Why we’re mispricing AI intelligence, and why “good enough” is the real revolution The week the bill arrived What finally pushed me to write this wasn’t a new model. It...
AI has shortened the distance between my thoughts and working software. A recent interview reminded me that explaining those thoughts still requires a deliberate shift. One reason I have enjoyed...
https://youtu.be/S18jxWZntUo https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/06/jon-stewart-trump-ai-tech-bros “If we let them do enough unfettered capitalism, we can apparently capitalism our way to socialism,” Jon Stewart quipped about AI’s promise of universal high income. It’s a...
Voice captures my thinking. AI helps me articulate it. I remain responsible for the result. For decades, the keyboard and mouse have defined how most of us interact with desktop...
Crypto markets may feel bearish, but the development of blockchain-based financial infrastructure has not slowed down. Over the past few months, banks, asset managers and major fintech platforms have continued...
Part three of Building the Recursive Enterprise: Businesses do not need to own every model, but they should control the data, memory and evaluation loop that make those models valuable. In Part...
Part two of Building the Recursive Enterprise: Software development has spent decades building faster feedback loops. AI can now participate in—and improve—more of that process. In Part 1 of this series, I...
Part one of Building the Recursive Enterprise: RSI needs an upfront budget and a measurable return, but the experience gained through early adoption is itself part of that return. I recently...
Tokenized assets can improve today’s financial infrastructure. Their greater potential lies in enabling programmable markets, atomic transactions and entirely new financial products. Much of today’s discussion about blockchain in traditional...
Trump mentioned Hyperliquid in one sentence. That sentence may have revealed something important about the future of US financial infrastructure. During a recent White House meeting with financial and crypto...
What the SEC’s proposed crypto framework could teach Hong Kong about early-stage capital formation On August 18, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed an important new capital-formation framework for...
AI is a supply-side technology. The developed world’s problem is demand. That mismatch — not the technology — is the whole story. I’m not down on AI — I think...
A two-part essay on the deep reasons coding is uniquely suited to AI agents, and why developers shouldn’t expect their compensation to scale linearly with their new superpowers. Part 1:...
The brutal mismatch between how fast you think and how fast you can do anything about it In 1999, Bill Gates published Business @ the Speed of Thought. The premise was...
Think about the device you’re reading this on. Somewhere inside it, there’s a hard drive (or SSD) quietly holding terabytes of data — photos from five years ago, half-finished documents,...
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/salesforce-stock-gets-a-brutal-reality-check-amid-software-slump The company that mocked Oracle is now worth less than most leading AI startups. Who’s laughing now? A few years ago, Salesforce was the cloud darling that mocked Oracle...
Google needed this deal far more than Apple. By embedding Gemini into 1.5 billion iPhones, Google secured its relevance as traditional search faces obsolescence in the AI era.
TikTok's US strategy, focusing on localized content and partnerships, isn't universally replicable. Its success hinges on specific cultural nuances and market conditions, making it a unique model.
Apple's leadership shift, bigger than OpenAI's, signals a strategic pivot. Expect renewed focus on innovation, potentially impacting product direction and future growth.
https://www.affinity.studio/graphic-design-softwarehttps://www.howtogeek.com/this-newly-free-photoshop-alternative-convinced-me-to-cancel-adobe/ Adobe can’t buy Canva. They have been trying to release various lite versions of their apps over the years to keep user upsell flow to Creative Cloud suite. Graphics...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyng762q4eo ByteDance remains a private company with an estimated market capitalization in the range of $350 billion to $400 billion as of 2025. The company posted impressive revenues exceeding $155...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/salesforce-ceo-confirms-4000-layoffs-because-i-need-less-heads-with-ai.htmlhttps://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/tech-layoffshttps://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/2025/the-10-biggest-tech-company-layoffs-of-2025-so-far Tech-sector job cuts this year are tracking similarly to last year: as of July 31, Layoffs.fyi reports about 80,250 employees let go in 2025, versus 152,922 for the entirety...
https://www.creativebloq.com/photography/photo-editing-software/after-25-loyal-years-adobes-price-hike-has-forced-me-to-say-goodbye We have become accustomed to the reality of rising costs. However, we often fail to consider the broader implications of these price increases, especially when it comes to subscription...
https://www.wsj.com/tech/they-paid-3-500-for-apples-vision-pro-a-year-later-it-still-hurts-496de341 It’s not surprising that “some” or even many early adopters of Vision Pro “regret” about their purchase. It’s kind of like a bet, if it works out and become...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_balance_of_tradehttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20zd4k6d36ohttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2089vznzohttps://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/balance-of-trade US started having trade deficits since 1970s and grew to become the country with largest trade imbalance by far. US imported $440bn from China; China imported $145bn from America....
Launching a tech startup is an exhilarating journey filled with both opportunity and uncertainty. While no two startups are the same, there are foundational principles that can significantly impact your...
https://procreate.com/ai Procreate’s CEO is taking a strong stance against AI, claiming that it merely steals from human creativity. It will be intriguing to see how this controversy unfolds. Can he...
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/mobile/ioshttps://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/16/epic-games-store-launches-ios-eu/ Running an App Store is just part of the wider development ecosystem!
https://www.pocket-lint.com/new-cellular-ipads-esim-only/ Apple been pushing for the adoption of eSim for a long time. If it wasn’t for Apple, we might still be using microSim rather than nanoSim. But eSim is...
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/24/04/38350014/elon-musk-reacts-to-teslas-pricing-debate-only-a-fool-thinks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Ftechnology Tesla’s margin is about 17% or so. Even at 10-17% off, can they start gaining market share again and back on growth path? Will they ever make the most...
