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

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