Chris Alexiou

Currently building tools for engineering teams.

founded
- Podbeam - a podcasting platform backed by Pioneer, amongst others
- Garret Street - a behavioral analytics engine for high-volume retail trading data
podcasts (with Dark Studios)
- Fabulas de Machina
- The Capital Archive
writing

2024-12-01 the illusion of venture capital in startup dynamicsReflections on the paradox of raising capital—how growth obligations reshape company culture and why most startups should let customers, not investors, decide their worth.
2024-01-27 exposureOn the nature of exposure in life and markets—why staying present in high-risk, high-reward arenas until luck and timing meet is the only strategy that works.
2024-01-05 an implementation of the paxos algorithm in rustA practical Rust implementation of the Paxos consensus algorithm, covering proposers, acceptors, learners, and the prepare/accept phases for distributed systems.
2023-04-07 unit testing prometheus rules for reliable monitoringHow to unit test Prometheus alerting and recording rules using the built-in testing framework, with practical examples and test environment setup.
2022-07-10 corporate dictatorshipsExamining the tension between democratic principles and workplace hierarchy—why ethics and free exit may matter more than corporate democracy.

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I don't monitor my social media. If you'd like to reach me, email me at c@christos.id.