Misha Govshteyn
@mishag.bsky.social
Startup mechanic. Michelin inspector inspector.
Former CEO at MacroFab. Founder at Alert Logic in prior life.
@tastybits on Twitter
@mishagovshteyn on Threads
Former CEO at MacroFab. Founder at Alert Logic in prior life.
@tastybits on Twitter
@mishagovshteyn on Threads
Where you should be right now: Silk Road on Westpark by Kirby.
Some of best dim sum I’ve had anywhere.
Cheung Fun is S-Tier level. XLB is terrific. Serious tea program.
The chef is from top dim sum houses in Hong Kong and Bangkok. It’s better any of the fine dim sum restaurants I’ve been to.
Some of best dim sum I’ve had anywhere.
Cheung Fun is S-Tier level. XLB is terrific. Serious tea program.
The chef is from top dim sum houses in Hong Kong and Bangkok. It’s better any of the fine dim sum restaurants I’ve been to.
March 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Where you should be right now: Silk Road on Westpark by Kirby.
Some of best dim sum I’ve had anywhere.
Cheung Fun is S-Tier level. XLB is terrific. Serious tea program.
The chef is from top dim sum houses in Hong Kong and Bangkok. It’s better any of the fine dim sum restaurants I’ve been to.
Some of best dim sum I’ve had anywhere.
Cheung Fun is S-Tier level. XLB is terrific. Serious tea program.
The chef is from top dim sum houses in Hong Kong and Bangkok. It’s better any of the fine dim sum restaurants I’ve been to.
TikTok law passed by Congress requires full divestiture by China by January 19, 2025. SCOTUS upheld the law.
This licensing deal is just another way by Trump to accommodate China and satisfy Jeff Yass.
Jeff Yass stake in TikTok: $21B
Jeff Yass politic donations: $46M
This licensing deal is just another way by Trump to accommodate China and satisfy Jeff Yass.
Jeff Yass stake in TikTok: $21B
Jeff Yass politic donations: $46M
March 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
TikTok law passed by Congress requires full divestiture by China by January 19, 2025. SCOTUS upheld the law.
This licensing deal is just another way by Trump to accommodate China and satisfy Jeff Yass.
Jeff Yass stake in TikTok: $21B
Jeff Yass politic donations: $46M
This licensing deal is just another way by Trump to accommodate China and satisfy Jeff Yass.
Jeff Yass stake in TikTok: $21B
Jeff Yass politic donations: $46M
Trump is dropping Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) enforcement.
These rules unmask shell company owners engaged in tax evasion, fraud, money laundering and terrorism.
Only reason to do this is to enable grift.
These rules unmask shell company owners engaged in tax evasion, fraud, money laundering and terrorism.
Only reason to do this is to enable grift.
March 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trump is dropping Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) enforcement.
These rules unmask shell company owners engaged in tax evasion, fraud, money laundering and terrorism.
Only reason to do this is to enable grift.
These rules unmask shell company owners engaged in tax evasion, fraud, money laundering and terrorism.
Only reason to do this is to enable grift.
Unironically quoting Robert Reich is an intelligence test.
February 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Unironically quoting Robert Reich is an intelligence test.
So sending a weekly email summary of ongoing FBI investigations to Elon is not a good idea?
I wonder how many emails went out before they realized this is a dumb idea.
I wonder how many emails went out before they realized this is a dumb idea.
February 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So sending a weekly email summary of ongoing FBI investigations to Elon is not a good idea?
I wonder how many emails went out before they realized this is a dumb idea.
I wonder how many emails went out before they realized this is a dumb idea.
Whoa. Bill Ackman may end up owning The Woodlands.
Howard Hughes Holdings $HHH owns 100% of The Woodlands Development Corporation.
Howard Hughes Holdings $HHH owns 100% of The Woodlands Development Corporation.
January 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Whoa. Bill Ackman may end up owning The Woodlands.
Howard Hughes Holdings $HHH owns 100% of The Woodlands Development Corporation.
Howard Hughes Holdings $HHH owns 100% of The Woodlands Development Corporation.
Houston Chronicle did a good roundup of tamales, but missed my favorite tamaleria in Houston:
Tamales Doña Tere on Beechnut.
The banana leaf wrapped oaxaquena is glorious.
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/foo...
Tamales Doña Tere on Beechnut.
The banana leaf wrapped oaxaquena is glorious.
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/foo...
December 3, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Houston Chronicle did a good roundup of tamales, but missed my favorite tamaleria in Houston:
Tamales Doña Tere on Beechnut.
