ByteVagabond
@bytevagabond.com
Just a passionate dev, learning from this community daily.
✨ Sharing the entire journey - bugs, breakthroughs, and banter. 🚀
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ByteVagabond
@bytevagabond.com
· Mar 3
programming is just the art of adding bugs to an empty file
"Write clean code. You'll thank yourself later."
So I tested it. 70 startup codebases. 146 funding rounds.
Messy code + fast shipping = 60.6% funded.
Cleanest codebases = 44.4%.
Speed beat perfection - at least when capital was cheap.
Full analysis & data: bytevagabond.com/post/technic...
So I tested it. 70 startup codebases. 146 funding rounds.
Messy code + fast shipping = 60.6% funded.
Cleanest codebases = 44.4%.
Speed beat perfection - at least when capital was cheap.
Full analysis & data: bytevagabond.com/post/technic...
I Analyzed 70 Startups' Codebases — The Ones With More Technical Debt Raised More Money
An empirical study of 70 VC-backed companies reveals that technical debt doesn't slow startups down, and the 'move fast and break things' crowd was right all along — at least during the ZIRP era.
bytevagabond.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 AM
"Write clean code. You'll thank yourself later."
So I tested it. 70 startup codebases. 146 funding rounds.
Messy code + fast shipping = 60.6% funded.
Cleanest codebases = 44.4%.
Speed beat perfection - at least when capital was cheap.
Full analysis & data: bytevagabond.com/post/technic...
So I tested it. 70 startup codebases. 146 funding rounds.
Messy code + fast shipping = 60.6% funded.
Cleanest codebases = 44.4%.
Speed beat perfection - at least when capital was cheap.
Full analysis & data: bytevagabond.com/post/technic...
10 years of OpenAI:
2015: $0 profit
2025: Still $0 profit (but in a blazer)
Lost ~$8B in 2025.
Projected $14B loss in 2026.
Deutsche Bank estimates $143B in negative cash flow before profitability.
But hey, at least they upgraded from the t-shirt. That's progress, right?
2015: $0 profit
2025: Still $0 profit (but in a blazer)
Lost ~$8B in 2025.
Projected $14B loss in 2026.
Deutsche Bank estimates $143B in negative cash flow before profitability.
But hey, at least they upgraded from the t-shirt. That's progress, right?
January 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM
10 years of OpenAI:
2015: $0 profit
2025: Still $0 profit (but in a blazer)
Lost ~$8B in 2025.
Projected $14B loss in 2026.
Deutsche Bank estimates $143B in negative cash flow before profitability.
But hey, at least they upgraded from the t-shirt. That's progress, right?
2015: $0 profit
2025: Still $0 profit (but in a blazer)
Lost ~$8B in 2025.
Projected $14B loss in 2026.
Deutsche Bank estimates $143B in negative cash flow before profitability.
But hey, at least they upgraded from the t-shirt. That's progress, right?
People consumed the last Star Wars trilogy and endless Marvel content. AI slop hitting billions of views isn't a mystery, it's just pattern recognition.
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
People consumed the last Star Wars trilogy and endless Marvel content. AI slop hitting billions of views isn't a mystery, it's just pattern recognition.
POV: You're trying to decide which Switch to buy in 2026
Left: €400 dust collector with joycon drift that can't route packets
Right: Enterprise-grade packet-pushing powerhouse with 99.9999% uptime
One manages traffic better than any government. The other stores 2 games.
Choose wisely. 🔌
Left: €400 dust collector with joycon drift that can't route packets
Right: Enterprise-grade packet-pushing powerhouse with 99.9999% uptime
One manages traffic better than any government. The other stores 2 games.
Choose wisely. 🔌
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
POV: You're trying to decide which Switch to buy in 2026
Left: €400 dust collector with joycon drift that can't route packets
Right: Enterprise-grade packet-pushing powerhouse with 99.9999% uptime
One manages traffic better than any government. The other stores 2 games.
Choose wisely. 🔌
Left: €400 dust collector with joycon drift that can't route packets
Right: Enterprise-grade packet-pushing powerhouse with 99.9999% uptime
One manages traffic better than any government. The other stores 2 games.
Choose wisely. 🔌
Imagine uploading 1 YouTube video 9 years ago and still generating 2M+ views a month.
