why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 5 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
▮▮▮▮▮ certainty ·
▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Open · timeframe Apr 2027
Rachitsky: Data labeling firms pay heavily for pre-AI GitHub repos
“Data labeling companies are buying old GitHub repos of handwritten code. To train their models on. And they're paying a lot of money for like artisanal human written code.”
Assertion Open · timeframe Dec 2024
Shopify founders deleted incomplete code after one hour of pair programming
“You know, Toby famously built a lot of Shopify pair programming, and what he would do is he would actually set a timer And him and his, the CTO, Cody, would pair program for one hour, and if they did not finish the problem in one hour, they would delete all th…”
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Oct 2023
Rachitsky: Notion team retrospectively concluded they should have hired PMs earlier
“In my Notion deep dive on how Notion builds product, one of the interview answers was just like, we should have hired product managers earlier.”
Assertion Open · timeframe Mar 2023
Aluwi: Gojek paid early drivers via physical cash booths with vaults
“In the early days, we actually had cash booths. So we actually had physical spaces with like a vault and a cash sitting in the vault where drivers can show up, you know, show that, oh, I'm, this is my driver ID. And this is the balance that I have with you, pl…”
Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Mar 2026
Wodtke: Google publishes all employee OKRs and weekly updates on intranet
“Google, even as a huge company, everybody's OKRs and their weekly updates are on their intranet and you can look stuff up.”