what i've been reading (32)

tech debt, a video game in a font, floppy disks, crony capitalism

software engineering

the metaphor of tech debt - debt is okay, we pay off debt. only take on debt when the return is higher than the interest rate.

factory factory factory - of course it’s more efficient to automate automation…

make spammer’s lives annoying: it is more effective than banning them.

fun tech

android continues to throw shade at apple - at this point, android users don’t feel the pain of imessage anymore. it’s the iphone users who have to suffer liked-liked messages and green text bubbles. google might actually win this game of chicken some day, they have nothing to lose.

fonts are programming languages. see also: a video game, entirely in a font.

the last person standing in the floppy disk business is a 72 year old former tax lawyer with an inventory of a half million floppy disks destined for use in airlines and embroidery.

leadership

bill gurley on crony capitalism (video). regulations support the incumbents, incumbents love regulation. Some stories from a salty vc involved in highly-regulated industries.

what executives do: values, culture, ratify decisions - a quick review of andy grove’s high output management

calvin on decision making - understanding vs acting

ai

chatgpt educator faq - nothing surprising if you have used chatgpt before.

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