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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 60 episodes
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Welcome to Members of Technical Staff: week-after-week of prestige narration from the hotbed of San Francisco tech culture. Featuring founders, funders, and fanatics, join Jayden (@creatine_cycle) and friends as they chronicle the culture, scandal, and humourlessness of the most important city of the 21st century.
Unknown Host hosts Members of Technical Staff, a technology show with 60 episodes published.
I turned @signulll into a giant gray blob and took him to Dolores Park so we could have some takes. We covered: - Why AI writing is good actually - Why AI design is good actually - Dating discourse Is this the worst set
I caught up with @baelentina_ and @lukeigel to get a vibe check on SF so far in 2026 and explain why Corgi-posting proliferated across the timeline (i'm sorry). Also you might have noticed that MOTS looks somewhat polish
In today's extra I caught up with @maxmarchione to get a vibe check on peptides (they kind of fell off), get the FDA peptide panel update and talk about each other's stacks and skincare and such. Watch on X ; listen on A
I caught up with @Celesteamadon to chat about a few things SF dating: - Single until series B - The state of dating apps - Men in SF I was also put on the spot with how I used to date (trick question I was terrified). Wa
To change things up a bit I found the two most jacked dudes that I know in @mattyp and @zacharyvalles , sat them down on a bench in front of a squat rack and talked about peptide tasting and startup events in 2026. You w
I have heard that saas is dead and now more recently that design is dead? I brought in two of the greatest designers that I know in @hannah_ahn and @Reshusaur to address this and read some tweets and ads and such with me
You didn't ask and I delivered once again. Here is a full overview of the state of startup distribution and what weird and whacky methods some companies are using to get your attention. This time partially clothed!! Thin
I got Chinese food with @Noahpinion and @koreanpeptides while we went through the best food in SF for each cuisine. I also put the camera on the lazy Susan so you as a viewer can be one with the Chinese food. Watch on X;
No one asked and I delivered. Here are my thoughts on the current state of tech media while I take a bubble bath and risk destroying my fully specced out macbook forever. I also read some fan mail. Watch on X; listen on
Well seeing as I missed @Bonecondor's peptide soiree in NYC I figured I would at least follow it up with a niche podcast version with @maxmarchione. We covered: - Retatrutide - Elli Lilly - Enhanced Games Watch on X; lis
I took @NicoleSHsing to some hot pot and we spoke about a few things: - The classic Silicon Valley mould - Tech bro hobbies - Bridging art and technology Restaurant staff hates to see a white boy armed with DJI mics and
@signulll and I went through some of my favorite posts and accounts of all time and attempted to explain why they are good. Thank you @a16z for having us. Thank you for the golf cart rides. Thank you for the vodka sodas.
It's been a while since we got a little technical on MOTS so I caught up with @samlambert to ask him about what is happening at Github and the fallout as one of the world's most loved pieces of software struggles to adap
SF is nothing without its people so I brought on some of the greatest in @kyliebytes and @Noahpinion. We covered: - the different groups you can find in SF - the different kinds of events worth going to - groups working
In today's MOTS extra I sat down with @tejasybhakta of @morphllm to get a little technical. We covered: - programming with a piano foot pedal - leaving parties to check on agents - how many agents good engineers are actu
@baelentina_ and I visited @jxnlco the other day to discuss whether dressing well in SF is low status or not, personal hygiene and how technology brothers should be more vain. We also used some new innovative framing for
I turned @signulll into an ominous gray blob as we sat down in Alamo Square to talk about normal people things like how social media is tribal again, the X dot com the everything app algorithm and the permanent underclas
RFK announces peptide reclassification! What does this all mean? Will the technology brothers finally be able to source peptides not of the sketchy Chinese kind? Is this legalization or a different thing? Are the technol
I had @0thernet over and instead of just hanging out over coffee or tea like normal people we decided to podcast like absolute morons. Anyway this MOTS extra is timely because I got a glimpse into the state of AI startup
I had both @baelentina_ and @NicoleSHsing over for some tea and to discuss different social interactions you might experience in San Francisco. We broke them down into four main categories: - networking - parties - confr
Noah Smith
economic writer · Colorado Film and Video Association
3 appearances on this show
Max Marchione
co-founder and President · Superpower
2 appearances on this show
Sam Lambert
CEO · PlanetScale
2 appearances on this show
Ben Davis
Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Toledo Law School · Mississippi State University
1 appearance on this show
Tejasy Bhakta
Morphllm
1 appearance on this show
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