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T-Mobile Rocks
I was a T-Mobile customer for more than a decade from the late 90s until a year or two ago. I really enjoyed the experiece. I didn't know many other T-Mobile customers. That was fine with me. One by one, my family switched to AT&T. My kids went to AT&T for the iPhone when you […]
Google has a company strategy, not a product strategy
Or, Why Google keeps killing products
‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ Doesn't Work That Well
Why ‘Strong Opinions, Weakly Held’ isn't as great a thinking tool as you might think.
New Query Language for Graph Databases to Become International Standard
Read the latest Neo4j press releases and company news, including product launches, partnerships, and milestones in graph database and analytics.
A Post-Google World?
Another Google antitrust trial starts on Monday. If Google loses, it'll be three strikes. At some point, they will give up and realize that the writing is on the wall for their current business model.
Announcing Micro Instances for Amazon EC2
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing Micro Instances for Amazon EC2
Deleting an S3 Bucket Costs Money
Deleting an S3 bucket is harder than you think, and may even cost you money.
Building an Open Core Company: Interview with GitLab's CEO
Building an Open Source Company: Interview with GitLab's CEO
Evidence-based software engineering: book released
My book, Evidence-based software engineering , is now available; the pdf can be downloaded here , here and here , plus all the code+data . Report any issues here . I’m investigating the possibility of a printed version. Mobile friendly pdf (layout shaky in places).
European Copyright Law Could Soon Get Worse
EFF has been writing about the upcoming European Digital Single Market directive on copyright for a long time now. But it's time to put away the keyboard, and pick up the phone, because the proposal just got worse—and it's headed for a crucial vote on June 20-21. For those who need no further...
Things the media does to manufacture outrage
People are so sensitive these days! People are just offended by every little thing! Millennials, amirite?!
Jessica Livingston: How to Build the Future
How To Build The Future: Jessica is a cofounder of Y Combinator.
So Your Startup Received the Nightmare GDPR Letter
Some dumb lawyer figured it would be fun to give GDPR trolls a form letter to use to inflict maximum damage on unsuspecting companies. The reason why this is dumb is simple: the GDPR serves a legitimate need but by decreasing the signal:noise ratio handcrafted requests from users with a legitimate concern can get…
Let's make sure GitHub doesn't become the only option
GitHub is dominant in today’s software development industry. Most professional developers interact with software created, maintained, or controlled by GitHub daily.
Costs of running a Python webapp for 55k monthly users
What are the monthly costs of running a webapp on DigitOcean? I dig into the numbers here.
SUSE to go private
EQT Private Equity Announces Voluntary Public Purchase Offer and Intention to Delist SUSE
Germany: Crypto held for more than a year will not get taxed
Germany: crypto held for more than a year will not get taxed. The Federal Ministry of Finance has published a document defining tax policies.
An ad plugin was stealing revenue for a year and I didn't even notice
Anyone can build their own amusement park here, or find one that's just right for them. A city of parks by Levan Kvirkvelia.
Oculus Joins Facebook
We started Oculus with a vision of delivering incredible, affordable, and ubiquitous consumer virtual reality to the world. We’ve come a long...
Skills for organizations, partners, the ecosystem
In October, we introduced skills—a way to teach Claude repeatable workflows tailored to how you work. Today we're making skills easier to deploy, discover, and build: organization-wide management for admins; a directory of partner-built skills from Notion, Canva, Figma, Atlassian, and others; and an open standard so…