Two's Complement Is Football Possible Anymore?
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Jun 12, 2025 The hosts dive into the challenges facing modern football, including sustainability and technology's disruptive impact. They recount hilarious early days of building a chatbot before AI was mainstream, sharing the ups and downs of startup life. Personal anecdotes highlight the chaos and camaraderie of teamwork in small companies, while playful discussions connect language models to sports terminology. With a mix of humor and insight, they reflect on whether football can adapt and thrive in today's fast-evolving landscape.
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Early Database Chatbot Startup
- Ben Rady shares a story about building a database chatbot startup in 2007 before modern LLMs existed.
- They used a patented "parlor trick" to translate natural language queries into SQL and struggled with hallucinations in responses.
Optimal Team Size Insights
- A nine-person team is about the largest that can effectively work together with perfect alignment.
- Beyond this, communication overhead weakens team performance even with skilled, like-minded engineers.
Startup Collapse During Financial Crisis
- The startup failed when a primary investor pulled funding during the 2008 financial crisis.
- Ben recalls the personal moment asking if the company still existed while his wife was in labor.