Slava Akhmechet (Alias, ex-RethinkDB) - CTOcast #32

Slava Akhmechet (Alias, ex-RethinkDB) is a founder of new social network Alias. OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (02:10) - RethinkDB story (06:30) - Stripe (07:44) - RethinkDB Team (10:40) - Shutting down companies (13:04) - Moder social networks (17:06) - Alias (pro-social social network) (22:13) - Alias (prestige instead of likes) (30:20) - Alias (people may make mistakes and change opinon) (33:19) - Alias (content ranking) (37:15) - Alias (from burnout to flow) (39:41) - Alias (how you build social network) (42:03) - Alias (Tech stack) (44:55) - Decentralized technologies (49:25) - Peer to peer technologies (55:23) - Future culture of Alias as a company (57:42) - 44 guiding principles of engineering management (58:46) - Approaching writing (01:01:08) - Reading in clusters of 5 EPISODE LINKS: https://joinalias.com/ https://twitter.com/spakhm](https://twitter.com/spakhm https://www.spakhm.com/ - Zero credibility Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification - [https://www.amazon.com/Private-Truths-Public-Lies-Falsification/dp/0674707583] Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World - [https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/0143120611](https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/0143120611 The Psychology of Video Games (The Psychology of Everything) - https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Video-Games-Everything/dp/0367493136 The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses - https://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-Book-Lenses/dp/0123694965 CTOcast #17 with Slava Akhmechet (In Russian and from December 2015) https://soundcloud.com/ctocastcom/slava-akhmechet-rethinkdb-ctocast-17-russian SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: Podcast website: https://ctocast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2L0vXtv Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL0NUT2Nhc3Q= Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5senHSpuQcslHL33FVNfYM Telegram: https://t.me/Ctocast Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ctocast?refid=stpr RSS: hhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/CTOcast CONNECT: Clubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/ctocast-podcast-live – Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaliaksandr – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alxct0cst – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr/ – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astapenka Email: ctcst –> protonmail.com