Pulling Up vs. Pushing Down
We're now 2+ years into the tech downturn. Companies, with or without AI as a driver, continue to announce major layoffs, seemingly every month or two. No one advocates for teaching everyone to...
Thoughts
The Wearable Decade
For about two decades, the blistering pace of smartphone hardware improvements has driven manufacturing advances. We've made massive engineering improvements in all the components in the latest flagship phones: touch screens, systems-on-a-chip, tiny...
A Dent on the Floor
When we moved into our current home, we prioritized replacing the floors with hardwood flooring on the advice of our realtor. It made sense; it's a lot more painful to clear away furniture...
Tech Savvy Stasis
The other day, my dad forwarded me a screenshot of a Google Gemini-generated summary: some way, somehow, the capital gains tax rate for people over 55 can be 0%. Now, I'll grant that...
An Environment of Trust
About 2 years ago, a mini-banking crisis eventually caused several mid-sized banks to become insolvent and fail: the most notable being Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and First Republic Bank (FRB). It was a classic bank...
Follow-through
Do what you said you'd do. …that's pretty much it. That is: when you agree to something, it translates into commitment, so honoring that commitment—as minor or inconsequential as it...