The banana leaf wrapped oaxaquena is glorious.
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/foo...
Tamales Doña Tere on Beechnut.
The banana leaf wrapped oaxaquena is glorious.
www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/foo...
Looking at Michelin guide for Houston again, I can’t explain why so many obvious restaurants are missing.
But there is a clue in the Theodore Rex review: “cured carrots blanketed in a savory onion emulsion”
The dish Michelin is describing ran for 5 months… in 2021.
Is this when Michelin was here?
But there is a clue in the Theodore Rex review: “cured carrots blanketed in a savory onion emulsion”
The dish Michelin is describing ran for 5 months… in 2021.
Is this when Michelin was here?
November 21, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Looking at Michelin guide for Houston again, I can’t explain why so many obvious restaurants are missing.
But there is a clue in the Theodore Rex review: “cured carrots blanketed in a savory onion emulsion”
The dish Michelin is describing ran for 5 months… in 2021.
Is this when Michelin was here?
But there is a clue in the Theodore Rex review: “cured carrots blanketed in a savory onion emulsion”
The dish Michelin is describing ran for 5 months… in 2021.
Is this when Michelin was here?
Entire study is fascinating and worth reading.
One finding: 5x engineers are in fact real and more common with remote employees.
Case to be made for paying 5x engineers 3x more, and getting rid of ghost engineers entirely.
softwareengineeringproductivity.stanford.edu
One finding: 5x engineers are in fact real and more common with remote employees.
Case to be made for paying 5x engineers 3x more, and getting rid of ghost engineers entirely.
softwareengineeringproductivity.stanford.edu
November 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Entire study is fascinating and worth reading.
One finding: 5x engineers are in fact real and more common with remote employees.
Case to be made for paying 5x engineers 3x more, and getting rid of ghost engineers entirely.
softwareengineeringproductivity.stanford.edu
One finding: 5x engineers are in fact real and more common with remote employees.
Case to be made for paying 5x engineers 3x more, and getting rid of ghost engineers entirely.
softwareengineeringproductivity.stanford.edu
We’ve seen the anecdotes, but these research findings are insane.
* 14% of remote developers do no work.
* 9% of hybrid engineers are ghosting.
* 6% of in-office engineers are ghosts.
And I doubt this behavior is exclusive to software developers.
* 14% of remote developers do no work.
* 9% of hybrid engineers are ghosting.
* 6% of in-office engineers are ghosts.
And I doubt this behavior is exclusive to software developers.
November 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
We’ve seen the anecdotes, but these research findings are insane.
* 14% of remote developers do no work.
* 9% of hybrid engineers are ghosting.
* 6% of in-office engineers are ghosts.
And I doubt this behavior is exclusive to software developers.
* 14% of remote developers do no work.
* 9% of hybrid engineers are ghosting.
* 6% of in-office engineers are ghosts.
And I doubt this behavior is exclusive to software developers.
Most places in Houston under-season rice and it’s colder than it should be.
Rice at Kaiten was a bit cold, but seasoned well and broke apart just about right.
Fish was also slightly cold, but good quality. With locations in Tokyo and Osaka supply chain is likely better than average.
It’s good.
Rice at Kaiten was a bit cold, but seasoned well and broke apart just about right.
Fish was also slightly cold, but good quality. With locations in Tokyo and Osaka supply chain is likely better than average.
It’s good.
November 20, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Most places in Houston under-season rice and it’s colder than it should be.
Rice at Kaiten was a bit cold, but seasoned well and broke apart just about right.
Fish was also slightly cold, but good quality. With locations in Tokyo and Osaka supply chain is likely better than average.
It’s good.
Rice at Kaiten was a bit cold, but seasoned well and broke apart just about right.
Fish was also slightly cold, but good quality. With locations in Tokyo and Osaka supply chain is likely better than average.
It’s good.
I just dropped $130 on choo-choo sushi and… I think I liked it.
Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Houston is priced low compared to the $450 Giza Onodera I visited in NYC.
Sushi comes down to 1) rice 2) fish and 3) supply chain. Exacting texture and temperature will cost much more.
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Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Houston is priced low compared to the $450 Giza Onodera I visited in NYC.
Sushi comes down to 1) rice 2) fish and 3) supply chain. Exacting texture and temperature will cost much more.
1/
November 20, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I just dropped $130 on choo-choo sushi and… I think I liked it.
Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Houston is priced low compared to the $450 Giza Onodera I visited in NYC.
