Replacing costly libraries with native APIs is one of my favourite things to do.

In my experience, 95% of all VC funded competitors in our areas will vanish when you are playing the long-term game and just wait long enough. The other 5% will become so expensive that they end up as enterprise systems for a very exclusive audience. — Bastian Allgeier

I hate technology but I like breakfast

Several years ago at Microsoft, I saw an observation that there were 3 primary business models in big tech… — Dare Obasanjo

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Is the internet OK?

…it probably isn't going to have the impact people seem to be expecting… — Gary Marcus

I was today years old when I learned why concertina leaflets are called Leporellos

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Make more movies about toys! No. Make more movies by and about women! — Randall Park

When programmers train themselves to develop in these environments, they are gaining expertise in adding value to a monopolist's ecosystem, locking themselves in with their own expertise. This a classic example of software freedom for tech giants and open source for the rest of us. — Cory Doctorow