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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 07/12/2025

One of my favorite things about parenthood so far is reading through the strong thoughts and spicy takes on children’s TV shows and songs from other parents. I love that we get so invested. My current favorite:

A screenshot of a Reddit post titled, “Where are all the other Puffin Rock parents? Are all of Oona’s friends adults?”

The post reads:

“So Oona and Baba are clearly young kids and live with their parents. We see Silky's mom and Mama Hedgehog and there are references to other parents, like when the baby starling needs to find her family. Bernie is kind of a local grouchy uncle and Flynne seems kind of like a surly teen.

But what's the deal with Mossy and Mae? They appear to be Oona's peers, but Mae seems to live alone and Mossy is with the Shrew Crew. Are they full grown? And what's up with the Hoots? Otto is clearly older than Pip and Pop but it seems more like he's their brother than their dad. But we see them sleeping all the time and there's clearly no parents in their log and Otto seems to be responsible for them. Is Puffin Rock full of orphans? I think about this a lot.”

The first comment is:

“Look man, it’s a children’s cartoon.

That means it’s safe to assume that they have all been either shot by poachers, eaten in the most tragic fashion, or otherwise fallen to their own hubris to which their progeny will soon also fall.

Kid stuff.”

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 16/11/2025

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

A screenshot of two adjacent LeadDev articles titled “Likable leaders go farther” and “The brilliant jerk is back”.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 14/11/2025

Here is a great example that just came up.

A screenshot of the message composer in Slack. The message reads:

"Hey! Do you mind if we use Google Meet for our 1:1s, and if I use Otter.ai to take notes?

It is totally okay to say no.

For context, I use Otter for a few reasons:
1. I sometimes struggle with auditory processing, so it is really helpful to have a real-time transcript to fall back on during the meeting.
2. I really struggle with being able to both take notes and fully participate in a conversation at the same time, and I rely heavily on the notes to maintain context from week to week.
3. Identifying action items for both of us.
4. Insight generation: this one is a bit more complex, but at the moment I have it generate two types of insight during 1:1s. First is any feedback or career advice that I give to you, and the second is any feedback that you give to me. I like to track both of these things to make sure that I'm providing regular feedback to you and that I'm adapting to feedback given to me.

You would have access to the generated notes, transcript, and insights. Everything it creates would be visible to only you and me."

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 26/10/2025

What did Fortune choose to highlight from their “Most Powerful Women 2025” event? Jaime Dimon. 10/10. No notes. 😂

A LinkedIn screenshot of a post from Fortune, featuring a picture of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (a man), with a quote from him from the “Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit”.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 05/10/2025

I suppose turnabout is fair play. Well played, Claude. 👏🏼

A screenshot from Claude Code, telling me that "The Xcode project file is complex. The easiest way is to add the package through Xcode. But let me create a complete implementation using swift-markdown that you can add manually:"

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 17/09/2025

No, but I hear the catering will be top notch. 👨🏼‍🍳

A photo of the cheese sandwich from Fyre Festival.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 15/09/2025

New job = new bio! Super excited to get started.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 05/09/2025

Things like this make me proud to have her as my senator. 😂

Three photos from the senate hearing with RFK Jr. The first shows Elizabeth Warren saying “You said that if vaccines are working for someone, I’m not going to take them away.” The second photo is still of Elizabeth Warren, and she continues “Did you hold up a big sign saying that you were lying when you said that?” The third photo is of RFK Jr with no text.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 21/07/2025

Alexa is telling me to wish myself a happy birthday. 😂

A screenshot of my notifications within the Alexa app, one of which is “Alex Karp’s birthday is today. Wish them happy birthday.”

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 09/07/2025

I don't want to know. I don't want to know.

A screenshot of Bluesky's Trending section, showing "Wimbledon", "Linda Yaccarino", "Patrick Bailey", "Supreme Court", and of course "MechaHitler".

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 26/06/2025

Felt the need to clarify. 😅

A screenshot of my Bluesky display name, where I've added "(not the CEO)" to my name.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 26/06/2025

I usually don't love photos of myself, but I quite like this one. #LDX3 #ActuallyAutistic

A photo of me standing on stage at the LDX3 conference during my presentation. I'm wearing a t-shirt that says "Autistic. Employed. Taxpayer."

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 18/06/2025

And now it’s time to go home! I had such a great time speaking at #LDX3. I’m amazed at how they were able to pack so much into just two days. Thanks to everyone who came to my talk or other activities, I really enjoyed meeting all of you! And a special thanks for the bumblebee fidget! I love him!

