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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 14 Jul 2018 to 27 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about America .
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3 Jan 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipbuilding has been uncompetitive for a century; it is not a recent decline. — tap to centre the map on it American shipbuilding has been uncompetitive for a century; it is not a recent decline. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipbuilding capacity has collapsed to a rounding error beside China's. — tap to centre the map on it American shipbuilding capacity has collapsed to a rounding error beside China's. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Whether a country builds ships well comes down to whether it actually wants to compete internationally, and America never has. — tap to centre the map on it Whether a country builds ships well comes down to whether it actually wants to compete internationally, and America never has. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Wartime shipbuilding surges have never left America with a commercial shipbuilding industry afterwards. — tap to centre the map on it Wartime shipbuilding surges have never left America with a commercial shipbuilding industry afterwards. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For small strategic materials markets like rare earths the right policy is a stockpile, not domestic production. — tap to centre the map on it For small strategic materials markets like rare earths the right policy is a stockpile, not domestic production. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The United States is good at high-volume manufacturing and bad at low-volume manufacturing, and that is what its industrial weakness actually consists of. — tap to centre the map on it The United States is good at high-volume manufacturing and bad at low-volume manufacturing, and that is what its industrial weakness actually consists of. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. — tap to centre the map on it Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. Last stated 3 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. — tap to centre the map on it AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Mar 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. — tap to centre the map on it An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones. — tap to centre the map on it AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones. Last stated 3 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With AI handling routine tasks, the high-value human work of understanding client needs and trade-offs can be done by a smaller, more proactive team. — tap to centre the map on it With AI handling routine tasks, the high-value human work of understanding client needs and trade-offs can be done by a smaller, more proactive team. Last stated a year ago
11 Jun 2025
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Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2025-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With AI tools, in-house development teams can do more and need less rented developer capacity. — tap to centre the map on it With AI tools, in-house development teams can do more and need less rented developer capacity. Last stated a month ago
19 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
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A modern shipyard can match a whole wartime industrial mobilisation with a fraction of the workers.
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American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
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American shipbuilding has been uncompetitive for a century; it is not a recent decline.
Holds
American shipbuilding capacity has collapsed to a rounding error beside China's.
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Whether a country builds ships well comes down to whether it actually wants to compete internationally, and America never has.
Holds
Wartime shipbuilding surges have never left America with a commercial shipbuilding industry afterwards.
Holds
For small strategic materials markets like rare earths the right policy is a stockpile, not domestic production.
Holds
The United States is good at high-volume manufacturing and bad at low-volume manufacturing, and that is what its industrial weakness actually consists of.
Holds
Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country.
Holds
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Holds
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Holds
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Holds
AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish.
Holds
AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people.
Holds
An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach.
Holds
AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones.
Holds
With AI handling routine tasks, the high-value human work of understanding client needs and trade-offs can be done by a smaller, more proactive team.
Holds
With AI tools, in-house development teams can do more and need less rented developer capacity.
Holds