Depression is real in founders. Please be careful.

Don’t kill yourself

Here is a mental model I share often with friends looking for job opportunities: your ability to get a job is the product of two quantities, the value of your skill and the liquidity of your skill.

Liquidity of skill

Recently, I was sitting on my fire escape with the window to my apartment slightly open. As there are no screens, I wanted to keep it as closed as possible to keep out any bugs. However, I needed to keep it somewhat open so that I'd be able to get back indoors.

How Many Flies are in my Apartment?

When millions of people use some software, at hugely profitable tech companies, then these companies should prioritize correctness.

Boring Problems Need Attention Too

I got the following e-mail from a producer/engineer: “I just want to try and alert you to the potential seismic scam happening with this Atmos roll out. Atmos catalog remixing is being done …

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