My LDX3 conference badge sitting on a desk, with a tiny bumblebee fidget toy on top of it.

My bumblebee fidget toy next to my water bottle on the armrest of my seat on the plane.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 18/06/2025

Clearly I need to upgrade my hotspot naming game.

A screenshot of the hotspot options in my wi-fi menu. One is named "Drop it like its hotspot". Mine is just "Alex Karp's iPhone".

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 17/06/2025

That would be my blanket! When I was a baby, I would scrunch up my baby blanket and rub it against my skin. It still brings me great comfort, so I created a pocket-sized version of it. Other favorites include tapping, wringing my hands, humming, flicking, flapping, scrunching my face, etc.

An 11-inch by 11-inch version of a white, waffle weave blanket with satin trim. One of the edges is bunched up.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 17/06/2025

A new one to add to my collection.

A screenshot of a macOS alert saying "You can't open the application 'Firefox' because it is not responding."

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 29/05/2025

Based on this, I can only assume that Costco will be selling 4-packs of the new Nintendo Switches?

A product listing on the Costco website for the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle. It is listed at $2,000.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 12/05/2025

This’ll do, I suppose! 😄 Though I will say that these seats are not fat friendly. I know that’s because they wanted to cram as many Mint suites as possible onto the plane, but still. JetBlue can and must do better.

A photo facing the seat on my JetBlue A321LR Mint Suite. It’s a herringbone layout, somewhat narrow, but tastefully designed.

A photo facing the aisle on my JetBlue A321LR Mint Suite. It’s a herringbone layout, somewhat narrow, but tastefully designed. Looks like it has a nice footwell too.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 23/04/2025

There are a lot of gems here, like the email being sent to "josekcrooks2", but my favorite is that the money has supposedly been drawn from my "real bank account". 😂

A screenshot of a spam email pretending to be from Geek Squad telling me that I've paid $400 to enroll using my "real bank account". The email was sent to "josekcrooks2" and BCC'd to me.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 20/04/2025

I've always wanted a grill that was highly rated in "feature".

A screenshot of a grill website, showing that this grill is "highly rated by customers for: grill, cooking, feature."

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 15/04/2025

Another step closer! I've always wanted to try having the comments section be powered by Bluesky! Still a few more odds and ends to wrap up, but making progress.

A screenshot from my new blog, showing a comments system that is powered by Bluesky. It's showing threaded replies too.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 13/04/2025

One step closer to launching my blog!

A screenshot of a 404 page. A short, orange, one-eyed monster and a tall, green, feathered monster are standing next to a freshly painted, misspelled sign that says <HLMT>. The short monster is very frustrated at the tall monster, who is holding the paintbrush and clearly painted the mistaken sign.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 13/04/2025

Forgive me if you’ve already tried it, but have you tried the remote finder feature in the iOS remote?

A screenshot of the Apple TV remote app on iOS, showing three Apple TVs with a “Find remote” button next to all three.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 13/04/2025

I love that Instacart is casually suggesting that I purchase a $350 bottle of whisky as part of my grocery order. Weekend fun indeed. 😂 #WhiSky

A screenshot of the Instacart app, showing a section titled “Weekend Fun” with bottles of various spirits. One is a 21-year-old Glenfiddich for $350.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 11/04/2025

Then why did you give me the option to log in and have me verify with both my phone number and email address? 🙃

A message on the Lyft website if you try to log in and use it. It says "Lyft is no longer available on web. Download our app to continue using Lyft."

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 03/04/2025

I've been really going at it with the Beethoven sonatas lately. And while Beethoven is objectively the best, I decided it would be nice to do something else. So I picked up this nocturne! It still needs work, but I'm happy with the way it's coming along. For the full video: youtu.be/2W4GQy0g5x0

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 02/04/2025

It's not quite ready for human eyes yet, but I do have something in the works! Hoping to launch it this month!

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 26/03/2025

I wonder what this trash can did to get promoted to the rank of general.

A metal trash can labeled “GENERAL WASTE”.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 19/03/2025

Oh look, a new contender for most annoying popup on macOS.

A macOS menu bar tooltip asking me to turn on "Reactions" because I've turned them off. It pops up every time my camera goes on.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 11/03/2025

Just doing a bit of light research for my LDX3 talk on performance curves with @leaddev.com in June!

