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MAYBE WE DON'T NEED A SERVER

Not all things need to sync to a central server - a lot of the time, local text files suffice.

REDDIT IS TESTING VERIFICATION BADGES

The verification feature will make it easier for both users and moderators to quickly verify that someone is who they say they are.

WORLD'S LARGEST EV MANUFACTURER IS COMING TO THE WESTERN MARKET

Yadea has unveiled a lineup of four motorcycles that it plans to release in Europe.

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SPACEX TO PURSUE 2026 IPO RAISING FAR ABOVE $30 BILLION

SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that could raise significantly more than $30 billion. It is targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion for the entire company. SpaceX's management and advisors are pursuing a listing as soon as mid-to-late 2026. The company is expected to produce about $15 billion in revenue in 2025, increasing to up to $24 billion in 2026.

FROM LLAMAS TO AVOCADOS: META'S SHIFTING AI STRATEGY IS CAUSING INTERNAL CONFUSION

Meta is currently pursuing a Llama successor codenamed Avocado. The model is expected to be released before the end of this year. Meta seems to have shifted from its open source stance - Avocado could be a proprietary model. Some people at Meta were reportedly upset that DeepSeek used pieces of Llama's architecture in its R1 model, so the company decided to overhaul its strategy.

A NEW PRODUCT, A NEW CUSTOMER, A NEW FINANCING!

Superpower is a 42MW natural gas turbine optimized for AI datacenters. Built by Boom Supersonic, Superpower is launching with a 1.21GW order from Crusoe. Boom is vertically integrating manufacturing. It plans to build a new Superfactory in Denver to make 2GW/year of turbines from raw materials.

TESLA CEO ELON MUSK CLAIMS DRIVERLESS ROBOTAXIS COMING TO AUSTIN IN 3 WEEKS

Elon Musk says that Tesla will remove safety monitors from the passenger seats of Tesla Robotaxi vehicles in about three weeks. Passengers are currently able to use the safety monitor to take control at any time. The three-week timeline means it is possible for the driverless Teslas to be operating by the end of the year.

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FACILITATING AI ADOPTION AT IMPRINT

AI adoption is a side quest for every engineering leader in the current era. This guide shows how Imprint worked on the problem. You have to be using the tools if you want to lead an internal AI initiative. Real AI adoption on real problems is a complex blend of domain context on the problem, domain experience with AI tools, and old-fashioned IT issues. Model selection matters a lot.

THE RISE OF THE 0.1X ENGINEER

Coding assistants allow anyone to become a 10x engineer. However, it is the 0.1x engineers who will soon be the most valuable. These engineers carefully curate code and set the right patterns rather than prompting to add code. It is really easy to add bloat to a code base, but really hard to differentiate dead code from LLM slop leftovers.

OPENAI HIRES SLACK CEO DENISE DRESSER TO LEAD GLOBAL REVENUE STRATEGY

OpenAI has hired Slack's CEO, Denise Dresser, as its chief revenue officer. Dresser will oversee OpenAI's global revenue strategy across both customer success and enterprise. She was an executive at Salesforce for more than a decade before being named as Slack's CEO in 2023. OpenAI is on track to reach more than $20 billion in annualized revenue run rate this year. It plans to grow to hundreds of billions in sales by 2030.

THE BUBBLE IS LABOR

Companies only hire people because they can't do all of the work themselves. If every founder could handle all of the tasks themselves, there wouldn't be anywhere near the number of jobs we have today. The only reason the current labor market exists is because there's a group of founders/owners who need help producing their goods and services. These people aren't required to hire anyone, and the moment they can do the work themselves, they will.

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AI COMPANIES ARE HIRING ONE-THIRD FEWER PMS

Model builders and vibe coding platforms have 34% fewer 'product manager' titles as a share of open roles.

PEBBLE MAKER ANNOUNCES INDEX 01, A SMART-ISH RING FOR UNDER $100

The Index 01 ring can only capture voice notes.

IMESSAGE'S DELIVERY ARCHITECTURE MAKES IT HARD TO BLOCK WITHOUT BLOCKING ALL IOS PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

iMessage's architecture makes it veto-proof with cellular carriers and hard to block in authoritarian countries.

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CONFRONTING CAREER INEQUALITIES

It is important to acknowledge the gap in compensation among teams to ensure that work is produced at a net-positive for the organization.

'SOURCE AVAILABLE' IS NOT OPEN SOURCE (AND THAT'S OKAY)

Open source only works when we agree on what the term means.

WHERE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO GO IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT GROWTH?

The current job market isn't very appealing, not like there are that many jobs available for people not yet established in their field.

