The agriculture -> manufacturing -> services economy playbook for development matters probably more today than any time in history, because we are seeing the economies that try to go straight for services (India, Phillipines) now getting chipped away bit-by-bit by AI.
Gen Z’s problem is that a lot of us have an “all or nothing” attitude. Many of us don’t understand nuance, and don’t even try to. And that’s how we push a lot of people away.
There’s something magical about SF where you only need 1) a laptop and 2) a mattress to build your software empire servicing millions of users. It’s the sound of opportunity.
I am very convinced that anti-development politics contribute as much to inequality as tax policy does.
Between the haves and have-nots, anti-development policies tell the have-nots to stay in their place, and the haves will fight a lot harder to keep their slices of the pie.
When I was growing up, living in other parts of the world, I remembered SF was portrayed with sort of a dolce vita vibe, definitely a lot less tense than it is today. Rent was still expensive, but discontent against tech didn't reach such heights. Covid and anti-Asian violence…
if you work hard, like 60, 70, 80 hours a week, I think some of this time should be dedicated to reflection - namely, how can I better use tools to become more productive? What barriers can I break through during my work time?
The rationale for people working 996/997 seems to be that people believe it would increase the probability of a startup landing in the far end of the right tail.
When international tourists ask me where to see the best of America, I tell them to skip the big cities such as NY, SF, LA. I tell them to head straight towards our magnificent national parks and hike their hearts out.
Conferences absolutely should record their speakers and then provide a transcript to all participants, that would be so incredibly useful for retaining and passing on technical and scientific knowledge
Maybe it's just me, but the only good feature in the Python programming language I've seen is list or dict comprehension. The "clever" things that people tout about Python, like *args, **kwargs, decorators, __something__, actually make readability & maintenance more difficult.
The worst production code I've seen has pretty much been all frontend code. Javascript and now Typescript has been way too forgiving on poor frontend practices. Unlike backend code, which errs out brutally if you fuck it up, frontend code will just show up as bugs that your users…
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