- [antiwork rename announced](https://sahillavingia.com/god) — sahil lavingia (2024-10-17, primary). antiwork rename announced; god = growth/optimization/destruction
- [culture shock… a lot of meetings, not a lot of decisions… the government works](https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/05/va-based-doge-associate-gets-boot-after-publicly-discussing-his-work/405641/) — govexec (2025-05-28, reporting). "culture shock… a lot of meetings, not a lot of decisions… the government works"
- [founder and ceo of gumroad, an angel investor, a painter, and a writer](https://www.hachette.co.uk/contributor/sahil-lavingia/) — hachette (undated, primary). "founder and ceo of gumroad, an angel investor, a painter, and a writer"
- [ai support agent](https://helper.ai) — helper (undated, primary). ai support agent; "our own first customer" per antiwork.com
- [the agent runtime under gumclaw (nous research](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) — github (undated, repo). the agent runtime under gumclaw (nous research; openclaw successor)
- [skills/cron/memory architecture matching antiwork](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/) — nous research (undated, primary). skills/cron/memory architecture matching antiwork.com diagram
- [gumroad open-sourced iffy hn thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42851535) — hacker news (2025-01-29, community). "gumroad open-sourced iffy" hn thread; source-available criticism; org then at github.com/anti-work
- [ai agents writing 41% of commits, targeting 80%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZ3vMx_aJ4) — youtube (2025, interview). "ai agents writing 41% of commits, targeting 80%"
- [intelligent content moderation at scale](https://iffy.com) — iffy (undated, primary). "intelligent content moderation at scale"; dashboard/appeals/presets/user lifecycle
- [we held our 2025 public annual meeting… flexile, gumroad, helper](https://linkedin.com/company/iffy-dev) — linkedin (2025-02-18, primary). "we held our 2025 public annual meeting… flexile, gumroad, helper.ai, iffy, and shortest… less work and more play"
- [provo era](https://smashnotes.com/p/the-indie-hackers-podcast/e/100-from-aspiring-billionaire-to-indie-hacker-with-sahil-lavingia-of-gumroad) — smash notes (2019, interview). provo era; oil painting + writing
- [22-hour build](https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-started-gumroad-as-a-weekend-project-and-now-it-s-making-350k-mo-0KqIBn9MseHiyQiZJOiM) — indie hackers (2018, primary). 22-hour build; open quarterly revenue table
- [the capitalist artist salon host](https://interintellect.com/salon/the-capitalist-artist-interintellect-salon-with-sahil-lavingia/) — interintellect (undated, interview). "the capitalist artist" salon host
- [aug 25 1992 dob claim — treat as weak](https://leaderbiography.com/sahil-lavingia-biography/) — leader biography (2025-07, reference). aug 25 1992 dob claim — treat as weak
- [an ai is now the most productive engineer at our company (measured by prs merged)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahillavingia_an-ai-is-now-the-most-productive-engineer-activity-7295903303505244162-niKy) — linkedin (2025-02-13, primary). "an ai is now the most productive engineer at our company (measured by prs merged)"
- [2026 public annual meeting](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahillavingia_antiwork-gumroads-2026-public-annual-meeting-activity-7432061764034359296-ewkH) — linkedin (2026-02-24, primary). 2026 public annual meeting
- [$4m→$22m rev since q2 2019](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahillavingia_since-q2-2019-gumroad-has-grown-from-4m-activity-7123345160796532739-G7Mf) — linkedin (2023-11, primary). $4m→$22m rev since q2 2019; board-meeting "college class" goal
- [now at internal revenue service!](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahillavingia_now-at-internal-revenue-service-activity-7401255630339985408-LidD) — linkedin (2025-12-01, primary). "now at internal revenue service!"
