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barrrrald commented on Deepnote, a Jupyter alternative, is going open source deepnote.com/blog/were-op... · Posted by u/zX41ZdbW

knlb · 2 months ago

The whole post feels like it was edited/modified by ChatGPT; `What we opened — in English, not a changelog`, `Why it matters (no fluff):`, `We are big believers in notebooks — full stop` are patterns that always make me feel like an LLM wrote it (sentence followed by a marketing qualifier).

I really liked Deepnote the product when I last used it, but the post definitely feels off.

barrrrald · 2 months ago

I don't think an LLM wrote it; this has been their brand voice for a long time...

barrrrald commented on Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access github.com/Snowflake-Labs... · Posted by u/plaur782

qaq · 2 months ago

Have you interacted with Snowflake teams much? We are using external iceberg tables with snowflake. Every interaction pretty much boils down to you really should not be using iceberg you should be using snowflake for storage. It's also pretty obvious some things are strategically not implemented to push you very strongly in that direction.

barrrrald · 2 months ago

Not surprised - this stuff isn’t fully mature yet. But I interact with their team a lot and know they have a commitment to it (I’m the other guy in that video)

barrrrald commented on Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access github.com/Snowflake-Labs... · Posted by u/plaur782

dharbin · 2 months ago

Why would Snowflake develop and release this? Doesn't this cannibalize their main product?

barrrrald · 2 months ago

One thing I admire about Snowflake is a real commitment to self-cannibalization. They were super out front with Iceberg even though it could disrupt them, because that's what customers were asking for and they're willing to bet they'll figure out how to make money in that new world

Video of their SVP of Product talking about it here: https://youtu.be/PERZMGLhnF8?si=DjS_OgbNeDpvLA04&t=1195

barrrrald commented on Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade emily.space/posts/251023-... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

barrrrald · 2 months ago

I’m surprised not to see a discussion of the biggest drawback: despite being fewer characters, “uv” is harder to type than “pip”. It requires two different hands to participate and a longer reach with my left index finger. pip is convenient – just a little rattle off with my right hand.

barrrrald commented on A16Z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal reuters.com/business/a16z... · Posted by u/mjirv

RainyDayTmrw · 2 months ago

This smells like self-dealing on the part of A16z.

barrrrald · 2 months ago

VCs often help companies find homes within their portfolios

barrrrald commented on Warp Code: the fastest way from prompt to production warp.dev/blog/introducing... · Posted by u/brainless

barrrrald · 4 months ago

no idea how the product itself works but they have set a new standard for small startup launch videos with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jKOVAa1KAo

barrrrald commented on Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig openai.com/index/vijaye-r... · Posted by u/tosh

Hansenq · 4 months ago

How come this acquisition gets to go through, but Windsurf didn't? There might be antitrust review here too, and Microsoft might also lay a claim to Statsig's IP due to their contract with OpenAI. Maybe Statsig didn't care that Microsoft would have access to the IP?

barrrrald · 4 months ago

Windsurf didn't not go through because of regulatory or MSFT issue – that was always a fig leaf. OAI walked.

barrrrald commented on Ana Marie Cox on the Shaky Foundation of Substack as a Business newsletter.anamariecox.co... · Posted by u/Bogdanp

lapcat · 5 months ago

> This post didn't age well – 3 weeks later Substack announced a $100m fundraise at $1.1b valuation.

From the article: Newcomer says Substack is “pitching investors on a round between $50M and $100M that would value it above its roughly $700M last round price.”

Also: And if Substack does manage to raise that $100M they’re looking for now? Things will get worse.

barrrrald · 5 months ago

The implication of her article is that they’d have a hard time raising that money and/or that they somehow aren’t doing well - I don’t see any evidence of this cited anywhere in her post.

barrrrald commented on Ana Marie Cox on the Shaky Foundation of Substack as a Business newsletter.anamariecox.co... · Posted by u/Bogdanp

barrrrald · 5 months ago

This post didn't age well – 3 weeks later Substack announced a $100m fundraise at $1.1b valuation. [1]

Ana's contention that Substack is "rickety" seems motivated by her conviction that they should adopt a more assertive, aggressive censorship regime, and that "we need a world where a social safety net protects risky writing".

There are certainly many interesting questions about the future of media and Substack's business – but the parade of people saying it can't succeed without more moderation keep being proven wrong.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/substack-fundrai...

barrrrald commented on Co-founder exiting after pivot – what's a fair exit package? · Posted by u/throwaway-xx

barrrrald · 5 months ago

Keep the vested equity and move on. Anything else is asking too much.

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