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Intel's $475M error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug
In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running Pentium line. The Pentium had many improvement...
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A fourteen-day free trial ain’t gonna cut it
Ramblings about common free trial lengths and time-to-convert.
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Intel Honesty
The best way to both save Intel and have leading edge manufacturing in the U.S. is to split the company, and for the U.S. government to pick up the bill via purchase guarantees.
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Simplicity is an advantage but sadly complexity sells better (2022)
Pushing back on the cult of complexity.
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The tech utopia fantasy is over
i talk about how the idea of a humanity-saving tech revolution from the usual tech suspects is dead (for me).
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300k airplanes in five years
It’s no secret that the Allies won World War II on the back of the U.S.’s enormous industrial output.
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Backlog size is inversely proportional to how often we talk to customers
Lessons learned from a year of startup life.
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Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO
There's a common narrative that Microsoft was moribund under Steve Ballmer and then later saved by the miraculous leadership of Satya Nadella. This is the dominant narrative in every online discussion about the topic I've seen and it's a commonly expressed belief "in real life" as well. While I don't have anything…
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Amazon Nova
Amazon Nova foundation models deliver frontier intelligence and industry leading price-performance, with support for text and multimodal intelligence, multimodal fine-tuning, and high-quality images and videos.
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I algorithmically donated $5000 to Open Source
Notable case of algorithmic approach to open source and non-profit giving
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The 'Return to Office' Lies
i vent about return to office bullshittery.
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Tech Debt: My Rust Library Is Now a CDO
Bringing the great successes of financial engineering to Rust.
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WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill
Learn how WebSockets caused Recall.ai's AWS bill to spike $1M and what architectural changes the team made to lower the cost.
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Project Hammer: reduce collusion in the Canadian grocery sector
Project Hammer aims to drive more competition and reduce collusion in the Canadian grocery sector.
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IBM to Acquire HashiCorp, Inc for $6.4 billion
IBM and HashiCorp Inc., a leading multi-cloud infrastructure automation company, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire HashiCorp for $35 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $6.4 billion.
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We need to liberate the Postcode Address File
This is the Pentagon Papers for the UK address database
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Cold Email Handbook
Learn how to master cold email outreach from 0 to $1M ARR. A comprehensive playbook on infrastructure, copywriting, and AI-powered personalization at scale.
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A ChatGPT mistake cost us $10k
Edit: I want to preface this by saying yes the practices here are very bad and embarrassing (and we've since added robust unit/integration tests and alerting...
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Slashing data transfer costs in AWS
There are lots of ways to accidentally spend too much money on AWS, and one of the easiest ways is by carelessly transferring data. As of writing, AWS charges the following rates for data transfer:
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Pains of building your own billing system
Trying to cobble together your own billing system is like wrestling an octopus that's armed with tax codes and invoices instead of tentacles. It's a beast of complexity that can tangle up everything from customer support to compliance. I have 14 points on why it's hard.
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Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good management
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
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Intel’s board, and an example of when boards and short-termism fail
Pat lost his seat because of an incompetent board. Let's meet them.
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A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
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Bluesky signups are now open to the public
Sign up for Bluesky! No invite code required.
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Our Android app is frozen in carbonite
Google altered the deal
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How to build a $20B semiconductor fab
For the last several decades, one avenue of technological progress has towered over nearly everything else: semiconductors.
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Innovation heroes are a sign of a dysfunctional organization
A week ago I got invited to an “innovation hero” award ceremony at a government agency.
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Mistakes as a new manager
Transitioning from an individual contributor to a manager is tough but rewarding. The key is to delegate, find new sources of fulfillment, focus on quality over quantity, maintain proper engagement…