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Trying to diversify what I listen to and interested to hear what everyone else is enjoying this year!

Clearly AI companies are gradually shifting to focus on that. In the 90s was there any effort to do that BEFORE the bubble burst? I was a kid and remember outlines like the Priceline for groceries and insane IPOs, but…

I understand that breakthroughs such as multiplexing increasing efficiency caused a huge glut in the amount of fiber laid. But what prevented demand from increasing to use it? I ask, wondering what will be the thing…

It's reminiscent of many other things where people tell you to believe them, but can't let you see the evidence. And so happens they are starting the process of going public at a time when the burn rate of these…

Modern tech has a vast open source ecosystem and a huge investor backed one, but very little if any significant activity in the form of cooperatives, where individuals or small companies pool their money and other…

I don’t recall a MySpace vs Fecebook debate based on ethics. Sort of had one with Twitter. Maybe a bit with DuckDuckGo.

For those who remember dot com, any insight into how product pricing changes after a bubble starts to burst? While part of me sees a world where companies rapidly raise prices to at least be break even, another side…

It’s something I’ve long struggled with in tech, but I wonder if there are things I’m looking past. There’s the obvious answer “paying the bills for my loved ones,” but I’ve always been searching for something deeper.

I've realized that I'm starting to fall behind the very rapidly changing landscape. Does anyone have any resources they recommend? Particularly interested in things that are video + exercises. And one thing in…

In meetings im often asked to answer a question or solve a problem on the fly. I hate to do that because it doesn’t give me time to fully think through what needs to be done, the best way to do it, and any implications.…

The idea is generalists know a lot about everything and when to pass it off to a subject matter expert. In 2025, with everything in tech changing by the minute, I’m realizing I need to set boundaries about how deep I go…

When you look at the 20th century and first quarter of the 21st improvements have been anything but exponential. It’s been gradual with occasional major leaps and paradigm shifts. I’m actually shocked how much more…

For years tech has been the shortcut to a good salary without an advanced degree and the years of post-undergrad training they required before entering the field. On the one hand, tech is increasingly becoming hard to…

Was thinking of doing a deep dive into Retool, but unsure if it's the best option. I'm already familiar with Hubspot and Salesforce and how to do things using both clicks and code. Would like to learn something that is…

I thought it was a sarcastic term for people who have to rely on generative AI to build things and when it goes wrong can't do anything but write more prompts. But I just saw a 20-something bragging about how he was…

I help startups roll out tools for their go-to-market teams. These days, I keep coming across different products with small teams, the backing of notable VCs, and lots of potential, but then when I go to use them the…

Many “AI” tools either don’t work or don’t work reliably & consistently enough to be used in production. For a while now things tech felt increasingly like is on a path for reckoning similar to the dot com bubble, where…

I need to improve my skills in defining project goals, steps, and timelines and aligning teams around them. Can anyone recommend some of their favorite online courses in this area? Particularly in technical environments.

For a long time i opted out of big tech and worked at startups because i liked being on small collaborative teams building cool impactful things. More and more I’m sick of VC backed startups as well, because I see how…

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what drives me. On its surface it’s things like curiosity, desire to solve problems, interest to create new things, want to help people. Things I think a lot of people here might…

Clearly both X and Meta are trying to leverage the massive historical dataset they have of real human interactions as an advantage as they pivot into becoming AI companies. Neither of their social media platforms are on…