No algorithm hacks. No posting schedule. No "content strategy."
Just a fireplace burning for 10 hours.
This is what digital real estate actually looks like.
No algorithm hacks. No posting schedule. No "content strategy."
Just a fireplace burning for 10 hours.
This is what digital real estate actually looks like.
December 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Imagine uploading 1 YouTube video 9 years ago and still generating 2M+ views a month.
No algorithm hacks. No posting schedule. No "content strategy."
Just a fireplace burning for 10 hours.
This is what digital real estate actually looks like.
No algorithm hacks. No posting schedule. No "content strategy."
Just a fireplace burning for 10 hours.
This is what digital real estate actually looks like.
Finally treating myself to a maxed MacBook this Christmas 🎄
Excited to experiment with local AI models in 2026 - feels like we're on the edge of something special with edge computing.
Wishing you all happy holidays and time with the people you care about 🎁
Excited to experiment with local AI models in 2026 - feels like we're on the edge of something special with edge computing.
Wishing you all happy holidays and time with the people you care about 🎁
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Finally treating myself to a maxed MacBook this Christmas 🎄
Excited to experiment with local AI models in 2026 - feels like we're on the edge of something special with edge computing.
Wishing you all happy holidays and time with the people you care about 🎁
Excited to experiment with local AI models in 2026 - feels like we're on the edge of something special with edge computing.
Wishing you all happy holidays and time with the people you care about 🎁
New one's live!
Wrote a deep dive on sync engines for the liveblocks blog:
How Figma, Linear, and Google Docs handle real-time collab under the hood
If you're on linkedin, a repost would help a lot 🫶:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Wrote a deep dive on sync engines for the liveblocks blog:
How Figma, Linear, and Google Docs handle real-time collab under the hood
If you're on linkedin, a repost would help a lot 🫶:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Understanding sync engines: How Figma, Linear, and Google Docs work | Liveblocks blog | Max Heichling
Collaborated with Liveblocks on a deep dive into sync engines:
How Figma, Linear, and Google Docs each handle real-time collaboration. Turns out it's not all the same tech under the hood.
Thanks Stac...
www.linkedin.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New one's live!
Wrote a deep dive on sync engines for the liveblocks blog:
How Figma, Linear, and Google Docs handle real-time collab under the hood
If you're on linkedin, a repost would help a lot 🫶:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Wrote a deep dive on sync engines for the liveblocks blog:
How Figma, Linear, and Google Docs handle real-time collab under the hood
If you're on linkedin, a repost would help a lot 🫶:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Waterfox: Firefox without the AI bloat. Free, open-source, and refreshingly focused on just being a browser.
waterfox.com
waterfox.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Waterfox: Firefox without the AI bloat. Free, open-source, and refreshingly focused on just being a browser.
waterfox.com
waterfox.com
I've seen teams burn out maintaining Kubernetes for 500 users.
3 microservices. 40 hours/week fighting YAML. Zero business value.
A $5 VPS with Docker Compose would've been fine.
Stop cosplaying as Google and ship actual features.
3 microservices. 40 hours/week fighting YAML. Zero business value.
A $5 VPS with Docker Compose would've been fine.
Stop cosplaying as Google and ship actual features.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I've seen teams burn out maintaining Kubernetes for 500 users.
3 microservices. 40 hours/week fighting YAML. Zero business value.
A $5 VPS with Docker Compose would've been fine.
Stop cosplaying as Google and ship actual features.
3 microservices. 40 hours/week fighting YAML. Zero business value.
A $5 VPS with Docker Compose would've been fine.
Stop cosplaying as Google and ship actual features.
Btw. within the past 72 hours:
- Apple's AI Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of UI Design leaves to Meta
- Apple's Policy Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of General Counsel steps down
- Apple's AI Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of UI Design leaves to Meta
- Apple's Policy Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of General Counsel steps down
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Btw. within the past 72 hours:
- Apple's AI Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of UI Design leaves to Meta
- Apple's Policy Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of General Counsel steps down
- Apple's AI Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of UI Design leaves to Meta
- Apple's Policy Chief steps down
- Apple's Head of General Counsel steps down
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
What ever happened to this guy?
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What ever happened to this guy?
So what do i do now?
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So what do i do now?
