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The 9s of AI Reliability
The AI industry worships at the altar of Accuracy — but humanity answers to a more fickle, demanding god: Reliability.
Dec 23, 2025
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The Bitter Lesson is Misunderstood
Together, the Bitter Lesson and Scaling Laws reveal that the god of Compute we worship is yoked to an even greater one — the god of Data.
Aug 13, 2025
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dP&L/dt: The Calculus of Common Sense
A few days ago, the Economist published a story about how 2.5x as many CEOs are defunding AI initiatives, up to 42% from 17% just a year ago.
May 30, 2025
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Prompt Engineering is the New JavaScript
Every generation, programming reinvents itself through a new abstraction layer, upending the technology ecosystem in large but predictable ways.
Apr 2, 2025
Working Backwards & Forwards: 5 Years, 2 Cycles & 1 IPO at Opendoor
After 5 incredible years at Opendoor, today is my last day. Having shared my decision with the rest of the leadership team a few months ago, I wanted to…
Feb 17, 2025
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In Defense of the American Dream
70 years ago, persecuted by the Pakistani military because of his religion, my father fled his ancestral village in Bangladesh and became a refugee at…
Nov 23, 2023
The Best Leadership Advice I’ve Ever Gotten
It’s been an amazing year.
Jan 15, 2014
Hard-Headed Idealism
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about Vittana’s values.
Nov 11, 2012
Stop Building Dumb Stuff
We don’t need a Facebook for dogs and we don’t need a 300th link shortener.
Oct 21, 2012
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