Company Building Through the Search Lens
May 27, 2025
Fundraising, recruiting, sales, partnerships—it all can be seen as information retrieval. Continue reading...
Org Charts in Hell
May 23, 2025
The Good Place is a sitcom about morality, ethics, and who gets into Heaven. Even in the afterlife, characters are trapped in capitalist logic Continue reading...
CDMX 2025
May 21, 2025
Earlier this year, Hannah and I went to Mexico City for a quick trip. Fito Paez, one of my favorite musicians, was playing the Auditorio Nacional, and the tickets were relatively cheap. The concert might have been one of the best shows I’ve ever been to, and it was a good excuse for a trip. We got to see old friends, eat great food, and generally had a great time. More...
The assistant is the PI
May 20, 2025
Since they are trained on human writing, LLMs are fundamentally downstream of existing human ideas. This leads people to believe that all these models can do is remix and interpolate, rehashing what we already know. I don’t buy that. Continue reading...
Hide the model: On shallow product thinking
April 3, 2025
Nobody wants to use your LLM-powered service. They want you to solve their problems. Continue reading...