A pile of printed research papers on my desk with titles that include: “Dumb and Dumber: The Impact of Downsizing on Firm Performance as Moderated by Industry Conditions”, “Invoking Social Comparison to Improve Performance By Ranking Employees: The moderating effects of public ranking, ranked pay, and individual risk attitude.”, “A New Approach in Extending the Vitality Curve to Teams”, and “Impact of Bell Curve Forced Ranking Performance Appraisal on Employees Motivation”.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 03/03/2025

Potentially unpopular opinion: There is something *so* satisfying about documenting your code. Lots of dopamine. It can also be really useful for identifying issues and edge cases.

A screenshot of an Xcode window showing a struct called "ColorComponent". The struct and all of its properties all have documentation written Swift DocC.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 20/02/2025

I’m *SO* excited to be presenting at @leaddev.com’s LDX3 conference in London this June! I’ve been interested in ethical management within a late-stage capitalist society for a long time, and performance philosophies and processes are a big part of that!

A screenshot from the LDX3 conference agenda, showing my talk titled “The performance curve: A legacy model in modern disguise”. The short summary reads: “A critique of modern performance management, exposing its flawed assumptions and hidden biases, while offering actionable insights for leaders to build fairer, more effective systems that align with their morals and modern organizational goals.”

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 19/02/2025

I did a thing! I’ve been wanting a calculator bar that I could trigger with a keyboard shortcut, so I made one! It’s fairly basic at the moment, but I’m excited to add in more advanced features and play around with math expression parsing. 🤓 apps.apple.com/us/app/calq-...

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 06/02/2025

Me, whenever I hear that Elon has infiltrated yet another department of government and it’s highly classified data despite not yet having been confirmed to lead a department that that doesn’t exist and Congress hasn’t yet agreed to support:

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 02/02/2025

When parking spaces are just a suggestion.

A Toyota SUV that is parked diagonally across two parking spaces.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 01/02/2025

Feels like the end of an era. I think I bought this bottle in… 2017? If so, that’d make it almost 8 years old! The last dram every bit as delightful as the first. 🥃 #WhiSky

A whisky glass filled with a dram of an amber-colored Bushmills 21-year Irish Whiskey. The glass is sitting on a counter, next to the empty bottle of Bushmills.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 30/01/2025

Meta reached back out, so I sent them this polite novel:

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 25/01/2025

A little bit of light reading with my three-month-old before bed.

I’m holding up the book “V is for Voting”, while sitting in our nursery with my three-month-old son, the back of whose head you can see.

I’m holding up the last page of the “V is for Voting” book with my son. You can see a voting rights timeline, as well as several of the letters from the book.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 23/01/2025

Oh you’ve *got* to be kidding me. 🙄

An email from a recruiter at Meta, asking to set up a call to talk about the engineering leadership opportunities at their London office. In areas like ads, privacy, GenAI, and Mixed Reality.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 22/01/2025

Why is management experience such an afterthought? Especially for a senior EM role? This is how we get terrible managers.

A list of qualifications from a job description.

“Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Object-Oriented Programming and common Design Patterns.
• 3+ years of Experience with multithreading and asynchronous processing.
• 3+ years of experience building distributed systems
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipeline using agile practices.
Preferred Qualifications
• 2+ years people management experience Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years people management experience.
• Extensive software engineering experience, including building large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, customer-focused products.
• Skilled in fostering cross-team collaboration to develop…”

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 22/01/2025

Delta wanted to give me an award and couldn't come up with anything better than being in the top 15% of miles flown by people named Alexander? A whopping 4,196 miles, by the way. I can't decide who is sadder: Delta for giving me the award, or me for not qualifying for anything better. 😂

An award from Delta called the "Top Alexander Badge", because I was in the top 15% of miles flown by people named Alexander. I only flew 4,196 miles last year, a huge decrease from my pre-pandemic average.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 20/01/2025

True… but that’s probably what a bot would want me to think! Quick! Solve this CAPTCHA for me:

A “select all of the images that contain a bus” captcha prompt.

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 17/01/2025

Status update on the #LEGO Grand Piano: 693 steps down, 147 steps to go! It’s really coming together! 🎹🤓

An octave of piano keys, made out of LEGO. They have white and black keys, hammers, etc. just like a real piano would.

The case of a grand piano, made out of LEGO. It’s about a foot long. It’s missing the keys, the drop board, and the lid. But it has pretty much everything else, including wheels, and a working dampen pedal.

The LEGO Grand Piano, mostly complete. I’ve added in the keys and the drop board. All that is left is the lid, the music stand, and the bench!

The LEGO Grand Piano, mostly complete. I’ve added in the keys and the drop board. All that is left is the lid, the music stand, and the bench! This photo has the drop board closed.

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