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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...
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...
Share Dialog
Share Dialog
Last week, I participated in a panel on the implications of SaaS/Cloud for SMEs. One point that was made by several of the panelists is that a big advantage over on-premise software is that you are always on the latest version and thus get to benefit from improvements over time. Those improvements can be additional features but they can also come in the for of reduced prices. Amazon for example has cut their prices for EC2 and also made such cost savings available as reserved instances and most recently micro instances. As Amazon’s resource pool grows they can drive down the cost and they are passing some of those savings on to their customers.
Our portfolio company Twilio is taking a page from the same playbook. They just announced new pricing that will result in cost reductions of up to two thirds for some applications! In Twilio’s case too, the advantage of customers from participating in a cloud solution is that everyone’s resource demands can be pooled allowing Twilio to drive down cost overall and pass some of these savings on. Expect more of the same as Twilio continues to grow!
For all developers and entrepreneurs: Twilio is offering a creative contest prize - lunch with the USV team. So fire up your editors …
Last week, I participated in a panel on the implications of SaaS/Cloud for SMEs. One point that was made by several of the panelists is that a big advantage over on-premise software is that you are always on the latest version and thus get to benefit from improvements over time. Those improvements can be additional features but they can also come in the for of reduced prices. Amazon for example has cut their prices for EC2 and also made such cost savings available as reserved instances and most recently micro instances. As Amazon’s resource pool grows they can drive down the cost and they are passing some of those savings on to their customers.
Our portfolio company Twilio is taking a page from the same playbook. They just announced new pricing that will result in cost reductions of up to two thirds for some applications! In Twilio’s case too, the advantage of customers from participating in a cloud solution is that everyone’s resource demands can be pooled allowing Twilio to drive down cost overall and pass some of these savings on. Expect more of the same as Twilio continues to grow!
For all developers and entrepreneurs: Twilio is offering a creative contest prize - lunch with the USV team. So fire up your editors …
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