Pankaj Narula
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Platforms aficionado. Platform Product Management at Workday. Views my own.
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Been thinking about this since it was shared with me yesterday, especially about how oppressively most organizations pressure managers (even senior ones) to stay in that persona rather than actually leading
www.leadingsapiens.com/ics-managers...
www.leadingsapiens.com/ics-managers...
ICs vs Managers vs Leaders: Why Real Leadership is Rare
It should be considered that there is nothing more difficult to handle, more doubtful of success, or more dangerous to carry through than to initiate a new order of things. For the innovator makes ene...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Been thinking about this since it was shared with me yesterday, especially about how oppressively most organizations pressure managers (even senior ones) to stay in that persona rather than actually leading
www.leadingsapiens.com/ics-managers...
www.leadingsapiens.com/ics-managers...
Understanding money and how it works has been an interest of mine forever. @interfluidity.com @michaelpettis.bsky.social have been great to follow over the years. Every now and then I come across an explanation that makes me like internet more. Here is one from reddit www.reddit.com/r/Economics/...
MajorAlanDutch's comment on "Goldman CEO David Solomon warns 'there will be a reckoning' around the $38 trillion national debt"
Explore this conversation and more from the Economics community
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November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Understanding money and how it works has been an interest of mine forever. @interfluidity.com @michaelpettis.bsky.social have been great to follow over the years. Every now and then I come across an explanation that makes me like internet more. Here is one from reddit www.reddit.com/r/Economics/...
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This is excellent, by @leedrutman.bsky.social.
(i think the piece suggests fusion voting would not do enough more than that it’s a particularly hopeful way forward. but the analysis of where we are, and how futile much of our factionalizing is, has never been presented more clearly.)
(i think the piece suggests fusion voting would not do enough more than that it’s a particularly hopeful way forward. but the analysis of where we are, and how futile much of our factionalizing is, has never been presented more clearly.)
"Maybe fielding more centrist candidates wins Democrats a few more elections. Maybe it doesn’t. But either way, the argument is about one or two percentage points. And it does nothing to address the core two-party doom loop wrecking our politics." leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
The moderation debate fiddles with 2% while Democracy’s dimensionality collapses
Presidential vote now determines 98% of House outcomes. One-dimensional partisan conflict is authoritarian-friendly territory. Could fusion voting restore competitive dimensions?
leedrutman.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is excellent, by @leedrutman.bsky.social.
(i think the piece suggests fusion voting would not do enough more than that it’s a particularly hopeful way forward. but the analysis of where we are, and how futile much of our factionalizing is, has never been presented more clearly.)
(i think the piece suggests fusion voting would not do enough more than that it’s a particularly hopeful way forward. but the analysis of where we are, and how futile much of our factionalizing is, has never been presented more clearly.)
I have been fascinated with the concept of money since childhood. My young mind couldn't comprehend why governments can't just print more money. Read a bunch of books one particular book I remember is Lords of Finance. Looking forward to 👇 book - Against Money
Arjun Jayadev and I recently submitted the final manuscript of our book, now called Against Money, to University of Chicago Press. The book itself will not be out until early next year. But in the meantime, you can read this blog post on what it's about and what's in it. jwmason.org/slackwire/ag...
June 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have been fascinated with the concept of money since childhood. My young mind couldn't comprehend why governments can't just print more money. Read a bunch of books one particular book I remember is Lords of Finance. Looking forward to 👇 book - Against Money
Achievement unlocked used a VGA cable and 🥁 PS/2 keyboard. Booting my 12-13 year old htpc.
May 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Achievement unlocked used a VGA cable and 🥁 PS/2 keyboard. Booting my 12-13 year old htpc.
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This does not sound like a happy experience, but I actually think this is more or less how things are supposed to work?
One of my most-cited bookmarks is this one from kellblog, on how there are really only three management levels: line manager, director, and VP.
kellblog.com/2015/03/08/c...
One of my most-cited bookmarks is this one from kellblog, on how there are really only three management levels: line manager, director, and VP.
kellblog.com/2015/03/08/c...
March 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This does not sound like a happy experience, but I actually think this is more or less how things are supposed to work?
One of my most-cited bookmarks is this one from kellblog, on how there are really only three management levels: line manager, director, and VP.
kellblog.com/2015/03/08/c...
