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Blake Burch

@blakeburch_

Data Strategy + AI by day. Music + Board Games by night. Live in ATX? Let's meet!

Past: Cofounder @ Shipyard, Head of Data @PMGWorldwide. DMs Open.

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5 years ago, recruiters were most worried about introducing bias into the hiring process. Hiding names. Removing universities. Refusing resumes with pictures. Now, everyone requires you to add a LinkedIn profile, so they can really lean into that bias. What happened?

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Building an application with Cursor + Claude3.5 can feel magical. Then 24 hours later, auth logic disappears, new data doesn't get fetched when clicking "load more", etc. We're getting the point where I'm having to spend more time playing babysitter.

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Appreciate Louis DeAngelis Chris Jones ATX for reading through the Project Connect documents so I don't have to! Great overview on Transit Tangents Podcast Couldn't agree more that the Oltorf/S Congress park and ride feels unnecessary. Excited that it seems like there's progress though!

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I was at a professional networking event tonight and when I mentioned that I focus on data/product/AI, I was asked what my area of specialty was. I was stumped. I BSed as best I could. My answer was bad. Because that's exactly the uphill battle I'm facing right now. Defining

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My favorite part of working with AI is gaining clear ways to understand how my own mind works. What are my thoughts but a RAG model built on top of a growing collection of experiences? If I can't remember something, it's because it didn't fit in my context window.

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Odd experience tonight. I had to leave a concert early because there were so many smokers. It felt like a cloud of smog hanging over the venue. I was struggling to breathe and enjoy the show. I was diagnosed "borderline asthmatic" as a kid but it never affected me until today.

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I realized recently why I struggle to find podcasts engaging. I don't like conference panel discussions. Not much prep needed. Just people spouting opinions for sound bites. A podcast is just a panel discussion but longer.

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Vapi vs Retell AI? If I want to build voice agents that respond looking up very specific industry data, which is the better one to start with?

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Banging my head against the wall to get Supabase auth and Stripe checkout to play nicely together (confirm email --> stripe checkout --> auto-login after payment). Cursor just keeps looping without ever solving the issue. Anyone have advice or tricks? Last item before launch.

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TIL you can create SVG animations with Cursor. They aren't beautiful, but they do the job. Riley Brown Do you know of any tool that specializes in making really strong animated graphics like this?

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🎙️ "Dashboards don't pay the bills; decisions do." Blake Burch on data.world Catalog & Cocktails pod w/ Juan Sequeda & Tim Gasper. If you're tracking pipeline health instead of revenue lift, pour a drink and press play! 🍸 bit.ly/4irxLW2