turbopuffer founder: "I hadn't smoked a single cigar before, now I'm committed"
DevinLewtan · x · 2026-10-29
Sirupsen confirms the Colossus profile excerpt himself: "I hadn't smoked a single cigar before turbopuffer, now I'm committed." The excerpt describes how he took up cigars as a bit, asking deadpan "does your company puff?" at dinner parties and admitting "I have never smoked so much in my life."
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