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One of my all-time favorite quotes in our industry comes by way of the legendary VC, John Doerr, where he argues that “we need teams of missionaries, not teams of mercenaries.” This point captures so much, and gets right to the heart of the most important trait of strong leaders, strong organizations, and strong product...

Amazon. No company has impacted the internet — and all of modern life — more than this one.

Learn how the Four Keys open source project lets you gauge your DevOps performance according to DORA metrics.

To stay ahead in a merciless business, computer graphics champ Nvidia is setting its own pace.

The complete podcast (and transcript!) of Costco’s history and current business strategy.

Since founding Sequoia Capital in 1972, Don Valentine has financed many of the companies (Apple, Oracle, Electronic Arts, NVIDIA, Cisco, Google, YouTube, etc...

Use this 5-step formula to get the attention of execs, investors, and customers

How do LLMs work? How are they trained? How will new entrants like xAI compete?

I often share with friends and coworkers that Jeff Bezos Regret Minimization Framework had a great influence on my life and how I make important decisions. A...

This is the condensed version of the "Fireside Chat: With Ilya Sutskever and Jensen Huang: AI Today and Vision of the Future (March 2023)". In this video, I'...

With the explosion of AI image generators, AI images are everywhere, but how do they 'know' how to turn text strings into plausible images? Dr Mike Pound exp...

Thinking of a new startup idea? Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the types of ideas to stay away from—what we commonly refer to as "tarpit ideas." ...

This article explains how BuildKit works in depth, why it's faster than Docker's previous build engine, and what it looks like under the hood.

Whether or not you need a co-founder is always a hotly debated topic — but going one level deeper, founders often wonder what kind of co-founder they need. ...

Marco just joined Crunchy Data and he reflects on his career in distributed systems in this post. He provides an overview of several options for approaching distributed Postgres workloads and the pros and cons of each approach.

A look ahead at some ongoing projects in PostgreSQL in 2024 and beyond

The complete podcast (and transcript!) of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s interview on Nvidia’s history and business strategy.

Learn how engineers thrive in environments where they can focus without distractions or competing priorities.

Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood.

Books Reviews in a slightly easier to read format available at: ,http://go.zachgoldberg.com/bookreports Title,Author,What it's about,Rating,First Read,Other read dates,Intending to re-read,Review / Summary ESSENTIAL, life changing reads, highe...

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