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Essays from close to the machine

Longer pieces on computers, performance, AI, and building from Brazil. No content calendar. I write when I have something earned to say.

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Hardware Always Wins: Why Apple Proves the Future Belongs to the Physical

Software gets the headlines. Hardware gets the world.

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On the Brink of Ruin: How Jensen Huang Nearly Lost Everything Before Building Nvidia

The most valuable chip company on earth was, more than once, thirty days from dead.

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The Two Most Important Companies in the World

Everyone watches Nvidia. Almost nobody watches the two companies that make Nvidia possible.

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Why Quantum Computing Will Not Revolutionize Technology (At Least Not Yet)

Comparing quantum to classical computing is like comparing an airplane to a submarine.

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The Cloud Does Not Exist. It Is Just Someone Else's Computer.

We outsourced our data, and then we outsourced the skill to manage it.

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The Underrated Power of Hardware in the Success of Tech Giants

Software trends come and go. Physical products endure.

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