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The end of Big Data
Databricks, Snowflake, and the end of an overhyped era.
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The end of YC
When engineers lose their edge.
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The conglomerate
Not bundling or unbundling but a secret third thing.
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Do AI companies work?
The market needs to be irrational for you to stay solvent.
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The missing piece of the modern data stack
Our cool new house needs one more plank in its foundation.
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Hotel California
This could be heaven or this could be hell.
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AVG(text)
A data intelligence platform doesn't turn natural language into math. It runs math on natural language.
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The return of the modern data stack
An old trend flickers to life. Plus, White Lotus, DOGE, and gold on a plane!
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Disband the analytics team
I mean, no, surely not. But maybe?
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Is BI dead?
On dismantling data's ship of Theseus.
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Do data-driven companies actually win?
Some gut-based judgements on the effectiveness of data.
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How Snowflake fails
Climate change comes for us all.
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