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Cutting through AI hype with practical observations. What works, what doesn't, and what the vendors aren't telling you.

Code, architecture, and engineering craft. Opinions shaped by decades of building systems that had to work.

Lessons from founding companies, advising startups, and watching hundreds of ventures succeed or fail. Strategy, fundraising, due diligence, and the decisions that matter.

Stories from the BBS era, early internet, dot-com bubble, and the technologies that shaped today. First-hand accounts from being there.

Against the grain. Questioning conventional wisdom, challenging industry consensus, and saying what others won't.

The personal side of building companies - burnout, loneliness, ego, and the human costs that don't show up in pitch decks.

A skeptic's perspective on blockchain, crypto, and DeFi. Been watching this space since before it was a space.