Almost two years ago, I suggested that India and China should set aside their regional differences for economic reasons. Interesting to see that US tariffs in 2025 have created the conditions now to bring Modi and Xi together.

I've spoken to a lot of folks in tech who are trying to land an experienced eng manager job. I was there myself about a year ago and dealt with the job market first hand. Starting in about mid 2022, there was a push to flatten tech orgs and eliminate a lot of middle management

Anecdotally, I don’t think most eng managers with exploding numbers of direct reports are handling things super well. AI tools are great for accessing and distilling information, but effective communication with employees still requires a personal touch. EMs with 10+ directs

This isn’t surprising to me at all. In some tech companies, there are two groups of people who make things dysfunctional. 1. People who literally don’t do shit. 2. People who actively block others from doing shit. The latter unfortunately creates more of the former. The

Prayers for Charlie Kirk and his family. This kind of violence is never the answer even if you disagree with someone’s politics.

I really hope Linear never sells to Atlassian.

This is a disaster for the tech industry. Effectively shuts the door for skilled immigration by raising the cost of a foreign worker by at least 2000%. Many senior people in tech have been here on h1b visas for 10+ years and this cost increase will encourage companies to

Some clarifications that make the situation for existing h1b’s far less dramatic. The situation for new h1b for foreign born US graduates has sucked for a while, so this policy change may be far less impactful in the short term. But as always, new policy communication is all

My prediction here is that Amazon acquires Anthropic to avoid being left behind in the AI race. They’re unlikely to win, but this puts them in a good position to stay in third place.

It feels like there's a Cambrian Explosion of new vibe coding apps. Every day I'm seeing some new competitor to Lovable and Replit that claims to do it better. In the end, the winner here is going to figure out how to scale distribution. Getting someone to use your app is way

HugOps to all the folks dealing with the AWS outage. Everyone who was struggling to get budget for multi-regional infra failover projects in 2026 just got a lifeline.

A long, but explosive read. The TL;DR is that Anthropic and Cursor both have unsustainable business models at today’s pricing. If they raise prices, demand will shift to OpenAI and Gemini. But likely those companies are also under similar pressure.

I live in the SF Bay Area and actually own a house in a good school district.

Lots of chatter in tech twitter this week about Meta AI laying off more 600 employees. Here's the advice I've given to engineers joining a large tech company over the past few years in a senior or higher role. In your first year, you have to prove yourself and differentiate

I know a few people who've done this. And honestly, it changed them. They got way better at avoiding work than actually doing work. They got better at looking over their shoulder than learning to trust their coworkers. They got more jaded and pessimistic over time. At some

Some tech companies hire engineers slowly. Every interview is highly curated, feedback is scrutinized, and there are often several layers of bureaucratic approvals to get a hire approved. Other companies hire faster. Managers make a hiring decision based on interviews, feedback,

There probably needs to be a federal law equivalent to Section 230 to limit the liability for foundational model companies if people take their medical or legal advice.

It's interesting watching the political aftermath of yesterday's election results and how things are playing out among Democrats and Republicans. Both sides are dealing with their extremists wanting to double down on extreme policies. For Republicans, it's white nationalism and

This is probably the next multibillion opportunity in AI. Disrupt Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce workflow productivity suites.

The Epstein files will be our generation’s JFK files. We won’t know what happened, but maybe our kids will know in their 40s. And by then no one will really give a shit.