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SAM ALTMAN'S SPRINT TO CORRECT OPENAI'S DIRECTION AND FEND OFF GOOGLE

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the call last week to pause the company's side projects for eight weeks and focus on improving ChatGPT. The decision was a major strategic course correction. Altman instructed employees to boost ChatGPT through the better use of user signals. OpenAI is set to release a new model this week, and it also plans to release another model in January with better images, improved speed, and a better personality, after which it will end the 'code red'.

GOOGLE TO LAUNCH FIRST OF ITS AI GLASSES IN 2026

Google plans to launch the first of its AI-powered glasses in 2026. The company has planned audio-only glasses that will allow users to speak with Gemini and glasses with an in-lens display to show users information. The glasses will be built on top of Android XR in collaboration with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker.

CURRENT FUEL MIX AND USES

We're in the middle of a period of rapid transition in energy. Solar is decosting at an accelerating rate, coal is shrinking, and nuclear is flat. Primary production will soon be mostly solar. Batteries will be everywhere, and the grid will shrink. Datacenters, which are already building their own captive power plants, will become power sources for their communities. Substantial cost improvements are still needed to make space AI competitive.

GOING DIRECT: NOTES ON ELI LILLY AT A TRILLION

Eli Lilly became the first pharmaceutical company to hit a trillion-dollar valuation on November 21. The company recently partnered with Nvidia to build an AI supercomputer. Lilly wants to position itself as a technology company. Its CEO, Dave Ricks, recently appeared on a podcast to discuss the company's aspirations. This article presents an analysis of the discussion.

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HAS THE COST OF BUILDING SOFTWARE JUST DROPPED 90%?

We are in the early stages of a once-in-a-generation shift. The economics of building software have changed dramatically with agentic coding. Previous assertions that LLMs make too many mistakes or can't understand codebases or frameworks are rapidly becoming completely false. The technology is going to totally transform the software development industry.

LLM WEIGHTS VS THE PAPERCUTS OF CORPORATE

Model weight first companies are companies where the majority of the software was code-generated. These companies do not require as much context engineering and do not need to adhere to classical principles as much as corporate companies. They achieve much higher velocity/productivity/success rates using AI because they are not forcing models to follow pre-existing dogma. Companies having problems with AI are likely trying to bend the technology to their whim rather than working with it.

APPLE CHIP CHIEF TELLS STAFF HE'S NOT LEAVING ‘ANYTIME SOON'

Apple chip chief Johny Srouji told staff on Monday that he is staying at the company for now. There were recent rumors and speculations about his future at Apple, but he doesn't plan on leaving anytime soon. Apple CEO Tim Cook has been working aggressively to retain Srouji with a campaign that included a substantial pay package and the potential of more responsibility down the road.

PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE LAUNCHES HOSTILE BID FOR WBD ‘TO FINISH WHAT WE STARTED,' CEO ELLISON TELLS CNBC

Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. It will go straight to shareholders with an all-cash, $30 per share offer. The offer is supported by equity financing from the Ellison family, Middle Eastern financing partners, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and other parties. Those partners have agreed to forgo any governance rights as part of their investment. The modifications allow the deal to be outside of the jurisdiction of the Committee of Foreign Investment in the US.

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TESLA'S HOLIDAY UPDATE LETS YOU PUT GROK IN CHARGE OF MAPPING OUT DIRECTIONS

'Grok with Navigation Commands' allows users to add and edit navigation via voice commands.

WHY YOUR CTO MIGHT START CODING AGAIN

CTOs have a set of skills that are more valuable when implementation is cheap.

WAYMO CROSSES 450,000 WEEKLY PAID RIDES AS ALPHABET ROBOTAXI UNIT WIDENS LEAD ON TESLA

This year, Waymo has debuted freeways in three cities and autonomous driving in Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando.

NVIDIA ISN'T ENRON - SO WHAT IS IT?

Much of the US stock market's growth appears to be held up by a belief that there's a need for more GPUs.

DEPRECATION

It's possible to plan for deprecation during the design of the system so that it's easier to eventually decommission and remove it.

AI BROWSERS AREN'T SMART ENOUGH YET TO TAKE OVER THE INTERNET

AI is not yet trustworthy, and that needs to change if companies want customers to depend on agents to spend money on their behalf.

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SPACEX IN TALKS FOR $800 BILLION VALUATION AHEAD OF POTENTIAL 2026 IPO

SpaceX is holding a secondary share sale that may value it at $800 billion. The company is also weighing a potential initial public offering in 2026. SpaceX investors have been waiting for an IPO for years. The company has grown into an essential service for the US government. It also provides broadband internet around the world.