Reading up on Snowflake
5 deep · digging since feb 06
- why you can’t copy palantir - by Ethan Ding - mandates
Palantir is a vertically integrated, outcome-based software provider that uniquely combines deep software and services under one organization, making it difficult to copy due to its distinct talent pool, broad product scope, and mission-aligned business model.
- DuckDB Internals Part 1
DuckDB's internal architecture makes it fast and easy to use for local analytical queries, often outperforming cloud data warehouses on data that fits on a laptop.
- Codex for every role, tool, and workflow
OpenAI launched role-specific plugins, Sites, and annotations for Codex, enabling non-developers to build apps, dashboards, and reports across 62 apps.
- the broken economics of databases - by almog gavra
Database vendors charge high prices but earn slim profits because they must recover large fixed costs, constantly innovate to avoid commoditization, and compete against cloud providers who own the underlying infrastructure.
- Introducing the new v0 - Vercel
Vercel's new v0 brings production-ready AI coding to enterprises with git workflows, security, and real integrations for shipping software.