Sushi comes down to 1) rice 2) fish and 3) supply chain. Exacting texture and temperature will cost much more.
1/
Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Houston is priced low compared to the $450 Giza Onodera I visited in NYC.
Sushi comes down to 1) rice 2) fish and 3) supply chain. Exacting texture and temperature will cost much more.
1/
One of my friends has two jobs. Both companies are PE owned. Mid-level managers laid off years ago, so no one knows what “work” is being done.
Hasn’t checked in new code in 2 years. Mostly does bug fixes to undocumented code.
Hasn’t checked in new code in 2 years. Mostly does bug fixes to undocumented code.
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
One of my friends has two jobs. Both companies are PE owned. Mid-level managers laid off years ago, so no one knows what “work” is being done.
Hasn’t checked in new code in 2 years. Mostly does bug fixes to undocumented code.
Hasn’t checked in new code in 2 years. Mostly does bug fixes to undocumented code.
Whoa. Bose has acquired McIntosh, perhaps the most iconic American audiophile brand left standing.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...
November 19, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Whoa. Bose has acquired McIntosh, perhaps the most iconic American audiophile brand left standing.
www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...
These people are going to make America healthy again by fixing our food supply.
Right after they wolf down some reheated McDonalds.
(via @mattbuford.bsky.social)
Right after they wolf down some reheated McDonalds.
(via @mattbuford.bsky.social)
November 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
These people are going to make America healthy again by fixing our food supply.
Right after they wolf down some reheated McDonalds.
(via @mattbuford.bsky.social)
Right after they wolf down some reheated McDonalds.
(via @mattbuford.bsky.social)
Team Robin Givens.
Mike Tyson on the best punch he’s ever landed.
Mike Tyson on the best punch he’s ever landed.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Team Robin Givens.
Mike Tyson on the best punch he’s ever landed.
Mike Tyson on the best punch he’s ever landed.
Had a difficult time explaining to a serious eater from Tokyo why Houston has so many Japanese restaurants, very few of them good.
Problem is 1) Japanese food is very popular and yet 2) there has never been a large Japanese population in Houston. Only about 5k.
So the list I gave her was:
Problem is 1) Japanese food is very popular and yet 2) there has never been a large Japanese population in Houston. Only about 5k.
So the list I gave her was:
July 6, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Had a difficult time explaining to a serious eater from Tokyo why Houston has so many Japanese restaurants, very few of them good.
Problem is 1) Japanese food is very popular and yet 2) there has never been a large Japanese population in Houston. Only about 5k.
So the list I gave her was:
Problem is 1) Japanese food is very popular and yet 2) there has never been a large Japanese population in Houston. Only about 5k.
So the list I gave her was:
Biggest mistake EU made is thinking they can just impose GDPR regulations across the butter, olive oil and sour cream kingdoms. This is how wars get started.
July 5, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Biggest mistake EU made is thinking they can just impose GDPR regulations across the butter, olive oil and sour cream kingdoms. This is how wars get started.
Houston Rockets off-season update:
1. Signed Fred VanVleet. Already working out with Jalen Green.
2. Did not bring back James Harden. Already doing James Harden things.
1. Signed Fred VanVleet. Already working out with Jalen Green.
2. Did not bring back James Harden. Already doing James Harden things.
July 5, 2023 at 1:24 AM
Houston Rockets off-season update:
1. Signed Fred VanVleet. Already working out with Jalen Green.
2. Did not bring back James Harden. Already doing James Harden things.
1. Signed Fred VanVleet. Already working out with Jalen Green.
2. Did not bring back James Harden. Already doing James Harden things.
Unpopular answer: we need to spend more money on better police. Minneapolis has same number of cops as EU average. But training required to do the job is wildly different.
Defund movement is oddly Repubicanesque in nature. You can't actually spend less money on something and improve the outcome.
Defund movement is oddly Repubicanesque in nature. You can't actually spend less money on something and improve the outcome.
July 2, 2023 at 4:28 PM
Unpopular answer: we need to spend more money on better police. Minneapolis has same number of cops as EU average. But training required to do the job is wildly different.
Defund movement is oddly Repubicanesque in nature. You can't actually spend less money on something and improve the outcome.
Defund movement is oddly Repubicanesque in nature. You can't actually spend less money on something and improve the outcome.
44 billion dollars later…
July 2, 2023 at 3:17 PM
44 billion dollars later…
Elon should really reconnect the server rack. They need this server rack.
July 2, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Elon should really reconnect the server rack. They need this server rack.
