Category Techy
Early whispers from folks is that GPT-5 is about to drop something big. And for startup founders, this kind of news fuels new startup dreams. I’m hearing that GPT-5 isn’t just going to be an upgrade to 4; but will… Continue Reading →
Technology was the worst in 2023.It was the worst in 2022.It was the worst in 2021.It was the worst in ____.(Put in any previous year, that assertion remains valid) Technology previously was worse than today.It will be better tomorrow than… Continue Reading →
Apple’s Microsoft moment is coming along. Microsoft was the company with the maximum OS lock-in* during the 90s. Think of it as iOS’s consumer lock-in, but MSFT had it on consumer AND enterprise. With Apple:On the one hand, you have… Continue Reading →
The various epochs of the technological world took a previously constrained resource and caused it to become unbundled, mass-producing and widely distributed. Early 1800s: Industrial Revolution, unbundling Labour as a resourceLate 1800s: Oil/Electricity, unbundling Energy as a resourceMid 1900s: Software,… Continue Reading →
One thing that differentiates an entrepreneurial person from someone who isn’t one, is that entrepreneurs put in the effort to discover problem statements. They do this by pattern recognition, user interviews, optimisation of existing solutions, etc. Of course, an entrepreneur… Continue Reading →
It seems like Instagram’s Threads is emerging as a strong contender and a potential threat to the long-established Twitter platform. Instagram Threads, the standalone messaging app, has been gaining significant momentum recently, and its unique features distinguish it from Twitter… Continue Reading →
Speaking with OpenAI’s Atty Eleti about the API and Plugins that are going to massively expand ChatGPTs use cases.
Looking back to the mid-90s, knowing Visual Basic and building GUI apps was suddenly insufficient. Developers like me had to quickly learn HTML, CSS, and other technologies. Soon, the proliferation of PHP and JavaScript (Ajax!) necessitated yet another round of… Continue Reading →
I used ChatGPT to explain the impact of AI to 1st year students.
Here’s an excerpt of a talk I gave at CMR Institute Of Technology last month
I was reading Fred Wilson‘s (of Union Square Ventures) most recent blog post about FTX and felt it was valuable enough to share my summary here: •The recent FTX incident has called into question the reliability of many crypto exchanges, and has left people… Continue Reading →