- [first irs project live: refund email notifications](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahillavingia_home-page-activity-7427786002473189376-tYC4) — linkedin (2026-02-12, primary). first irs project live: refund email notifications
- [codebase token counts](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahillavingia_no-longer-hiring-junior-or-even-mid-level-activity-7293696214284324865-c1wD) — linkedin (2025-02-07, primary). codebase token counts; ai-writes-all-code-by-2026 guess
- [headline online accounts @ irs](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahillavingia) — linkedin (undated, reporting). headline "online accounts @ irs"; shl capital; gumroad ">$500,000,000 earned by creators"
- [icon → weekend build narrative](https://mixergy.com/interviews/sahil-lavingia-gumroad/) — mixergy (undated, interview). icon → weekend build narrative
- [board-meeting timeline: #1 aug 2019, #2 jan 2020, #3 apr 2020, quarterly since](https://sms-test.monrovia.com/search/gumroad-q2-2021-board-meeting.pdf) — monrovia index (undated, primary). board-meeting timeline: #1 aug 2019, #2 jan 2020, #3 apr 2020, quarterly since
- [his gumroad-hosted newsletter](https://sahil.gumroad.com) — sahil lavingia (undated, primary). his gumroad-hosted newsletter; archive not crawlable
- [the next next](https://the-next-next.simplecast.com/episodes/redefining-work-a-conversation-with-sahil-lavingia-rg1rkOt_) — the next next (2025, interview). "renamed the holding company, the umbrella company behind gumroad, antiwork… five different projects"; nyc in-person shift
- [same episode, apple listing](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-work-a-conversation-with-sahil-lavingia/id1792663358) — apple podcasts (2025, interview). same episode, apple listing
- [same-event coverage](https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/05/va-based-doge-associate-gets-boot-after-publicly-discussing-his-work/405636/) — nextgov (2025-05, reporting). same-event coverage
- [published 2024-11-28 under @antiwork](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@antiwork/shortest) — npm (undated, repo). published 2024-11-28 under @antiwork
- [helper open-source](https://sahil.gumroad.com/p/open-sourcing-everything) — sahil lavingia (2025-03, primary). helper open-source; gumroad 14th-birthday plan; $1b creator earnings
- [flexile as the operating system for flexible companies](https://www.parttimetech.io/p/sahil-lavingia-future-of-flexible-companies) — part-time tech (2023, interview). "flexile as the operating system for flexible companies"; network-of-flexible-companies vision
- [no clear reason for termination](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/it-was-unclear-who-was-in-charge-ex-staffer-describes-confusion-of-working-for-doge) — pbs newshour (2025-06, interview). "no clear reason" for termination; "more people were hired than fired [at va] my tenure"
- [portfolio](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652764/the-minimalist-entrepreneur-by-sahil--lavingia/) — penguin random house (2021-10-26, primary). portfolio; 256pp; fried blurb; full description
- [sahil lavingias first employee](https://postulate.us/@samsonzhang/people/p/2021-07-25-Ryan-Delk-pkNJEy2piqGGjuuvhLp2ck) — postulate (2021, interview). "sahil lavingia's first employee"; deal-making machine
- [delks microschool origin story](https://primer.com/news/primer-an-origin-story) — primer (undated, primary). delk's microschool origin story
- [public board meeting recap](https://sahil.gumroad.com/p/q1-2024-gumroad-flexile-helper-public-board-meeting) — sahil lavingia (2024-02-19, primary). public board meeting recap
- [gumroad (now antiwork)](https://sahil.gumroad.com/p/q4-2024-antiwork-all-hands) — sahil lavingia (2024, primary). "gumroad (now antiwork)"; financials go private
- [led helper… more than 28,000 conversations each month](https://raphaelcosta.net) — raphael costa (undated, primary). "led helper… more than 28,000 conversations each month"
- [the failure essay](https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting) — sahil lavingia (2019-02-07, primary). the failure essay; founding tweet apr 2 2011; layoffs; $10m→$178m creators
- [$21m rev +96% yoy](https://sacra.com/research/gumroad-at-21m/) — sacra (2024, reference). $21m rev +96% yoy; family of businesses = flexile $36k arr, helper, iffy
- [creator back office thesis](https://sacra.com/chat/h/2faa0823-a41d-49a8-82da-94dc8f05996f/) — sacra (2024, reference). "creator back office" thesis
- [portfolio sightings incl](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sahil-lavingia) — shizune (undated, reference). portfolio sightings incl. capsule; ">$10m a year" claim (aggregator — weak)
- [painting archive linked from his site](https://instagram.com/shlpaints) — instagram (undated, community). painting archive linked from his site
- [qa via natural language ai tests](https://shortest.com) — shortest (undated, primary). "qa via natural language ai tests"
- [created 2024-09-18](https://github.com/antiwork/shortest) — github (undated, repo). created 2024-09-18; natural-language e2e on playwright + claude; mit
- [check sizes $100–250k, sweet spot $150k](https://signal.nfx.com/firms/shl-vc) — signal (nfx) (undated, reference). check sizes $100–250k, sweet spot $150k
