I joined GitLab in October 2015, and left in December 2021 after working there for a little more than six years. While I previously wrote about leaving GitLab to work on Inko, I never discussed what it was like working for GitLab between 2015 and 2021. There are two reasons for this: I was suffering…

Disclaimer: this post is solely based on my lived experience of working at Google for 18 years. I don't actually know the reasoning of the company's highest leaders, so all I can do is share my personal hypotheses. I've tried to write this essay three times over the past couple of months; it's…

Maxar operates a fleet of satellites that capture imagery of the Earth. Some of these satellites offered the best resolution commercially available when they were first launched into space. Last year, Maxar earned ~$1.6B largely from selling imagery these satellites produced. I found a price list…

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who…