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Making sense of the ways of the world. Materialism over Idealism. Multi-armed bandit worshipper. Hip hop head. Seeker of the absurd & affogato.

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Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy | TechCrunch Stack fallacy has caused many companies to attempt to capture new markets and fail spectacularly. When you see a database company thinking apps are easy, or a VM company thinking big data is easyโ€Š -- ...

Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy | techcrunch.com/2016/01/18/w...

18.01.2026 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail When I was a junior engineer, my manager would occasionally confide his frustrations to me in our weekly 1:1s. He would point out a project another team was working on and say, โ€œI donโ€™t believe that p...

Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail | lalitm.com/post/why-sen...

18.01.2026 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2025 | www.oecd.org/content/dam/...

02.01.2026 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Actually Makes You Senior The one skill that separates senior engineers from everyone else isnโ€™t technical. Itโ€™s the ability to take ambiguous problems and make them concrete.Retry

What Actually Makes You Senior | terriblesoftware.org/2025/11/25/w...

01.01.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Only Thing That Matters On Your Roadmap Is the Next Step | ProdPad Step-based planning gives product leaders a healthier way to build roadmaps by focusing on the next meaningful step instead of pretending to know the entire plan. Learn how this mindset reduces overwh...

The Only Thing That Matters On Your Roadmap Is the Next Step | www.prodpad.com/blog/product...

01.01.2026 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game Pass, or fail Xbox's $30 solution to a billion-dollar problem

Game Pass, or fail | superjoost.substack.com/p/game-pass-...

01.01.2026 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
There are no pure cultures โ€“ we have always been global | Aeon Essays All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history

There are no pure cultures | aeon.co/essays/there...

01.01.2026 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance | archive.fo/Au14h

30.12.2025 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An Abominable Creature Mapping Every Dollar of America's $5 Trillion Healthcare System

An Abominable Creature: Mapping Every Dollar of America's $5 Trillion Healthcare System | healthisotherpeople.substack.com/p/an-abomina...

28.12.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaurโ€™s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) โ€“ Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

The Reverse-Centaurโ€™s Guide to Criticizing AI | pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

27.12.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chipwrecked: Nvidia has built an empire on circular deals for chips. Can anything knock it down? | archive.fo/E5cDG

24.12.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 was the year Xbox died The Xbox brand effectively died this year. But can it be resurrected as a PC platform?

2025 was the year Xbox died. But can it be resurrected in PC form? | www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/...

24.12.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I Do Not Think, Therefore I Am The Algorithm, the Relentless God of the Transformation of Life Into Data and Data Into Profit

I Do Not Think, Therefore I Am | savageminds.substack.com/p/i-do-not-t...

22.12.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
We interview the man who signed Arc Raiders: "The AAA industry is at its end"
YouTube video by The Game Business We interview the man who signed Arc Raiders: "The AAA industry is at its end"

We interview the man who signed Arc Raiders: "The AAA industry is at its end" | www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Kd...

08.12.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Stagnant Order And the End of Rising Powers | archive.today/eTSDR

26.10.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Why Your Game Studio's Organizational Structure Is the Real Problem (Not Your Talent) A veteran producer from Microsoft, Mojang, and Relic reveals the framework that eliminates friction and ships games

Why Your Game Studio's Organizational Structure Is the Real Problem (Not Your Talent) | www.gamemakers.com/p/why-your-g...

25.10.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

The dawn of the post-literate society | jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

13.10.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Seeing like a software company The big idea of James C. Scottโ€™s Seeing Like A State can be expressed in three points: Modern organizations exert control by maximising โ€œlegibilityโ€: byโ€ฆ

Seeing like a software company | www.seangoedecke.com/seeing-like-...

12.10.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players are really keeping things going, especially in the non f2p gaming space.

According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.

02.10.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Every game a platform? Pitfalls and opportunities in the gold rush for user-generated content Today's biggest games and gaming platforms all place heavy emphasis on content created by users โ€“ but becoming a UGC phenomenon is no easy task

Every game a platform? Pitfalls and opportunities in the gold rush for user-generated content | www.gamesindustry.biz/every-game-a...

28.09.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Will data centers crash the economy? This time let's think about a financial crisis before it happens.

Will data centers crash the economy? | www.noahpinion.blog/p/will-data-...

15.08.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Taste Is the New Intelligence Why curation, discernment, and restraint matter more than ever

Taste Is the New Intelligence: Why curation, discernment, and restraint matter more than ever | www.wildbarethoughts.com/p/taste-is-t...

03.08.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Too Big to Succeed When scale kills

Too Big to Succeed: When Scale Kills | www.owenmahoney.ai/owen-mahoney...

02.08.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Self That Never Was We may be approaching a time when the illusion of selfhood is strengthened, not weakened, because we are surrounded by machines enacting it.

The Self That Never Was | hedgehogreview.com/web-features...

29.07.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits

Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits | www.joanwestenberg.com/p/smart-peop...

14.07.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Video Game Market Update - Q1 2025 - Aream & co. | mcusercontent.com/37052326d768...

13.07.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next? Peering inside one of the tech worldโ€™s strangest companies

Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next? | www.ft.com/content/f4a1...

08.07.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Four Phases of Institutional Collapse in the Age of AI How democracy, expertise, and institutional memory are eroding during technological change - or @grok is this true?

The Four Phases of Institutional Collapse in the Age of AI | kyla.substack.com/p/the-four-p...

02.07.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The End of an Empire: Systemic Decay and the Economic Foundation of American Fascism โ€” Hampton Institute By Colin Jenkins If you live in the United States and feel like everything is caving in around you, like you are being attacked and fleeced from every angle, like you canโ€™t breathe, like you canโ€™...

The End of an Empire: Systemic Decay and the Economic Foundation of American Fascism | www.hamptonthink.org/read/the-end...

16.06.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs A decades-old tax rule helped build America's tech economy. A quiet change under Trump helped dismantle it

The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs | qz.com/tech-layoffs...

05.06.2025 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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