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The complicated futility of WordPress
The challenges of working in opposition to the world's larget blogging platform.
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The most popular blog posts about tech industry & business on Hacker News. 622 posts.
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How the Apple archive ended up at Stanford
The Real Story
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Ethereum Proof-of-Stake
Explaining Ethereum's consensus mechanism after The Merge
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Apple’s Universal Control
Apple’s “Universal Control” is holy-shit good
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Co-Founding Considered Harmful
“Hell is other people.” Sartre I’ve come to view the idea that you absolutely need a co-founder as one of the most harmful memes in Silicon Valley. It’
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Is my advice too mercenary?
A criticism of some of my writing is that it’s too mercenary. Some see my advice as coldly calculating, too focused on individual outcomes over collective ones, and implicitly distrustful of others. I think this is fair criticism! It’s not exactly what I’m going for, but it’s a fair reading. However, there’s more to…
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The decline and fall of Java on the desktop
Java was originally touted as "the killer" desktop language, but the early 2000's saw steady march towards obscurity.
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I Looked into 34 Top Real-World Blockchain Projects So You Don’t Have To
I looked at 34 projects listed by the top Google result for “real-world blockchain projects”. 33 of these are either dead, pivoted away from Blockchain, use Blockchain in a (sometimes dangerously) bad way, or are have no real-world utility.
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We need someone who has done “it” before
Have you (or your company) tried repeatedly to hire for Role X?
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SouthwestAirlines' Meltdown Shows How Corporations Pit Consumers Against Workers
Our system is set up to create mutual antagonism between members of the working class. Meanwhile, faceless corporate executives remain shielded like mob bosses.
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Useful engineering metrics and why velocity is not one of them
Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.
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Estonia saved its citizens 820 years by moving public services online
The Estonian government estimates that going digital has saved the state and its citizens, 820 years in time and resources
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Microsoft confirms Exchange Year 2022 problem
[German]Exchange servers (on-premises) have had woldwide a Year 2022 problem since January 1 (00:00 UTC), because mails are no longer transported due to a “date error”. Meanwhile…
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Spf13 is leaving Google
I’m leaving my role as the Product Lead for the Go Language at Google. I’m super proud of everything the Go team has accomplished in the last six years, and …
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Zapier: A $5B Unbundling Opportunity
Zapier has 3M+ users and generates $125M in ARR. At a $5B valuation, its fast-growing horizontal platform is unable to meet the demands of all of its customers. The increase of underserved Zapier customers presents an opportunity.
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Nvidia in the Valley
Nvidia is in the valley in terms of gaming, the data center, and the omniverse; if it makes it to future heights its margins will be well-earned.
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Money, money, money (and investing) (2015)
A comprehensive introduction to investing in stocks, mutual funds (managed and index), short-selling, and stock options.
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Former Labor Secretary Found What Work Is Like Now
Bill McCamley was NM's labor secretary, but working at a local movie theater taught him the truth about what's ailing the workforce.
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Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have to delete my websites
Thanks to the Israeli accessibility law, I have no other choice but to delete the websites I developed for learning Java, PHP, C#, Scala, HTML, Linux etc.
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Google helps Scientology billionaire Bob Duggan hide a dark family secret (2015)
Recently, we told you that California pharmaceuticals entrepreneur Bob Duggan — a man currently worth $2.3 billion — had, through an agent, complained to Google about a story we wrote about him.
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People don't want to run their own bank
When I was young, I had a piggy bank. A piggy bank is incredibly secure. It's fairly big - so it is hard to lose. It is brightly coloured - so you can find it easily. No one else can see how much money there is in there. The only way to get money out is to smash it - providing visible evidence if someone has robbed…
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How should net metering affect your electric bill?
And lies cause waste
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Pop culture has become an oligopoly
A cartel of superstars has conquered culture. How did it happen, and what should we do about it?
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Chrome, 10 Years Later
Reflecting on my work on Chrome.
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Product vs. Engineering
Friction Between Product and Engineering; Lack of trust and collaboration slowing down product growth