technology Ruthless Prioritization vs Ruthless Self-Disruption Ruthless prioritization is the phrase frequently thrown in corporate boardrooms to focus resources on fewer projects to produce the most competitive advantage. I’d argue that ruthless prioritization is the sure way to make your company a one-hit-wonder. Multi-generational companies routinely find new ways to serve their customers. Because if
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technology Artificial Intelligence Regulation Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stood in front of the US Congress today, asking our government to regulate his industry. Unfettered advancement in AI technology will undoubtedly cause all sorts of ethical problems that have yet to surface. Regulators are placed in a tough position; we all know that the
OpenAI OpenAI is doing to the software industry what AWS did 17 years ago Around the term of the millennium, building a website was a massive endeavor. Aside from writing software with limited access to open source libraries, it was extremely expensive to host websites. Expensive hardware, expensive maintenance, and expensive personnel to keep it running. It was not uncommon to see companies spending
economics Monetary policy is over-used and over-rated The fed meets every 6-ish weeks to adjust target fed funds rate, which impacts the interest rate in the entire nation. The event is so tightly monitored and heavily analyzed. Because this single decision is the only method that the US government can affect the US economy directly. And it
economics Economic Inequity Meets Home as an Investment Housing affordability is the biggest economic problem facing the young generation. The underlying forces that drive price are always supply and demand. The question of course is why is supply not meeting demand. The US population has been growing at a relatively steady rate of ~1% since the ‘80s. That
politics Duopoly Government A duopoly government - like the one in the US - presents its population with only two bundled choices at the ballot. If you want a smaller government, it also comes with restricting reproductive rights. If you want universal healthcare, it also comes with green climate policies. Regardless of where
economics Externality of Childcare The cost for childcare has skyrocketed in the developed world. In the US, the average is ~$300k. But by my calculations, if you live in one of the coastal cities and live in generally upper middle class neighborhoods that cost will be close to the 800k mark. The cost is
productivity 2 Minute Rule Procrastination happens when there is a huge task in front of you, and you do not feel like there is enough energy to do it. Whether it is going to the gym, writing an article, or resolving a complex bug, all of these tasks are difficult in their totality, but
growth Perfection Is Enemy of the Good We all want to find that amazing plan / strategy to maximize the value of our work. It can be the best workout plan, best investment strategy, perfect software architecture, etc. The problem, of course, is that the time spent searching is time spent not implementing. And time spent not implementing
Doing Anything for the First Time Doing anything for the first time means making mistakes, running into hurdles, discovering the unknown unknowns. Tasks of even moderate complexity are riddled with landmines for the novices. Interestingly, doing them for even one time uncovers the majority of the problems that you may have to solve, and the second
economics 2023 Fed Policies Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, triggering a number of subsequent bank runs and shaking the confidence in the financial sector. While the collapse is unfortunate, I believe it is a win for the Fed. And I’d argue that the Fed needs to continue to increase rates. The Fed is on
technology LLM Gold Rush Large language AI model (LLM) seems to be at an inflection point. Popularized by ChatGPT, the barrier to entry to this technology has lowered to near-zero. Any developer can plug into the API to build wonderful products on top of it. A parallel moment in the past was when the
economics Perceived Safety The SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) collapse is a hard lesson on trusting the conventional wisdom on ‘safe’ investments. On paper, they did everything right as a bank - putting the deposits into the US treasury, the safest investment available on the planet. Sure there is the interest rate risk that
Being a Noob Adopting a noob mindset is the greatest thing you can do for yourself. A veteran always knows how things are done. What the process should be. A noob does not know anything, and has the mindset to ask why. Oftentimes I see the veterans feeling confident about how things are,
economics Government Chips The US government is pouring money to produce chips on American soil through the CHIPS act. Government involvement in a market almost always disrupts the supply and demand dictated by the invisible hand. CHIPS act will inflate the semiconductor supply, and it will cause the price to drop sharply. This
Chasing the Metaverse Most of the big tech companies on the planet are making a bet on the Metaverse. It isn’t because they ‘believe’ in the technology’s future, they are all making rational business decisions based on data. New technology goes through phases of profitability. Niche (not profitable) -> mass market
business Can Twitter survive with significantly less staff? Twitter reportedly reduced its staff by ~80%. Pundits have either praised Musk’s ability to run a lean company, or criticized him for leading the company towards an impending doom. He deserves neither, he is simply changing the business model from a growth business to a cash cow business. Technology
economics White collar recession The 2022 and 2023 economy was marked by a previously unseen trend. The white collar workers are seeing a downward shift in their compensation and employment prospect while blue collar and front-line workers are experiencing a massive boom - record low unemployment rate and increases in wages. I believe this
State of modern day mobile client engineering - it's kinda broken I have been developing mobile application at LinkedIn for half a year. Coming from a heavy Java infrastructure background, picking up Android development was a breeze. I am quite proud of what my team and I have been able to accomplish in relatively short period of time. (link). I have
meteor Meteor Tutorial - Let's build a Twitter clone (Part 6: Data Publish/Subscribe) This is part 6 (last part) of the twitterClone Meteor tutorial. Complete code on github. Part 1 - Intro to Meteor link Part 2 - Client Template JS link Part 3 - User Account link Part 4 - Security & Structure link Part 5 - Server Methods link Part 6 -
meteor Meteor Tutorial - Let's build a Twitter clone (Part 5: Server-side Methods) This is part 5 of the twitterClone Meteor tutorial. You can find the completed code on github. Part 1 - Intro to Meteor link Part 2 - Client Template JS link Part 3 - User Account link Part 4 - Security & Structure link Part 5 - Server Methods link Part
meteor Meteor Tutorial - Let's build a Twitter clone (Part 4: Security & File Structure) This is part 4 of the twitterClone Meteor tutorial. Part 1 - Intro to Meteor link Part 2 - Client Template JS link Part 3 - User Account link Part 4 - Security & Structure link Part 5 - Server Methods link Part 6 - Data Publish/Subscribe link We will
meteor Meteor Tutorial - Let's build a Twitter clone (Part 3: User Account Management) This is part 3 of the twitterClone Meteor tutorial. Part 1 - Intro to Meteor link Part 2 - Client Template JS link Part 3 - User Account link Part 4 - Security & Structure link Part 5 - Server Methods link Part 6 - Data Publish/Subscribe link We will
meteor Meteor Tutorial - Let's build a Twitter clone (Part 2: Client-side Template Javascript) This is part 2 of the twitterClone Meteor tutorial. Part 1 - Intro to Meteor link Part 2 - Client Template JS link Part 3 - User Account link Part 4 - Security & Structure link Part 5 - Server Methods link Part 6 - Data Publish/Subscribe link We will
