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Vibe Coding and the Law of Leaky Abstractions original ↗

22 Aug 2025

2022

Things I Did In 2021 original ↗

1 Jan 2022

2021

NFTS, OpenSea and Conflicts of Interest original ↗

18 Dec 2021

We Do Not Vote Every Four Years. We Vote Every Day.original ↗

15 Nov 2021

Adjusting the Dial of Fear original ↗

7 Jul 2021

Twitter: The Machine to Rage Against original ↗

12 May 2021

Is Bitcoin Really Throwing Energy Away?original ↗

22 Apr 2021

2020

Generic VC Advice Letter for COVID Times original ↗

20 Apr 2020

Short Story: Smoke on the Water original ↗

10 Apr 2020

Why Learn to Code for Fun and Not Profit original ↗

6 Mar 2020

2019

What Americans Get Wrong About Freedom original ↗

3 Dec 2019

The Algorithm Excuse – an Exploit in the Wild original ↗

21 Nov 2019

Nobody Knows Anything About Startup Ideas original ↗

17 Nov 2019

The News Is a Liability – How to Be Informed in 2019 original ↗

16 Nov 2019

Technologies of Distraction original ↗

24 Sept 2019

The New Order of Silicon Valley: Forget the Silicon Part original ↗

12 Jul 2019

Startups and Privilege original ↗

20 May 2019

2018

The Pitfalls of Software Complexity, Part [NaN]original ↗

27 Jul 2018

2015

From Zero to Building and Flying Drones in a Month original ↗

30 Nov 2015

Why We Hate Ads original ↗

11 Oct 2015

Startups Compete Against Background Noise original ↗

2 Oct 2015

Failure Criteria for Startups original ↗

4 Aug 2015

College Is (Almost) Obsolete original ↗

27 Apr 2015

The Investors You Want original ↗

20 Mar 2015

Pre-startup Advice original ↗

25 Feb 2015

2014

Random Partition of a Sequence original ↗

6 Oct 2014

Life, the Universe and Technical Interviews original ↗

1 Aug 2014

Job interviews go both ways (My story with Netscape in ’98)original ↗

1 Jul 2014

Why I Built cointipping.com original ↗

3 Apr 2014

Do You Know Enough to Securely Own Bitcoins?original ↗

25 Feb 2014

Have You Received Bitcoin Spam?original ↗

13 Feb 2014

Dogecoin and the Appeal of Small Numbers original ↗

22 Jan 2014

The Harsh, Logical World of Cryptocurrencies original ↗

17 Jan 2014

Markov Chains in Clojure, Part 2 – Scaling Up original ↗

10 Jan 2014

2013

Fun with Markov Chains and Clojure original ↗

13 Dec 2013

Software Development Estimates, Where Do I Start?original ↗

15 Sept 2013

Uber for Everything original ↗

23 Aug 2013

Why Search Is Hard original ↗

14 Aug 2013

Open-source Something Often original ↗

10 Jun 2013

Another Silly Startup Analogy original ↗

30 May 2013

Being the First Employee of a Startup Could Be Right for You original ↗

1 May 2013

My Criteria for Investing in Startups original ↗

14 Mar 2013

2012

Guns and Preventable Suicides original ↗

24 Dec 2012

More Charts: Murders, GDP, Inequality original ↗

19 Dec 2012

Mass Shootings, Political Correctness, and Magical Thinking original ↗

17 Dec 2012

Homicides vs. Gun Ownership original ↗

16 Dec 2012

Why Investors Want Co-founders original ↗

18 Nov 2012

Analysis of People’s Running Habits Using #nikeplus Tweets original ↗

8 Nov 2012

Do Female Executives Drive Start-up Success?original ↗

11 Oct 2012

42% of US Internet Users Have a Facebook Account. For Twitter, It’s 16%original ↗

