Attention — Oct 8, 2026

How Google Cheated Their Way To Billions

Better Offline (Podcast:04:29) - Published 2024-09-05 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 04:29

How Monopolies Are Making Tech Worse

Better Offline (Podcast:06:13) - Published 2024-09-03 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 06:13

Matt Stoller Explains Monopolies

Better Offline (Podcast:08:03) - Published 2024-08-27 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 08:03

You’re Writing Legacy Code Right Now (And Don’t Even Know It)

Modern Software Engineering (Article:09:57) - Published 2026-10-06 18:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 09:57

In this video, Dave Farley argues that legacy code is not defined by age, outdated languages, or being written by someone else, but by how difficult it is to change safely. Drawing on Michael Feathers’ definition, he explains that legacy code is code without tests because tests provide fast, reliable feedback; without it, every change becomes a gamble, leading teams to avoid refactoring, add worka…

Algorithms and Oligopolies with Thomas Germain

Better Offline (Podcast:10:12) - Published 2024-08-20 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 10:12

Training Your Own Embedding Model Is Not As Hard As You Think

Prompt Engineering (Article:11:30) - Published 2026-10-07 18:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 11:30

This video explains how to fine-tune Google’s multimodal EmbeddingGemma 2 model on custom data using Unsloth and LoRA adapters in a free Colab notebook. The presenter contrasts embedding fine-tuning with LLM fine-tuning: instead of teaching a model to generate exact target text, embedding training teaches it which inputs should be close in vector space. Training data is therefore built as question…

Big Tech Is The Enemy of Innovation

Better Offline (Podcast:12:58) - Published 2024-08-15 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 12:58

How The AI Bubble Bursts

Better Offline (Podcast:13:47) - Published 2024-08-13 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 13:47

Enzittification with Cory Doctorow & Brian Merchant

Better Offline (Podcast:15:48) - Published 2024-08-06 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 15:48

SpaceX to send Nvidia chips ‘somewhere in the universe’

Pivot to AI (Article:16:49) - Published 2026-10-07 18:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 16:49

In this Pivot to AI episode, David Gerard discusses SpaceX’s plan to borrow $40 billion to purchase Nvidia chips, reportedly for AI data centers “somewhere in the universe.” He notes that SpaceX’s IPO prospectus claimed a $28 trillion total addressable market, largely tied to AI, but investors received only a brief two-page memo with space imagery and vague promises about orbital data centers. Ger…

The State of Tech Journalism with Kylie Robison and Mike Isaac

Better Offline (Podcast:17:45) - Published 2024-07-30 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 17:45

Rot Economics with MIT’s Daron Acemoglu

Better Offline (Podcast:18:24) - Published 2024-07-23 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 18:24

CrowdStruck

Better Offline (Podcast:19:19) - Published 2024-07-21 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 19:19

The Academics That Think ChatGPT Is BS

Better Offline (Podcast:19:43) - Published 2024-07-18 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 19:43

Pop Culture

Better Offline (Podcast:20:06) - Published 2024-07-16 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 20:06

How Shareholders Are Destroying The Tech Industry

Better Offline (Podcast:20:30) - Published 2024-07-11 20:25 - Discovered 2026-10-08 20:30

The Shareholder Supremacy

Better Offline (Podcast:20:45) - Published 2024-07-09 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 20:45

I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again Ft. Nik Suresh & Robert Evans

Better Offline (Podcast:21:04) - Published 2024-07-02 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 21:04

Where Did Tech’s Magic Go? feat. Alex Cranz and Michael Fisher

Better Offline (Podcast:21:45) - Published 2024-06-25 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 21:45

The Onion Knight Ft. Ben Collins

Better Offline (Podcast:22:06) - Published 2024-06-21 08:30 - Discovered 2026-10-08 22:06

Let Tim Cook

Better Offline (Podcast:22:25) - Published 2024-06-18 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 22:25

Sam Altman Is Dangerous To Silicon Valley

Better Offline (Podcast:22:48) - Published 2024-06-13 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 22:48

The Talented Mr. Altman

Better Offline (Podcast:23:10) - Published 2024-06-11 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 23:10

The Rot-Com Bust

Better Offline (Podcast:23:30) - Published 2024-06-06 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 23:30

The Rot-Com Bubble

Better Offline (Podcast:23:43) - Published 2024-06-04 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-08 23:43