Michelle Lim
@michlimlim
Founder @ stealth. Previously engineer #1 and head of product @warpdotdev. Angel investor. Writes at http://michellelim.dev.
The new hottest role in startups is "Engineers who know Frontend" aka Product Engineer. Feels counterintuitive right? Didn't AI automate UI? But here’s what’s actually happening: 1. Top computer science students avoided frontend, so supply of good engineers who know frontend is…
High-production video is now required for startups. Just scroll through X and see what I mean. Companies like Cluely and Browser Company are leading this shift. 3 predictions: 1. Video studios will proliferate. Hollywood talent pivots into tech videos. 2. Creative directors…
We hosted another packed trivia night. My favorite team was "chicken rice" (with @swyx and @AntWilson) because they named it after my favorite food from Singapore. Already looking forward to the next one.
a successful trivia night ☺️ ty @michlimlim for cohosting and everyone who came out!! learned that @reductoai needs to study more for the next one 😮💨
Not every startup needs a Founders On Couch Talking To Camera launch video. That style works when you’re selling a brand promise. When trust in the founder is the product. It makes sense for top-down sales. But if you’re a product-led company, especially in developer tools,…
Women lifting each other: at the gym and at work. Grateful to have sponsored this event, and always looking for more women to build with us at my startup. DMs open.
ran our 6th women who lift event last weekend and it’s amazing seeing this community grow lifting in the sun with the girls is truly the best ☀️🥺 organized w @khushi_shelat and sponsored by the amazing @michlimlim
Supabase is down. Cloudflare is down. Claude is down. Maybe I’ll finally call my mom.
Plot twist: "No-code" didn't free us from developers - almost everyone “using” Webflow still hires Webflow developers just to ship a landing page. Will “vibe-coding” become “No-code” 2.0?
running trivia night back with @michlimlim on june 26th! spots are running out, so rsvp at the link down below 👇 esp if you are an eng ;)
Poker nights scare me. But somehow they’ve become the default way to “hang” in SF tech. So we started hosting trivia nights instead. Lower barrier; more collaborative. And you still leave with new friends. DM or reply if you want to come to the next one!
The trending role in AI startups isn't AI engineers—it's Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs). Several top AI companies I know are hiring FDEs en masse. This role is now surpassing "PM" as the coveted position for technical generalists. What's an FDE? They're software engineers who…
Prediction: The surge in undetectable call recording apps is about to drive more people back to in-person meetings and prompt more startups to move to SF. Secret recording tools like Granola and now Notion's new feature can capture any call without a trace - Zoom, FaceTime…