Hi, I’m Julian Christensen

I'm a co-founder and software engineer. Formerly co-founder at General Task, and software engineer at Instagram, and before that, in the crypto space. Interested in engineering, efficiency, finance, and more.

Work

Some of the projects & organizations I've been involved with throughout the years.

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Previously

General Task

Improving the productivity of the world's knowledge workers.

Previously

Joshua Tree

Renovating one of the last-built homestead cabins in America

Previously

Instagram

Working with Instagram Reels systems to quickly and reliably deliver Reels content to the end user.

Previously

Columbia

Studied Computer Science with a minor in Math. TA'd and did research.

Writing

Posts I've written.

startup prioritization

P0: Effective Prioritization

How can an ambitious startup decide what to build next?

engineering latency

Speed in a World of Latency

We want to provide a quick user experience for our users. The external services we use introduce latency. How can we reconcile these two facts?