Aaron Parecki

In summary:

1. Figma is the only company poised to launch a major AI product in the design space because of its large proprietary dataset.
2. Other AI products in the design space are vaporware or will not be useful.
3. AI will augment designers, not replace them.

CEO of The Boring Company is the perfect candidate for running a company into the ground

The year is 2034. Websites no longer exist, news is dead, there are no sources for information. Content cycles only from AIs trained on each other's outputs, fragments from people long gone, repeated endlessly like a big delay line memory. The sky is the average of every sky.

Your 10 person startup doesn't need microservices.

I'm not kidding. If a thief knows the passcode for your Android phone, THEY CAN CHANGE YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT'S PASSWORD. I just had to go to Settings > Google > Manage your Google Account > Security > Password > Forgot password > Use your screen lock > Tap YES on phone or tablet.

a thread of the top questions i've seen asked at tech company town halls, in no particular order:

#1: "will (company) open a NYC branch? the ratio of women to men is better there than in SF, and finding a wife would be a huge company perk for a lot of the men here."

The Doug Fir Lounge will move into the old Le Bistro Montage space in Portland's Central Eastside.

https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2023/02/25/46371571/doug-fir-to-take-over-old-montage-space-in-portlands-central-eastside

"I am on a really nice White Star cruise from Southampton, and it is 14th April 1912. What should I do tonight?"

Nailed it, Bing.

Call me dumb for not caring about the nuance, but I really just want to do:

<style src="styles.css"> instead of
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">