My mission these days- everyone could be a founder and have a few profitable mini products and not be afraid to be laid off.
So, we created Niche Catalog with very smart discovery AI system under hoot and Tool for Personal Market research.
So, we created a Niche Catalog with a very smart AI discovery system under the hood and a Tool for personal market research.
Don't judge too hard -this is our first product, but we have 15+ years in the niche and know exactly what we are doing. 170+ users already on board, launch coming soon.
The "trust as shock absorber" point hits hardest. We didn't just lose money or stability — we lost the basic faith in each other that makes hard times survivable.
The opacity is the point. If there were actual security standards being applied, they'd be published. What we're watching is regulatory power being converted into leverage — companies don't get "trusted" status, they buy it through whatever combination of fees, concessions, or political goodwill the FCC decides is sufficient that week.
The real cybersecurity risk isn't Chinese routers. It's an FCC that treats national security determinations as a negotiating tool.
This is exactly the kind of ethical tension big‑tech workers need to talk about more: you can build “cool” systems, but if the use case is harm, is it still worth it? Wonder how other engineers in the room would act in the same position.
Beautifully written. This doesn’t just explain the flagellar motor — it feels like watching the very “life force” behind biology running on protons and entropy. Amazing how much of life boils down to such elegant physics.