François Baldassari

Currently: Founder & CEO @ Memfault

Contact: first name at this website

Brooklyn, NY

The United States has a two-party system implemented through closed primaries, first-past-the-post voting, and the rules of the electoral college. Critics argue that it is unrepresentative, leads to polarization, and disenfranchises voters. Ironically, the writers of the Constitution were hostile…

Anthropic released Claude 3.7 Sonnet today, to the great excitement of AI-assister coders everywhere. Sonnet has consistently been the most capable coding model out there, and the 3.7 vintage is no exception.

Claude 3.7 scores …

Eric Asimov, the nephew of Isaac Asimov and more importantly one of the wine critics at the New York Times, published a great list of wines under $20 he recommends last month.

I bought a few of the…

I have been experimenting with AI coding, and am blown away by the results. Aider in particular is an incredible tool, and I cannot imagine ever going back to writing all my own code. The speed at which these tools are progressing is frightening.

As a firmware engineer, my coding habits ar…

A few years ago, I found myself staying at El Encanto in Santa Barbara to avoid the fires and smoke that were plaguing San Francisco.

The hotel room itself was expensive (it goes for $800 per night on expedia as of this writing), but what struck me was how they were upselling me at every t…

I am thrilled to announce that Memfault, the company Chris, Tyler and I co-founded in 2018, has closed a Series B funding round led by Stripes, with participation from Partech Partners, Uncork Capital, and the 5G Open Innovation Lab.

When we started Memfault, our goal was to make building …