Principal Eng, Starlink Networking @ SpaceX; ex-Netflix, AWS. Software, systems, data, networking. Bike rides, hikes, nutrition/longevity, tech, etc.

Joined May 2010
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Great people to work with - learned a ton over the last 3 years! (And amusingly, Friday marked my 3rd year at SpaceXAI)
Was cool to be able to celebrate the @SpaceX IPO with a few folks from the amazing @Starlink team. Ultimately SpaceX is about building cool shit with your friends, now that’s something that will keep you going …
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Robotaxi vs Waymo - Riding between Meno Park and Palo Alto for a couple months, no traffic: Robotaxi: $13.17, 5.8mi, 10-13 minutes Waymo: $15.06-19.34, ~5.3mi, 19-20 minutes Waymo: robotic, jabs the brakes, steering wheel jerks around. Safe, but uncomfortable at times. Has dodged some sketchy stuff. Robotaxi: Drives near perfectly, and extremely comfortable. Gets a bit skittish on the highway on ramp traffic lights, and has braked hard to save a bird/squirrel a couple times.
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Stunning first-sat views from @Starlink launch G10-38 on May 1, deployed from @SpaceX's Falcon rocket. Watch as the Starlink sats cruise over an entire orbit, through sunrise and sunset, and slowly separate from each as they complete their post-launch deployment sequence before beginning orbit raise.  The satellites are stacked like a deck of cards in the rocket, which slowly spins when dispensing to impart a small velocity difference, ensuring deconfliction.   May the @Starlink be with you.
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Just another day in the office! So lucky to be able to work with the amazing teams that are bringing this transformative technology to life.
Starlink Mobile is providing data for video, voice, and messaging services in areas where terrestrial service is unavailable Working with global mobile network operators, our satellite-to-mobile network has grown to 32 countries, home to 1.7B people → starlink.com/mobile
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“Country of geniuses in a datacenter” > sounds good, could probably cure cancer or something “Household of geniuses in my Mac Studio” > probably just yells at me for loading the dishwasher wrong
Replying to @korbencopy
haha actually - huge success over the weekend, i just wanted to write it up a bit but didn't get enough time to finish that. many people's reaction was why would you need so much compute (mac mini) but i found it's not enough compute, even after adding my DGX spark to the home compute fabric. we're going to need a lot more compute where we're going
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We are hiring for many critical engineering roles to develop the technologies for AI satellites in space at our facilities in Austin and Seattle. Solar, process, automation, manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, optics, software... come build space data centers with great engineers at @SpaceX @Starlink
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Test post!
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FSD 14.1.7 seems to struggle to drive in a straight line most of the time, making big steering adjustments for no good reason.
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Recalibrated the cameras, seems maybe better.
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You might enjoy this one @elonmusk - lots of fun math about mass drivers and whatnot.
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31 Oct 2025
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)! 🛰️🇫🇰❤️ → starlink.com/falklandislands
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Replying to @aaronburnett
Some significant low level software and networking improvements, in addition to the overall capacity increases.
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Significant improvements in @starlink network performance in 2025, with median peak-hour network-wide speeds increasing by over 50%. Typical download speeds are over 200 Mbps, typical upload speeds are over 30 Mbps, and median global latency is around 26 ms.
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19 Oct 2025
SpaceX has now launched more than 10,000 Starlink satellites to date, enabling reliable high-speed internet for millions of people all around the world 🛰️🌎❤️
19 Oct 2025
Falcon 9 completes a double-header launch day, taking 56 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida and California
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14 Oct 2025
Final descent and splashdown of Starship on Flight 11, captured by the SpaceX recovery team in the Indian Ocean
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11 Oct 2025
Starship flight on Monday ~5pm CT
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Flight-proven Super Heavy booster moved to the pad at Starbase ahead of launch
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7 Oct 2025
Internet from space for humans on Earth
My best sighting of a Starlink satellite "train" from orbit!
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Replying to @Starlink
@starlink now certified to begin installs on @united’s 737-800 mainline fleet, now on over half of the regional fleet
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As above, so below
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13 Sep 2025
Deployment of 24 @Starlink satellites confirmed, completing the 300th @Starlink mission
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