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← Customers who give hardware vendors firm, tough feedback accomplish more with them
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Japan Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Customers who give hardware vendors firm, tough feedback accomplish more with them Customers who give hardware vendors firm, tough feedback accomplish more with them Last stated 11 months ago
21 Nov 2025
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Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-11-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Giving a vendor brutally honest feedback helps the vendor and the customer's own company more than polite praise given out of fear — tap to centre the map on it Giving a vendor brutally honest feedback helps the vendor and the customer's own company more than polite praise given out of fear Last stated 11 months ago
21 Nov 2025
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Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-11-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Companies should respond very fast to feedback and improve things fast — tap to centre the map on it Companies should respond very fast to feedback and improve things fast Last stated a week ago
27 Oct 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you think through the customer experience you want to create, you end up realizing hardware is a necessity. — tap to centre the map on it If you think through the customer experience you want to create, you end up realizing hardware is a necessity. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hardware startup's first customer should be a hyperscaler, because only that scale turns a design win into a business. — tap to centre the map on it A hardware startup's first customer should be a hyperscaler, because only that scale turns a design win into a business. Last stated 5 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely. — tap to centre the map on it Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely. Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for. — tap to centre the map on it Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for. Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
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Colin Percival — holds since 2025-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Engineers should be able to explain any customer-facing system they have shipped and defend the decisions they made. — tap to centre the map on it Engineers should be able to explain any customer-facing system they have shipped and defend the decisions they made. Last stated 2 months ago
16 Sept 2026
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Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome. — tap to centre the map on it A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade. — tap to centre the map on it A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade. Last stated 3 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1. — tap to centre the map on it AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1. Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI workloads are best served by clouds that bundle power, data center infrastructure and GPUs and strip out unnecessary software layers. — tap to centre the map on it AI workloads are best served by clouds that bundle power, data center infrastructure and GPUs and strip out unnecessary software layers. Last stated 2 months ago
8 Sept 2026
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Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts. — tap to centre the map on it Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts. Last stated 12 months ago
12 Nov 2025
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Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. Last stated 5 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The copyright problem in AI training already has a legal solution nobody is taking: train the models in Japan, where copyright does not apply to training data. — tap to centre the map on it The copyright problem in AI training already has a legal solution nobody is taking: train the models in Japan, where copyright does not apply to training data. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it A country is primarily for its native people Last stated a year ago
15 Sept 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are
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Customers who give hardware vendors firm, tough feedback accomplish more with them
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Giving a vendor brutally honest feedback helps the vendor and the customer's own company more than polite praise given out of fear
Holds
Companies should respond very fast to feedback and improve things fast
Holds
If you think through the customer experience you want to create, you end up realizing hardware is a necessity.
Holds
A hardware startup's first customer should be a hyperscaler, because only that scale turns a design win into a business.
Holds
Reaching product-market fit requires deliberately not acting on the feedback of many of your early users, at the same time as listening intensely.
Holds
Listening to customers is invaluable, but you should not build the thing they asked you for.
Holds
Engineers should be able to explain any customer-facing system they have shipped and defend the decisions they made.
Holds
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Holds
A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome.
Holds
A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade.
Holds
AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1.
Holds
AI workloads are best served by clouds that bundle power, data center infrastructure and GPUs and strip out unnecessary software layers.
Holds
Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts.
Holds
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Holds
The copyright problem in AI training already has a legal solution nobody is taking: train the models in Japan, where copyright does not apply to training data.
Holds
A country is primarily for its native people
Holds