31
Figma and Adobe abandon proposed merger
Figma and Adobe no longer see a path toward regulatory approval
New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,021 posts.
32
Paying Netflix $0.53/H, etc.
People pay $0.50-$2.00 for an hour of digital entertainment.
33
“Yes” means “no”: The language of VCs
A failed founder’s survival guide
34
Microsoft forced people to install their browser (2010)
It was a happy time for PC users. Microsoft had just delivered Windows 95, an incredibly vast improvement over windows 3.1 and DOS.
35
The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen
Some might remember a book I released in 2016, “The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen”. A lot has changed in the world since then, and Shenzhen is no exception.
36
New plans for self-hosted Zulip customers
Update: We have published a new blog post describing an additional Zulip plan for self-hosting without commercial support. Zulip is a 100% open-source team chat application designed for efficient communication. Zulip is available as a cloud service or a self-hosted solution. Organizations that self-host …
37
Risk management is not project management
Why shifting full accountability for high-risk tasks to third parties increases rather than decreases project risk.
38
Chesterton's Fence: A lesson in second order thinking (2021)
A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.
39
More product, fewer product managers
There has been a lot of discussion about how many Product Managers (PMs) are required in a product team. This conversation gained momentum after Airbnb restructured their product management organization, followed by articles about how startups are thriving without any PMs.
40
Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp
After more than 11 years, HashiCorp Co-Founder Mitchell Hashimoto pens a heartfelt goodbye letter to the company he helped create.
41
Maybe getting rid of your QA team was bad
If you have a QA team, please read this and give them a large raise.
42
The UX of delivering parcels
I shipped identical boxes, less than a mile, with multiple delivery companies — one was seized by the police. This is the UX of delivering parcels.
43
What's Going on with Language Rankings?
As the inbound DMs and emails attest, at least a few of you out there having been waiting for RedMonk to drop our latest version of the programming language rankings. Our apologies about the delay: here’s our update on the process. Normally we run these rankings twice a year, with the goal of using publicly
44
First look at Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft has made tons of noise about their Microsoft 365 Copilot toolset. They’ve made a lot of promises about its capabilities to enhance individual and team productivity, but access to it…
45
Canadian internet bill S-210 is a step closer to becoming law
After years of battles over Bills C-11 and C-18, few Canadians will have the appetite for yet another troubling Internet bill. But given a bill that envisions government-backed censorship, mandates age verification to use search engines or social media sites, and creates a framework for court-ordered website blocking…
46
The Long Shadow of Checks
A lot of more modern financial infrastructure follows the paths blazed by checks, at least in the U.S.
47
Google Imagen 2
Today, we’re sharing a significant upgrade to Google Cloud’s image-generation capabilities with Imagen 2 , our most advanced text-to-image technology, which is now generally available for Vertex AI customers on the allowlist (i.e., approved for access).
48
49
Plane got to top spot in project management on GitHub in less than a year
On September 18 this year, we crossed 14K stars and stood at #1 on the list of open source project management tools on GitHub.
50
LXD now re-licensed and under a CLA
Stéphane Graber's website -
51
52
VMware transition to subscription, end of sale of perpetual licenses
Get the latest Broadcom news, press releases, and updates. Broadcom software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure.
53
A new old kind of R&D lab
Answer.AI will figure out the fundamental research needed to tame AI, and the development path needed to make it useful in practice
54
The Secret Behind Qualcomm's Margins? Patents
How Qualcomm mixes licensing and its product business to produce industry-beating profit margins, showcasing the importance of a patent licensing business
55
Beeper Mini is back
Bug fixes and other improvements We’ve created an updated version of Beeper Mini that fixes an issue that caused messages not to be sent or received. You can get the update directly from beep…
56
Mistral: Our first AI endpoints are available in early access
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
57
Mixtral of experts
The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models.
58
The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity
Slack’s Workforce Index uncovers new findings on how to structure the workday to maximise employee productivity, well-being and satisfaction
59
Amazon Has an Honesty Issue
We recently ordered a high-value item from Amazon (for Prime delivery), but it was stolen from within their delivery chain. Amazon initially accepted that there was an issue but have staunchly tried t
60
Deadweight Loss as a Service
The truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene, and unoriginal.