The Daily Index — Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · TLDR Index

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THE DEATH OF THE ANGEL INVESTOR

The economics of angel investing have shifted. Many investors have realized it's potentially more profitable to raise a fund instead of using their own money. Technology startups now move much faster, and running around grabbing small checks from angels is less palatable than grabbing a pre-seed fund to fund a whole initial round. Also, when angels try to fund a round, they are often pushed out by the valuation game.

zachholman.com · 6 min

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THE SAAS APOCALYPSE STARTED IN OCTOBER

Revenue at the median SaaS company grew 0.20% in September, then shrank 0.41% the month after.

mackgrenfell.com · 5 min

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BRITISH FINTECH REVOLUT SLASHES AI CODING COSTS 10X BY CUTTING OUT CLAUDE AND GOING SELF-HOSTED

Revolut runs GLM-5.3 on 56 Nvidia B200 GPUs.

theregister.com · 6 min

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MAC AT ANY SCALE

This post looks at how Namespace builds custom Mac racks, how it starts macOS instances from scratch in seconds, and how to deliver new Xcode versions mere hours after Apple releases them.

namespace.so · 14 min

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HOW MUCH DO TOKENS REALLY COST?

It appears that the cost of running servers is significantly cheaper than what providers are charging, assuming high capacity.

substack.hadley.nz · 7 min

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INTRODUCING ADAPTIVE DARK MODE

Adaptive Dark Mode in Safari adapts light websites and presents them as dark.

webkit.org · 6 min

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A FAMILY TREE OF SOFTWARE JOB TITLES

A look at how jobs in software have evolved from the 1940s to now.

zwischenzugs.com · 7 min