One of my most-cited bookmarks is this one from kellblog, on how there are really only three management levels: line manager, director, and VP.
kellblog.com/2015/03/08/c...
Was cleaning shelves in the garage and found a box of 1.44MB floppies. My 12yo son was also there and I asked guess what is this? He looked puzzled (I was hoping he would say save button) I told him it is like an sd card and can store photos. Surprisingly even phone cameras take > 1.44 mb pics.
March 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Was cleaning shelves in the garage and found a box of 1.44MB floppies. My 12yo son was also there and I asked guess what is this? He looked puzzled (I was hoping he would say save button) I told him it is like an sd card and can store photos. Surprisingly even phone cameras take > 1.44 mb pics.
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Life is full of tough choices -- like deciding which server to send your requests to. This week's paper: www.usenix.org/conference/n...
I like it because it demonstrates why improving application performance should focus on app-level metrics (latency+RIF) rather than machine metrics (CPU load).
I like it because it demonstrates why improving application performance should focus on app-level metrics (latency+RIF) rather than machine metrics (CPU load).
December 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Life is full of tough choices -- like deciding which server to send your requests to. This week's paper: www.usenix.org/conference/n...
I like it because it demonstrates why improving application performance should focus on app-level metrics (latency+RIF) rather than machine metrics (CPU load).
I like it because it demonstrates why improving application performance should focus on app-level metrics (latency+RIF) rather than machine metrics (CPU load).
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This part of the 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review highlights shifts in Internet services, with rising platforms like Temu, GitHub Copilot, and WeChat reflecting changing user preferences. blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2024-y...
From ChatGPT to Temu: ranking top Internet services in 2024
The 2024 popular Internet services landscape highlights rising generative AI, e-commerce shifts, and the continued dominance of platforms like Google and Facebook, as revealed by Cloudflare’s rankings...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:46 PM
This part of the 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review highlights shifts in Internet services, with rising platforms like Temu, GitHub Copilot, and WeChat reflecting changing user preferences. blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2024-y...
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S3 (Iceberg) Tables is everything I dreamt of, and more. I blogged some long-form thoughts: meltware.com/2024/12/04/s...
I think we're about to see an explosion of data tools (@materialize.com, @clickhouse.com, @duckdb.org, et al.) learn to write Iceberg tables via S3 table buckets.
#databs
I think we're about to see an explosion of data tools (@materialize.com, @clickhouse.com, @duckdb.org, et al.) learn to write Iceberg tables via S3 table buckets.
#databs
A First Look at S3 (Iceberg) Tables
AWS announced S3 Tables today, which brings native support for Apache Iceberg to S3. It’s hard to overstate how exciting this is for the data analytics ecosystem. This post is a quick rundown of my th...
meltware.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:02 AM
S3 (Iceberg) Tables is everything I dreamt of, and more. I blogged some long-form thoughts: meltware.com/2024/12/04/s...
I think we're about to see an explosion of data tools (@materialize.com, @clickhouse.com, @duckdb.org, et al.) learn to write Iceberg tables via S3 table buckets.
#databs
I think we're about to see an explosion of data tools (@materialize.com, @clickhouse.com, @duckdb.org, et al.) learn to write Iceberg tables via S3 table buckets.
#databs
Bought a #googlepixel phone today and migration from my old Samsung Galaxy has to be one of the smoothest. Fully functional in less than 30 minutes. I am sure there would be few things I missed that will pop up in coming days but day to day functionality and apps all ✅ in record time.
November 22, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Bought a #googlepixel phone today and migration from my old Samsung Galaxy has to be one of the smoothest. Fully functional in less than 30 minutes. I am sure there would be few things I missed that will pop up in coming days but day to day functionality and apps all ✅ in record time.
In the market for a new Macbook. Have been eyeing a base M4 MBP 16GB/512GB. I can't understand Apple pricing - official Apple store sells it for 1599 while all other retailers like Amazon, Bestbuy and Costco are selling it for 1399 with discounts. Doesn't Apple want to sell it from its own store?
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 AM
In the market for a new Macbook. Have been eyeing a base M4 MBP 16GB/512GB. I can't understand Apple pricing - official Apple store sells it for 1599 while all other retailers like Amazon, Bestbuy and Costco are selling it for 1399 with discounts. Doesn't Apple want to sell it from its own store?