Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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API pricing requires striking a tricky balance between the needs of developers and the cost/profitability of the provider. I am on the boards of several companies that provide APIs as their primary business model, including Twilio, Dwolla and Sift Science and have been in long discussions about the relative merits of pure usage-based pay versus some type of bundle pricing (sometimes also referred to as t-shirt pricing).
This morning Ziggeo which provides video recording, storage and playback as an API has announced their new pricing. It strikes a novel balance by using bundles but also applying the cost of the bundle against actual usage. The bigger bundles immediately give subscribers access to better usage pricing. At every pricing tier developers can also set a maximum to guard against runaway cost should a project suddenly grow beyond expectations. Ziggeo also provides a calculator right on the pricing page so developers can figure out what to expect.
While this was just announced and there will likely be revisions in the future, such as maybe a pure pay as you go at much higher usage prices or a larger free tier, I am excited about this experiment with innovative API pricing. For full disclosure, Ziggeo was founded by my wife Susan Danziger and our friend Oliver Friedmann.
API pricing requires striking a tricky balance between the needs of developers and the cost/profitability of the provider. I am on the boards of several companies that provide APIs as their primary business model, including Twilio, Dwolla and Sift Science and have been in long discussions about the relative merits of pure usage-based pay versus some type of bundle pricing (sometimes also referred to as t-shirt pricing).
This morning Ziggeo which provides video recording, storage and playback as an API has announced their new pricing. It strikes a novel balance by using bundles but also applying the cost of the bundle against actual usage. The bigger bundles immediately give subscribers access to better usage pricing. At every pricing tier developers can also set a maximum to guard against runaway cost should a project suddenly grow beyond expectations. Ziggeo also provides a calculator right on the pricing page so developers can figure out what to expect.
While this was just announced and there will likely be revisions in the future, such as maybe a pure pay as you go at much higher usage prices or a larger free tier, I am excited about this experiment with innovative API pricing. For full disclosure, Ziggeo was founded by my wife Susan Danziger and our friend Oliver Friedmann.
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