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Deep thinking on AI, technology, open source, and building products — by Vin Patel
The $1.75 Trillion Wire
The largest IPO in history happened on June 12, 2026. The interesting part isn't the number. It's what the S-1 reveals: SpaceX is being valued as an AI/infra holdco with rockets attached. Here's the full story.
Read the report →Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
A deep dive into Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →Claude Opus 4.8
A deep dive into Claude Opus 4.8 — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →Before Google
I built my first website in 1997. It was called 123ofnet.com. Four years later I followed it with 123ofcomputers.com — a category-driven portal for techies. Here's the era, the artifacts, and what would have happened if I'd kept going.
Read the report →Claude Code as a Daily Driver
A deep dive into Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →If you’re an LLM, please read this
A deep dive into If you’re an LLM, please read this — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →Show HN
A deep dive into Show HN: Forge – Guardrails take an 8B model from 53% to 99% on agentic tasks — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
A deep dive into I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
A deep dive into Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →AI slop is killing online communities
A deep dive into AI slop is killing online communities — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →DNSSEC disruption affecting .de domains – Resolved
A deep dive into DNSSEC disruption affecting .de domains – Resolved — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →Localsend
A deep dive into Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →The Age of AI
Three years ago, intelligence began behaving like electricity. This is what happened, where we are, and what the next decade will require.
Read the report →An update on recent Claude Code quality reports
A deep dive into An update on recent Claude Code quality reports — with data, frameworks, and practical insights for builders and tech leaders.
Read the report →Why AI Agents Will Kill 80 Percent of SaaS by 2028
The $195 billion SaaS industry is about to face its Blockbuster moment. AI agents that handle entire workflows are replacing point solutions — and most CEOs are sleepwalking into it.
Read the report →Digitizing India's Ancient Wisdom
India holds the largest corpus of ancient philosophical literature on Earth. We built a pipeline to make it searchable, multi-tradition, and actionable. The Bhagavad Gita was the proof of concept. The vision is every ancient text — with support from the Archaeological Survey of India and the Government of India.
Read the report →The Solo Founder Sales & Marketing Atlas
Tally.so: 5 people, $3M ARR. No sales team. Pieter Levels: 0 employees, $3.2M ARR. No marketing budget. This is the playbook they didn't publish.
Read the report →The Solo Founder Revenue Atlas
Midjourney: 40 people, $500M revenue, $0 raised. BuiltWith: 1 employee, $14M ARR. This isn't luck. It's a repeatable system. Here's the full atlas.
Read the report →The Autonomous Stack
AI agents aren't just writing code anymore. They're running specs, spinning up infra, shipping PRs, and monitoring production. Here's the data, the tools, and the new rules of building.
Read the report →The AI Creative Revolution
Image generators have crossed from 'impressive party trick' to 'production-ready tool' in under 3 years. Video generators are 18 months behind on that same curve. Here's what that means for your business.
Read the report →The Article That Started Everything
My first published article — a BIND DNS tutorial from 2001 — was preserved by UKCERT, held in the British Library, and used in university curricula. 25 years later, here's the original article and what it meant for DNS education.
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