Google has made Quick Share compatible with AirDrop WITHOUT Apple's help!
But as I understand it:
Android ↔ iPhone: works ☑️
iPhone ↔ Android: ❌
blog.google/products/and...
But as I understand it:
Android ↔ iPhone: works ☑️
iPhone ↔ Android: ❌
blog.google/products/and...
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Google has made Quick Share compatible with AirDrop WITHOUT Apple's help!
But as I understand it:
Android ↔ iPhone: works ☑️
iPhone ↔ Android: ❌
blog.google/products/and...
But as I understand it:
Android ↔ iPhone: works ☑️
iPhone ↔ Android: ❌
blog.google/products/and...
The scale of modern display tech is absurd.
That's a MicroLED on the right: 15×30 micrometers.
Smaller than a dust particle.
Thousands fit where one standard LED used to go.
Wild what's possible with modern manufacturing
That's a MicroLED on the right: 15×30 micrometers.
Smaller than a dust particle.
Thousands fit where one standard LED used to go.
Wild what's possible with modern manufacturing
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The scale of modern display tech is absurd.
That's a MicroLED on the right: 15×30 micrometers.
Smaller than a dust particle.
Thousands fit where one standard LED used to go.
Wild what's possible with modern manufacturing
That's a MicroLED on the right: 15×30 micrometers.
Smaller than a dust particle.
Thousands fit where one standard LED used to go.
Wild what's possible with modern manufacturing
Gemini 3 leak shows solid gains on math, vision, and SimpleQA
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Gemini 3 leak shows solid gains on math, vision, and SimpleQA
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
Gemini's growth over the past year is wild Google went from basically nothing to a serious challenger while ChatGPT's dominance is clearly slipping
The market is diversifying faster than I expected 👀
The market is diversifying faster than I expected 👀
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Gemini's growth over the past year is wild Google went from basically nothing to a serious challenger while ChatGPT's dominance is clearly slipping
The market is diversifying faster than I expected 👀
The market is diversifying faster than I expected 👀
softbank is selling its nvidia stake to fund companies whose main expense is buying from nvidia?
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
softbank is selling its nvidia stake to fund companies whose main expense is buying from nvidia?
SoftBank announces that its has sold its entire stake in Nvidia, $NVDA, for $5.8 billion.
Who has more cash now, them or Warren Buffet?
Who has more cash now, them or Warren Buffet?
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
SoftBank announces that its has sold its entire stake in Nvidia, $NVDA, for $5.8 billion.
Who has more cash now, them or Warren Buffet?
Who has more cash now, them or Warren Buffet?
Wild data just dropped 📊
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Wild data just dropped 📊
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
These captcha's are getting out of hand..
Pretty sure the answer is just clicking skip.
Pretty sure the answer is just clicking skip.
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
These captcha's are getting out of hand..
Pretty sure the answer is just clicking skip.
Pretty sure the answer is just clicking skip.
engineers everywhere pretending to “monitor the situation” while refreshing the aws status page
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
engineers everywhere pretending to “monitor the situation” while refreshing the aws status page
Latest OpenAI numbers from the FT:
800m users, 5% paying (40m).
$13bn in ARR.
Implies a $325 annual ARPU, or $27/month per paying user.
70% of rev from subscriptions, rest is API.
$8bn loss in H1, prob $20bn run rate loss now? So basically spending $3 for each $1 in revenue.
800m users, 5% paying (40m).
$13bn in ARR.
Implies a $325 annual ARPU, or $27/month per paying user.
70% of rev from subscriptions, rest is API.
$8bn loss in H1, prob $20bn run rate loss now? So basically spending $3 for each $1 in revenue.
October 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Latest OpenAI numbers from the FT:
800m users, 5% paying (40m).
$13bn in ARR.
Implies a $325 annual ARPU, or $27/month per paying user.
70% of rev from subscriptions, rest is API.
$8bn loss in H1, prob $20bn run rate loss now? So basically spending $3 for each $1 in revenue.
800m users, 5% paying (40m).
$13bn in ARR.
Implies a $325 annual ARPU, or $27/month per paying user.
70% of rev from subscriptions, rest is API.
$8bn loss in H1, prob $20bn run rate loss now? So basically spending $3 for each $1 in revenue.