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Here come the encryption apps
It seems like these days I can’t eat breakfast without reading about some new encryption app that will (supposedly) revolutionize our communications — while making tyrannical regimes fa…
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 8,981 posts.
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Two Microsofts
My well-chronicled frustration with Microsoft’s corporate strategy comes down to one point: I don’t think any company should have both horizontal (i.e. services) and vertical (i.e. devi…
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The most effective debt collecting email I ever wrote
Web standards that have been outlined and classified have totally transformed the internet in just the last 10 years or so, creating an online experience that is more cohesive, more predictable, and a lot more robust.
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Steve Jobs
And now the frenzy begins. Running this story in reverse it's suddenly clear why Apple didn't introduce the iPhone 5 this week. It would have been lost in the news of Jobs's death, killing the marketing value he would have loved. I'm sure the phone will appear in a week or two with that appearance
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My take on how DuckDuckGo can outperform Google
The Current Status Quo
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The gaslit asset class
James Grant invited me to address the annual conference of Grant's Interest Rate Observer . This was an intimidating prospect, the previous...
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I'm a Tech Lead, and nobody listens to me. What should I do?
In June 2018, I joined mytaxi (FREE NOW), a competitor of Uber in the ride-hailing space, as Backend Chapter Lead. I was looking for an opportunity to grow in technical leadership. Honestly, I did not even fully understand what “Chapter Lead” meant. After some research, I learned it was part of Spotify’s squad (team)…
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End of Cycle?
One sign that technology markets often exhibit at the tail end of a cycle is a fast diversification of the types of startups getting funded. For example, following the core internet boom of the late 90s (Google, Yahoo!, eBay, PayPal), in early 2000 and 2001 there was a sudden diversification and investment into P2P…
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Apple and the Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is full of all sorts of amazing, delightful touches — the sort of thing you’d expect from an Apple product. For example, when you first take your Kindle out of its (gorgeous!) box, it boots right up knowing your name and logged into your account. This is actually out-Apple-ing Apple: it’s possible…
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Steel Threads are a powerful but obscure software design approach
Steel Threads are a powerful but obscure software design approach. Learning about Steel Threads will make you a better engineer. You can use them to avoid common problems like integration pain. And you can use them to cut through the complexity of system design.
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Apps are too much like 1990's CD-ROMs and not enough like the Web
I'm starting to resent Apps like I resented CD-ROMs. I started playing this ...
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The Redhat of Drupal
I got this email today: Hi Matt, I apologize for the cold email. I was researching Automattic , Inc. and wanted to ask you if there was any gaps/pains within your CMS and website. I work for the “R…
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I killed my startup
It's been over a year since I killed my startup, and a few weeks ago I revisited the spot where I decided to do it. It's about time I talk about it
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Cloudflare Analytics review
Cloudflare Analytics is a brand new player on the privacy-first Google Analytics alternative market. Here’s my Cloudflare Analytics review.
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The Death of Process
To write great policies, arm those in the future who will kill your darlings
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Steve Yegge and Grok
Bryan Summersett's home page.
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The Tesla Semi from an Insider's View After One Year: "Hot Mess"
PepsiCo employee says the Tesla Semi is a "disaster" & does 400 miles "at best" with round-the-clock servicing by Tesla engineers
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Software has diseconomies of scale, not economies of scale
“Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist...
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The kind of company I want to be a part of
'aight, hear me out guy(s) (👀 👀 👀)
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How to make decisions like a poker player
Thinking in bets is a decision-making framework developed by poker player Annie Duke. Here's how it can make you a better decision-maker:
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Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of shipping and billing forms
I have attended several Tech events where they invite so-called gurus and experts to explain the digital landscape in Africa, but I have…