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Read this korrent: The cloud has some advantages, but it's typically not in a reduced operations headcount
The cloud has some advantages, but it's typically not in a reduced operations headcount
Last stated 3 years ago
19 Dec 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-12-19 — 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: A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline. — tap to centre the map on it
A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline.
Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small team should start from an open-source generalist policy and fine-tune it on day one, rather than scale up its own specialist models first. — tap to centre the map on it
A small team should start from an open-source generalist policy and fine-tune it on day one, rather than scale up its own specialist models first.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is currently having a decentralizing effect on industry and economic power rather than a centralizing one. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is currently having a decentralizing effect on industry and economic power rather than a centralizing one.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
BS
Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI's most interesting effect on organisations is probably not replacing jobs but separating impact from headcount. — tap to centre the map on it
AI's most interesting effect on organisations is probably not replacing jobs but separating impact from headcount.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
EV
Elena Verna — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI's productivity gains at Figma have been mild to moderate, and none of them have reduced the number of engineers the company wants to hire. — tap to centre the map on it
AI's productivity gains at Figma have been mild to moderate, and none of them have reduced the number of engineers the company wants to hire.
Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automating a profession's work grows its headcount rather than shrinking it, because the backlog of demand was always the binding constraint. — tap to centre the map on it
Automating a profession's work grows its headcount rather than shrinking it, because the backlog of demand was always the binding constraint.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Headcount does not translate into product quality, and often the opposite: too many people spend their time coordinating, and the idle ones demotivate the rest. — tap to centre the map on it
Headcount does not translate into product quality, and often the opposite: too many people spend their time coordinating, and the idle ones demotivate the rest.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. — tap to centre the map on it
After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI adoption is causing a shortage of CPUs, making them difficult to source and increasing prices. — tap to centre the map on it
AI adoption is causing a shortage of CPUs, making them difficult to source and increasing prices.
Last stated a week ago
24 Sept 2026
GO
Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jun 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon. — tap to centre the map on it
Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon.
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Dec 2022
MG
Matthew Green — holds since 2022-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current AI data-center buildout is the biggest and fastest-growing infrastructure project in living memory. — tap to centre the map on it
The current AI data-center buildout is the biggest and fastest-growing infrastructure project in living memory.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
DT
Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The hyperscalers are not sensitive to the cost of power at all; they are sensitive only to whether power is available. — tap to centre the map on it
The hyperscalers are not sensitive to the cost of power at all; they are sensitive only to whether power is available.
Last stated a year ago
15 Aug 2025
CH
Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is too critical to be delivered only as a centralized, hosted service. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is too critical to be delivered only as a centralized, hosted service.
Last stated 5 months ago
14 May 2026
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Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-05-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Client-side image editing software like Photoshop and Lightroom will be obsolete by the end of the year. — tap to centre the map on it
Client-side image editing software like Photoshop and Lightroom will be obsolete by the end of the year.
Last stated 5 days ago
27 Sept 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Not using own servers is financial malpractice for mid-sized SaaS businesses — tap to centre the map on it
Not using own servers is financial malpractice for mid-sized SaaS businesses
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Feb 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-02-21 — tap for who they are
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The cloud has some advantages, but it's typically not in a reduced operations headcount
Last stated 19 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Read this korrent →
Same subject: team size
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 14 Jul 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Will Larson
Same subject: team size
A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Jeff Kaplan
Same subject: team size
A small team should start from an open-source generalist policy and fine-tune it on day one, rather than scale up its own specialist models first.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Chelsea Finn
Same subject: team size
AI is currently having a decentralizing effect on industry and economic power rather than a centralizing one.
Last stated 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Balaji Srinivasan
Same subject: team size
AI's most interesting effect on organisations is probably not replacing jobs but separating impact from headcount.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Elena Verna
Same subject: team size
AI's productivity gains at Figma have been mild to moderate, and none of them have reduced the number of engineers the company wants to hire.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dylan Field
Same subject: team size
Automating a profession's work grows its headcount rather than shrinking it, because the backlog of demand was always the binding constraint.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
Same subject: team size
Headcount does not translate into product quality, and often the opposite: too many people spend their time coordinating, and the idle ones demotivate the rest.
Last stated 30 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Pavel Durov
Same subject: the cloud
After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again.
Last stated 12 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: the cloud
AI adoption is causing a shortage of CPUs, making them difficult to source and increasing prices.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Gergely Orosz
Same subject: the cloud
AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop.
Last stated 28 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Same subject: data centers
Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon.
Last stated 7 Dec 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Matthew Green
Same subject: data centers
The current AI data-center buildout is the biggest and fastest-growing infrastructure project in living memory.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Derek Thompson
Same subject: data centers
The hyperscalers are not sensitive to the cost of power at all; they are sensitive only to whether power is available.
Last stated 15 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Casey Handmer
Same subject: SaaS
AI is too critical to be delivered only as a centralized, hosted service.
Last stated 14 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Salvatore Sanfilippo
Same subject: SaaS
Client-side image editing software like Photoshop and Lightroom will be obsolete by the end of the year.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: SaaS
Not using own servers is financial malpractice for mid-sized SaaS businesses
Last stated 21 Feb 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson