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How We Handle Cap Table Information
On Friday we had an internal policy violation that affected three companies. I’ve been in touch with the founders and I’m appalled we made…
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Microsoft's 1986 IPO
Its market cap hit $777 million and Bill Gates' net worth reached $350 million
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Vision Insurance Is Making Glasses More Expensive
A geeky optician lending his expertise and interests to everyone who wears eyewear.
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Why we bootstrap
Venture capital isn’t the necessity it once was for tech startups. We've chosen to bootstrap because it gives us flexibility in the way we build. Here's why.
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Interviewing candidates
A quick note: I’m going to be traveling for much of the rest of June and I haven’t got articles queued up, so the blog will go dark for a bit; see you in July! In the last two episodes …
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Timescale Announces New Database Cloud
Timescale Cloud provides a balance between a familiar developer platform and a flexible database for modern applications while retaining the ease.
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Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux
Here in Aarhus, Denmark -- home of the V8 project, Chrome’s JavaScript engine -- we’ve been tuning, testing, and polishing the V8 engine to...
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Disney and Integrators versus Aggregators
Disney’s reorganization reinforces their integrated strategy; there is a lot to learn for anyone competing with Aggregators.
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That won't scale: Present cost vs. future value
Thanks for reading Code Solo!
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The Ethical Failures Behind the Boeing Disasters
Two Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes crashed shortly after takeoff, on October 28, 2018 near Jakarta, Indonesia and March 10, 2019, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The disasters cost the lives of 346 passengers and crew. Black box data recovered from the two planes indicate that bad engineering practices and surprisingly simple…
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Standing Up For Android
It seems these days you don’t have to go far to find people that want to belittle Android, often for reasons they feel are perfectly objective and valid. I’d call out Marco Arment and J…
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Cryptocurrency Evolution
Bitcoin has already undergone several forks. A fork defines a moment in time when a specific digital currency gets split into two different currencies. A couple months ago, a Bitcoin fork created Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Another fork just created Bitcoin Gold last week. Segwit 2x will follow next month.
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A novel PayPal scam
This morning I received an interesting scam email. It might not be a new scam, but it was the first time I’d seen it.
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How the Father of Claymation Lost His Company
Will Vinton brought clay to life with characters like the California Raisins and the Noid -- until Nike billionaire Phil Knight stepped in and bought the business for his son.
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Chef extends open-source licensing to all its software
IT Automation for everything from configuration management to continuous delivery.
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All the Technology but None of the Love
This post has been re-written several times, so please forgive me if it does not come across as coherent as I would like to. The main reason for the re-write was this post by Martin Wedge . Originally I planned to scrap the whole thing but maybe having a different perspective will help, I’ve deleted those parts that…
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When moving fast, talking is the first thing to break
When you make speed and “moving fast” the biggest priority on a project or in an organization, the first thing to breakdown is talking to each other. Talking takes time. Consensus is expensive and slow. In a pressurized environment there’s no time to schedule calls, get input from subject matter experts, or resolve…
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Whistleblower: Huawei cloned Qwen and DeepSeek models, claimed as own
A now-deleted report by HonestAGI on GitHub showed a high number of similarities between Huawei’s Pangu and Qwen 2.5.
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Formula 1 launches Virtual Grand Prix Series to replace postponed races
Formula 1 has announced the launch of a new F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series, featuring a number of current F1 drivers. The series has been created to enable fans to continue watching Formula 1 races virtually, despite the ongoing coronavirus situation.
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Porsche will contest Laguna Seca in historic colors of the Apple Computer livery
Preview, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Round 4, Laguna Seca
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Why You Don't A/B Test, and How You Can Start This August
Many software companies don't A/B test. Unfortunately, their reasons for doing so are all wet.
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The Next Bubble - Don't Get Fooled Again
My friend, Ben Horowitz, and I debate the tech bubble in The Economist. This post originally appeared as part 1 of 3 ———————————…
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