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  • How I Replaced My OpenAI Embedding Spend with Open Source Models and Modal

    Update 10/29/2023: I wrote this post before I had the chance to set up and try out Hugging Face’s text-embeddings-inference, which tu...

  • On Buffett and the Virtue of Smallness

    a few scattered thoughts on Warren Buffett and some non-obvious implications of his investment philosophy… Lately, I’ve been reading...

  • Joseph's Dreams, Reimagined

    Fitful sleep left Joseph, the vizier to the Pharaoh of Egypt, tossing and turning in his bed, unable to escape the vivid dreams which...

  • Interest Rates, Venture Capital, and Culture

    Market participants have, for the most part, correctly attributed the violent downturn in tech equities to inflation and its impact...

  • Principles of Idea-Finding

    Do something which you have an unfair advantage in. Do something which allows you to seek feedback cycles rapidly. Do somethin...

  • Review of "I See Satan Fall Like Lightning"

    Originally posted on Goodreads. In our rational, scientific world, the coronavirus pandemic, while unprecedented, is well-understood...

  • Review of "Natural Right and History"

    Originally posted on Goodreads. What animated in me the desire to persevere through the (frankly) unforgivingly obscure and punishin...

  • What Founders Know, What Investors Know

    Silicon Valley is characterized by both partnership and antagonism between founders and investors. This duality creates a push-and-pu...

  • Review of "Politics and Apocalypse"

    Originally posted on Goodreads. Prima facie, “politics” and “apocalypse” are two separate and irreconcilable concepts. Politics (or ...