- [index: founder→antiwork](https://sahillavingia.com/) — sahil lavingia (2026, primary). index: founder→antiwork.com, writer, painter; essay list
- [@shlpaints created before first painting](https://share.snipd.com/chapter/af5670e4-cdab-48a8-b8f4-3f6654eb706f) — snipd (undated, interview). @shlpaints created before first painting; "exercising vs training"
- [early mention of ventures under the antiwork umbrella](https://starngage.com/plus/sv/blog/who-is-sahil-lavingia) — starngage (undated, reporting). early mention of ventures "under the 'antiwork' umbrella"
- [contract-tool keyword list](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/28/founder-sahil-lavingia-says-he-was-booted-from-doge-after-just-55-days/) — techcrunch (2025-05-28, reporting). contract-tool keyword list; day-55 axing
- [$5m rolling fund](https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/05/gumroad-founder-sahil-lavingia-launches-new-seed-fund-in-collaboration-with-angellist/) — techcrunch (2020-08-05, reporting). $5m rolling fund; $1.25m/qtr; lps naval/hamilton/kopelman; june 1 2020 tweet
- [corroborates irs move](https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/ex-doge-engineer-joins-irs-after-va-firing-plans-10-year-stay) — techbuzz (2025-12, reporting). corroborates irs move
- [smiths earlier piece linking gumroads open-source move to his doge work](https://tedium.co/2025/04/06/gumroad-open-source-doge-drama/) — tedium (2025-04-06, reference). smith's earlier piece linking gumroad's open-source move to his doge work; prompted the fastco outreach
- [ernie smith on the source-available→mit walkback](https://tedium.co/2025/05/16/gumroad-mit-license-thoughts/) — tedium (2025-05-16, reference). ernie smith on the source-available→mit walkback; the interviewer whose fastco piece preceded the firing
- [vcu class interview](https://thinklouder.substack.com/p/podclass-interview-sahil-lavingia) — think louder (undated, interview). vcu class interview; creator-economy teaching circuit
- [archived @shl threads: oss schedule 2024-12-23](https://threadreaderapp.com/user/shl) — threadreaderapp (undated, community). archived @shl threads: oss schedule 2024-12-23; no-juniors 2025-02-06; equity changes 2022-08-04; bridge round 2020-03-11; async 2020-01-29; brand book 2020-02-05; fund 2020-08-05; autonomize (jul 27)
- [begun morphing into a holding company](https://tylertringas.com/valuing-gumroad/) — tyler tringas (2024, reference). "begun morphing into a holding company"; series c/c+ $100–125m; $8.9m 2023 profit; $5m dividend via flexile
- [notes anti-work studio, shortest, railgun — weak corroboration of org rename](https://unsubbed.co/tools/iffy/) — unsubbed (undated, reference). notes "anti-work" studio, shortest, "railgun" — weak corroboration of org rename
- [redirects to network of the department of government efficiency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahil_Lavingia) — wikipedia (undated, reference). redirects to "network of the department of government efficiency"
- [irs reveal at wired big interview](https://nehtus.com/story/big-interview-event-sahil-lavingia/) — nehtus (2025-12, interview). irs reveal at wired big interview; career employee; sam corcos intro; 10-year plan
- [post-firing sit-down](https://www.wired.com/story/fired-doge-staffer-who-is-in-charge/) — wired (2025-05-30, interview). post-firing sit-down; akis/davis roles; "disorganized"
- [he wanted a unicorn](https://www.wired.com/story/he-wanted-unicorn-got-sustainable-business/) — wired (2020, reporting). "he wanted a unicorn. he got… a sustainable business"; icon-weekend origin; livestreamed board meeting ~100 live / 4k later
- [first public id of him at va](https://www.wired.com/story/doge-department-of-veterans-affairs-ai/) — wired (2025-04-04, reporting). first public id of him at va; openhands push; "i'm unpaid. and a fan of your work!"
- [painting-class failure anecdote](https://thewizdomproject.com/sahil-lavingia-podcast-notes) — the wizdom project (undated, interview). painting-class "failure" anecdote
- [no meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees](https://sahillavingia.com/work) — sahil lavingia (2021-01-07, primary). "no meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees"; names hood/maximin/chan/mikolay/yadav/vassallo/bigbinary
- [canonical handle (bio via threadreader capture)](https://x.com/shl) — x (undated, community). canonical handle (bio via threadreader capture)
- [crate 2010 corroboration](https://youthmotivator4life.com/sahil-lavingia-biography/) — youth motivator (undated, reference). crate 2010 corroboration
- [q1 2024 board meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUYSTvJnIXA) — youtube (2024, reporting). q1 2024 board meeting; collab splits demo
- [gumroad + flexile q3 2023 public board meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY2PgZMR2cI) — youtube (2023, reporting). gumroad + flexile q3 2023 public board meeting; "connor" invoice demo
- [homepage is a standing public zoom (id 824 0319 5511, pw hello)](https://zoom.sahillavingia.com) — sahil lavingia (2026, primary). homepage is a standing public zoom (id 824 0319 5511, pw "hello")

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