The CEO of Prefect says naming things is a superpower. When we name things at Prefect, we care deeply about them. It matters because it's a way of communicating to a future developer or even yourself. The company agonizes over the precise words that we use and I messed up one of these by using a word that was a synonym but not the exact right word for what I wanted. This led to a series of actions that were almost, but not entirely unlike what we were trying to do.
Jeremiah Lowin is the founder & CEO of Prefect, a dataflow automation company. Jeremiah joins Jim for his second appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss executing, storytelling, artificial intelligence and, of course, puns. Important Links:
Show Notes:
- Slack, puns and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Planning, executing and the story of Prefect in 2022
- Why naming things is a superpower
- If you can’t pivot, you’re dead
- Make original mistakes
- AI, storytelling, deep fakes and open source
Books Mentioned:
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
- What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
- The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch