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Matt Bidewell retweeted
Every game is being decompiled
Every math problem is being solved
Everything is happening all at once
Think about the progress in the past year
Now imagine another year
And another year
Matt Bidewell retweeted
babe are you ok? it’s already q4 and you’ve barely touched your “2026 roadmap”
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A few observations from a week in London:
1/ The startup energy here is completely different than 10y ago. The level of risk taking, ambition, and talent has changed dramatically
2/ There remains a huge fintech opportunity here. Revolut, GoCardless, and many others were built on the incredible finance talent in London
3/ Their vision in building public transit infrastructure is peerless in the west
4/ London in good weather is probably the best city in the world
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london is in a unique position to be one of the best incubators for startups. i see so many get funding, open an SF office or set up an american base, then hire american devs because they think they're better. surely for $300-400k a dev they should be absolutely cracked, right? most are average.
they'll admit the very best engineers are in america. but when you're hiring a whole team or department, london is still the better bet. 2:1 on cost, maybe 3:1. and you still get the work ethic and the graft. something the rest of europe lacks.
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JUST IN: OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly exaggerated AI security threats to push the government to protect their market position
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We used to estimate “tickets” in “story points” and you could get away with building CRUD API for 2 weeks
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10 Downing Street is hosting its first ever hackathon.
The two-day hackathon will bring technologists from outside government together with civil servants to work on real problems facing the state.
Anyone is open to apply, although spots will be limited.
They're releasing information on the key tracks later this week, although it's going they are going to be focused on solving real problems that civil servants and the government face today.
The strongest teams will present their work to the Cabinet Secretary (@AntoniaRomeoUK) and other government leaders in No10.
This is a real opportunity for people with a tech background to an impact within government.
WE LOVE TO SEE IT.
Technology presents such a huge opportunity to improve public services, and it's amazing to see the government embrace this opportunity.
Shoutout to @davidgelberg and the team for organising this.
Link to apply in the comments below.
Matt Bidewell retweeted
.@Sparklesdotdev is building out the London office
We are looking for exceptional individuals who are willing to work hard and move mountains
Matt Bidewell retweeted
Schrödinger's code
1. fable wrote it, it must be great. in fact, i had Sol, opus 5, and Grok all review it.
2. if i look at it, its horrible
state changes based on observation
Matt Bidewell retweeted
The Fedora version is outselling the Windows version by >10:1. It’s the year of the Linux desktop.
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Things we depend on way too much:
- GitHub
- us-east-1
- that Google account we use for all OAuth logins
- 1.1.1.1
Matt Bidewell retweeted
Google's cash flow has gone NEGATIVE for the first time in company history due to massive AI spending
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mcdonalds CEO says making burgers at home is moving down a "very dangerous path"
BREAKING: Anthropic CEO says open-source AI is moving down a “very dangerous path.”
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This refers to Dario Amodei's 2023 U.S. Senate testimony, not a recent statement to lawmakers.
Polymarket has a history of presenting old news as breaking developments.
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