), but nationwide. Very, very relevant for anyone at Amazon (which is the Big Tech that has enforced noncompetes even for low-level engineering positions).

881.2K views Huge news for anyone working in tech in the US. Noncompetes are now banned: not just in California (like before), but nationwide. Very, very relevant for anyone at Amazon (which is the Big Tech that has enforced noncompetes even for low-level engineering positions).

📊 Post performance

1.1M

Avg views / post

3.1×

Reach vs followers

Apr 2009

On X since

🔥 Top post: Ok Mullvad VPN is the example of security *by design*: The comp · 3.1M views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.11 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 0 video · 6 image · 12 text.

Follower / following

115×

Follows 3K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

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🔥 Top post Ok Mullvad VPN is the example of security *by design*: The company does not store any form of data (no IPs, no logs.) They don’t even offer recurring subscriptions (!!) because doing so would force them to store data that can identify people. No affiliation: just awesome 3.1M❤ 19.9K🔁 1.6K

There was this engineer on my team a while back who was: a good dev, but not the best dev. Got everything done. But had zero ego, a very nice personality, and got along with *everyone* on the team very well. When he joined, the team becam… 1.7M❤ 15K🔁 668 In 2025, my new washing machine / drying machine takes 3-5 seconds to “boot up” just so I can *select* the program In 1990 I remember our washing machine took 0 seconds to “boot up” because you just had a physical switch to select the pro… 749.5K❤ 21.1K🔁 1.7K

Interesting to reflect how much of an impact @xkcdComic has had on tech culture - expressing making (mostly) universal truths via simple to understand comics So many golden nuggets. Like this classic: 864.3K❤ 14.9K🔁 779 Tried to reserve 4 seats next to each other for a movie where there were a total of 5 seats remaining free in the row The web app did not allow booking seats to have an empty seat left so was impossible But check was on client-side: so I… 517.5K❤ 8.2K🔁 234 Interesting: Meta created React Native. It’s used (with components at least) in their flagship apps: Facebook (iOS, Android), Instagram (Meta Quest), Messenger (desktop). Google created Flutter. And yet none of their flagship apps use it… 1.1M❤ 9.3K🔁 760

Imagine having a $300K+ year job at Apple. Then notice Apple matches charity donations up to $10K/year and deciding… you want that additional $10K/yr. So you defraud Apple with a fake charity to funnel the matching contribution back to you… 1.9M❤ 19K🔁 2.1K Did I see this right. The CEO of Zomato is hiring a Chief of Staff. It's an *unpaid* position for all of the first year, where the applicants needs to pay 2M INR (about $24,000) Tell me you are hiring someone who comes from money wi… 1.6M❤ 11.2K🔁 1K I learned that car thefts have practically disappeared in Hungary in a decade (reduced by ~95%: from 7,000 thefts in 2012 to ~300 in 2023.) How? The police founded a unit specialized in car thefts. They went after the illegal resellers a… 757.3K❤ 14.3K🔁 1.5K

Huge news for anyone working in tech in the US. Noncompetes are now banned: not just in California (like before), but nationwide. Very, very relevant for anyone at Amazon (which is the Big Tech that has enforced noncompetes even for low-l… 881.2K❤ 7.4K🔁 1.5K Made a larger credit card purchase on a US website with my EU card. Usually this prompts a second factor auth: but it didn’t happen. Net day I my bank blocks my card and does calls me for a fraud check. Asked them why I didn’t see the 2FA… 2.6M❤ 7.5K🔁 372

My first manager at Uber started a GitHub page back at the time with resources to become a more proficient developer - ones he personally found helpful (he did not have a CS degree). I realized he is *still* updating it, 7 years later! A… 1.1M❤ 9.9K🔁 1.3K

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2009 — 17 years ago.

👁️Averages 1.1M views per post.

📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

💬3.51% engagement rate.

🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

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Estimated

83/100

Excellent Credibility score

93%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 93% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~3.1× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Verified account.
Established account (17+ years old).
3.51% engagement — below the ~14.4% typical for this size.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Writing @Pragmatic_Eng, the #1 software engineering newsletter on Substack. Author of @EngGuidebook. Formerly Uber & Skype.

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