3 Oct 2012

Yahoo Poll: Yet Another Example of Crowd Innumeracy original ↗

2 Oct 2012

When I Hear “Fastest Growing” I Reach for XKCD original ↗

26 Sept 2012

Traditional VCs and First-time Entrepreneurs Are not Aligned original ↗

25 Sept 2012

PSA: The 32-Bit Version of MongoDB Is a Toy original ↗

24 Sept 2012

I’ll Give MongoDB Another Try. In Ten Years.original ↗

24 Sept 2012

Search for Obama on Facebook and You Get Romney original ↗

19 Sept 2012

Optimizing for the Right Thing (Yahoo and Ads)original ↗

18 Sept 2012

Social Networks Implode Quickly original ↗

14 Sept 2012

Startup idea: short, paid email original ↗

11 Sept 2012

Google Surveys: Know What You Are Asking original ↗

9 Sept 2012

First Month on app.net – Charts and Stats original ↗

7 Sept 2012

Please Stop Working on Ads original ↗

31 Aug 2012

The Socialist Republic of Twitter original ↗

23 Aug 2012

Silicon Valley != The Internet (The CEO of Yammer says the darndest things)original ↗

21 Aug 2012

Facebook and Twitter Don’t Know What You Want original ↗

18 Aug 2012

Enforcing Different Passwords for Different Sites original ↗

13 Aug 2012

The Dangers of Being a Product Instead of a Customer original ↗

13 Aug 2012

Using Foursquare to Detect Tax Evasion / Money Laundering original ↗

2 Aug 2012

The “Taken Username” Effect on Twitter original ↗

1 Aug 2012

Some Fresh Twitter Stats (as of July 2012, Dataset Included)original ↗

31 Jul 2012

There Is No Retirement original ↗

27 Jun 2012

Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun)original ↗

22 Jun 2012

Infallible Formula to Create a Money-Making Startup original ↗

6 Jun 2012

“Hello, Want to Buy IPO Shares?” 13 Years Ago I Said No.original ↗

2 Jun 2012

Builders and Guardians original ↗

1 Jun 2012

Are You in a Bubble?original ↗

25 May 2012

The Real Problem with Facebook original ↗

21 May 2012

The End of a Seven-Year Cycle: Leaving LinkedIn original ↗

19 May 2012

I’m a Small-Time Investor original ↗

18 May 2012

A Relevant Tale: How Google Killed Inktomi original ↗

3 May 2012

If You Use Comcast DNS Servers, You Cannot Read This original ↗

29 Apr 2012

Interviewing Engineers? Enough with the Whiteboard Coding!original ↗

28 Apr 2012

Should You Do a Startup? I Have No Idea original ↗

28 Apr 2012

How to Be a Horrible Boss original ↗

23 Apr 2012

Idea: Driving Time Predictor original ↗

13 Mar 2012

Frighteningly Ambitious People original ↗

10 Mar 2012

Hey Klout, One-dimensional Reputation Is Meaningless.original ↗

7 Mar 2012

Privacy Is a Continuum original ↗

1 Mar 2012

Handshakes, Term Sheets and Trust original ↗

28 Feb 2012

Why Do Alumni Donate to Their Alma Mater?original ↗

21 Feb 2012

Do You Know How Long It Took to Develop Word for Windows 1.0?original ↗

19 Feb 2012

Open Source and Big Data: Two Things I Love About LinkedIn.original ↗

18 Feb 2012

Starting a Company Is Not Risky original ↗

9 Feb 2012

Why Software Development Estimations Are Regularly Off original ↗

29 Jan 2012

Markets for Ideas and Patent Trolls original ↗

27 Jan 2012

Apple Doesn’t Need a Twitter Account but You Do original ↗

26 Jan 2012

Kill Hollywood Remixed original ↗

21 Jan 2012

Luck, Be A Lady While Our Funding Lasts original ↗

20 Jan 2012

PandoDaily: The Next Huffington Post?original ↗

17 Jan 2012

Stop the Presses: Essay Shows That Hard Work Can Be Unpleasant original ↗

15 Jan 2012