Friendly Google and Enemy Remedies – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
The reason to start this Article with railroads and Rockefeller and the history of the Sherman Antitrust Act is not simply to provide context for this case; rather, it’s important to understand that antitrust is inherently political, which is another way of saying it’s not some sort of morality play with clearly distinguishable heroes and […]
I just coded “Angry Pumpkins 🎃” (any resemblance is purely coincidental 😂) using GPT-4 for all the coding and Midjourney / DALLE for the graphics
I just coded “Angry Pumpkins ” (any resemblance is purely coincidental ) using GPT-4 for all the coding and Midjourney / DALLE for the graphics. Source: Javi Lopez ⛩️ on X: “Midjourney, DALL•E 3 and GPT-4 have opened a world of endless possibilities. I just coded “Angry Pumpkins 🎃” (any resemblance is purely coincidental 😂) […]
How to Boss Without Being Bossy – Holy Ghost Stories
how do you give a command in a way your team members will accept, won’t reject as “bossy,” and might even feel good about? Source: How to Boss Without Being Bossy – Holy Ghost Stories
You win or you learn
an internal Automattic memo Source: @waxpancake • This is apparently an internal Automattic memo making the rounds on Tumblr, indicating that they?… • Threads
Typing fast is about latency, not throughput | Hacker News
It occurs to me that because we use both hands, the way we type is inherently ‘asynchronous’. For example, when trying to type(‘the’), the individual ‘function calls’, typechar(‘t’), typechar(‘h’), typechar(‘e’) may be initiated (i.e. fingers begin moving towards their target keys) in that order, but there’s no guarantee they are terminated (i.e. fingers hitting their […]
What I learned getting acquired by Google
Working at Google is like having a second passport. Go to any major city in the world and your badge2 unlocks a beautiful office with great food, desks, and a high speed link to every person in Google’s 200,000+ person network. And like visiting America as a foreigner, everything you see inside feels oddly familiar […]
Hard-to-swallow truths they won’t tell you about software engineer job | Hacker News
I would encourage anybody interested in a professional career (in anything) to zoom out and keep in mind that almost every profession is ultimately about providing service. Source: Hard-to-swallow truths they won’t tell you about software engineer job | Hacker News
Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts – The New York Times
Banks generally won’t say how often they are closing accounts this way, and they’re not tracking how often they get it wrong. But federal data offer clues. Source: Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts – The New York Times
‘This Has Been Going on for Years’: Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess | Hacker News
If you squint, could apply some of those observation to the world of software. Source: ‘This Has Been Going on for Years’: Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess | Hacker News
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
Source: A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods