Archive - Tech Notes

I ask this puzzle to every new LLM

Does DeepSeek-R1 figure this one out?

Jan 26 •

November 2020

#26 Dropping a Mac has consequences

The one where I bash Apple

Nov 15, 2020 •

#25 What prevents a truly decentralized digital world

This week was about incidents related to platforms blocking access or abusing their distribution powers.

Nov 1, 2020 •

October 2020

#24 On forcing kids to learn to code

Teaching kids to write code has been a topic of intense debate for the past decade or so.

Oct 25, 2020 •

#23 Connected everything, hacked everything.

If you have not yet seen the infamous GE ‘Smart’ bulb resetting process video guide, just go and watch this video right now -

Oct 18, 2020 •

#22 Mobile phone launches are not exciting anymore

It is that time of the year again.

Oct 11, 2020 •

#21 On 21 weeks of writing

This is going to be short.

Oct 4, 2020 •

September 2020

#20 Some notes on tech hiring

Tech hiring is still full of problems.

Sep 27, 2020 •

#19 The live streaming economy

Twitch and Youtube Live battle it out.

Sep 20, 2020 •

#18 The beauty of BitTorrent

Eleven years before Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber, he started a company called Scour that did peer-to-peer file sharing.

Sep 13, 2020 •

#17 Multi-factor authentication in practice

and why SMS is a terrible two-factor choice

Sep 6, 2020 •

August 2020

#16 The rot on the Internet

Politics destroys everything.

Aug 30, 2020 •

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