ideas.
3 architectures
Nothing here shipped, and none of it was built at work. These are architectures I keep coming back to because the usual answer to each one treats a systems problem as a discipline problem. Both pages let you run the thing rather than read about it.
An exam you cannot leak
PlayableThe NEET leaks were not a cheating problem. They were a distribution problem wearing a cheating costume, and distribution problems have architectures.
An ad exchange inside the movie
PlayableProduct placement is sold once, years early, to one buyer, for every viewer. Everything programmatic advertising learned about clearing inventory says it should not be.
How do you find your Big Idea? In pursuit of Delta 4
Idea · 2026Two stories from a Masters of Scale episode about where big ideas actually come from, and Kunal Shah’s Delta 4 as the test for whether the one you found is worth building.
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