not a lot of people read it, but those who did seemed to like it. I think long form articles struggle on here to get traction since the average post is <160 characters. anyways - my last pipedream article got featured in the WeeklyRobotics newsletter. I appreciate the kind words!

When one of our robots dies underground, the robot behind it hits it. On purpose. I finally wrote up the software architecture behind Pipedream's robot fleets: chronoplanes, gated holds, kiss-and-push recovery, and what a planner is allowed to believe about the future.

join me in my holy crusade against visual replication without soul

have you ever left a Google review so scathing that you get subpoenaed by the State of New York?

betting against @pipedream_labs is tunnel vision

This is probably more important than any recent RL breakthrough.

guys i just had my groceries delivered by underground robots

Today we are opening the first node on a pipedream network. We've also built our own grocery store for it, and doing both of these has allowed us to start working with some of some of our biggest potential enterprise customers. All with a team of just 10 people. A few s/o's:

Man everyone is launching a grocery store these days

We're a couple years in and this is my favorite Pipedream clip by a mile. Can't wait to make thousands of these little guys

hey guys robots are delivering stuff underground in austin

We've built a first of its kind grocery store in Austin. Introducing Goods➡️

WE DID IT! The first portal and robots on the Austin @pipedream_labs Network go live in February! We'll be around all day, so ask a question here and we'll respond with a video! Here's a quick thread about what we delivered & where we're going next:

It’s crazy to see all the part runner vehicles that exist just to haul something from a car parts store to a dealership. I see a world where @pipedream_labs connects them directly. I feel like McMaster and Grainger would be similar for industrial.

Next week 🤫

Instead of making a deck for this round, I decided to make one w/ Claude Code. Made it WAY easier to explain @pipedream_labs. Everything is code. (If you're an investor & want to see the redacted parts, lmk. I think our 2 anchor tenants for the network will blow your mind).

The first thing people say when we show them the first @pipedream_labs Network node is that it looks exactly like the render. The team moved heaven and earth to make sure the first location exceeded customer expectations in every way you can see AND every way you can’t.

The last few months at @pipedream_labs we: -Built the first portal store on the Austin Network -Built a Grocery business to seed it with volume -Going vertical attracted some of our biggest possible customers to commit a ton of volume to future networks Can’t wait to show yall!

explanation: underground pipe systems are 1D graphs. adding time, the vertical (Y) axis starts from "now" and goes into the future. as the track is a loop, this graph is actually a cylinder, and a robot's mission is a series of line segments drawn on the surface. a waiting robot is a vertical line. moving at a constant speed is a diagonal line, and acceleration is a curved line. deconfliction simply becomes a puzzle.