{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First of Kind","title":"Guillermo Rauch: One Stroke Dragon","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0aba74d2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2809,"description":"What can a dragon painted in a single stroke teach us about software?\nGuillermo Rauch is the founder and CEO of Vercel. Growing up in Argentina, he taught himself English in order to teach himself programming, then went on to create Socket.io and other foundational technology for the real-time web. Along the way, he developed a cunning designer’s eye that became the competitive advantage for what is now a multi-billion dollar venture.\nIn this conversation with Soleio, Guillermo explains why he designed Vercel’s first command line in Sketch before writing any code, why layout shift erodes trust, and why his company won’t commit any “random acts of AI.”\nGuillermo makes the case for why he’s not just chief executive. He is also chief designer.\n00:00 Human Effort Is Still Underrated\n00:44 Chief Executive, Chief Designer\n02:33 Two Bets: Software and English\n05:15 Gmail Was My Siren Call\n11:06 Exposure Hours\n14:49 Layout Shift and the One Stroke Dragon\n17:10 No Random Acts of Al\n25:17 Can Agents Have Taste?\n30:15 Software Factories and Agent Customers\n34:59 Everything Is Communication\n38:04 A New American Story\n41:52 Lifemaxxing\nS3:E01 Guillermo Rauch: One Stroke Dragon\nHosted by Soleio and produced by Room 3: room3nyc.com @room3nyc\nGuillermo Rauch: x.com/rauchg · rauchg.com\nFirst of Kind is powered by\nFramer: framer.com\nNoon: noon.design\nGrok Bot: x.ai/bot\nRamp: ramp.com\nVercel: vercel.com\nGranola: granola.ai\nProfound: tryprofound.com\nWebsite: firstofkind.com\nYouTube: youtube.com/@firstofkind\n𝕏: x.com/firstofkind\nThreads: threads.com/firstofkind_\nInstagram: instagram.com/firstofkind_\nHashtag: #FirstofKind","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/H5pjHJ9UN44Zu5BxykXbBlYKAWgYmWFYw2heRdTdRnA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yODMz/MjEwM2NiZDRmYzkx/MjM2YmY0NWJjMmZj/MWMzZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}