Donald Kariro

Vincent van Gogh, who knew he could write like this

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi: "If all software is dead, isn't OpenAI, Anthropic dead? They're software companies with a bunch of researchers writing software .. Nvidia should be dead because they just have really smart people who create chip designs, humans that use some software .. Software obviously isn't dead. Nvidia, OpenAI, and Anthropic are not going to be dead companies."

La Rochefoucauld

i still read every line of code btw, often many times over

Nassim Taleb, what. a. line.

Last week Jeff Dean and several other notable and experienced computer legends got together for dinner and came to the conclusion that demand for AI inference in 2030 will be 10000x higher than today If that’s the way we’re heading then nothing else matters other than AI

An uncomfortable truth: “Any crime that is punishable by a fine is basically legal for those who can afford it.”

Kill the fear of failure. Go after what you want relentlessly, with everything you’ve got. No complaining or excuses.

The fastest way to lose confidence is breaking small promises to yourself. Do what you said you would do. Always.

can’t stop thinking about this

Nietzsche, what a line

adulting is basically arriving at the same truths as your father, but from first principles.

I wrote Deep Learning with Python to be the definitive guide to how deep learning works and how to best make use of it. Tens of thousands of people got their career start via this book. 120,000 copies sold, and downloaded by millions more. And now it's free to read online: deeplearningwithpython.io

@Jaffer22915438 The Roman army rule: action removes fear.

Getting laid off and then thanking the company on Linkedin is next level wage cattle

ICYMI - OpenAI says Elon Musk messaged Greg Brockman two days before trial began, gauging settlement possiblity. When Brockman replied saying they should drop their claims, Musk wrote back “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be.” (from OpenAI filing last night with court)

Behind every iPhone. His compiler. Behind every Android. His compiler. Behind every NVIDIA GPU. His compiler. One American. Billions of devices. 🤯 Meet Chris Lattner 🇺🇸 > Started LLVM in late 2000 at UIUC as part of his graduate research. > LLVM is a compiler infrastructure ~ the software that turns code into machine instructions. > Apple hired him in 2005. He stayed 12 years. > His toolchain now powers iPhone, iPad, Mac, PlayStation, Android NDK, and NVIDIA's CUDA. > Also built Clang ~ the C/C++ compiler used by Google, Microsoft, and Sony. > Built Swift in secret. Nights and weekends. While leading a 40+ person Apple team by day. > Apple leadership was skeptical. He shipped it anyway. 🚀 > Swift now powers the vast majority of iOS apps on earth. > Won the ACM Software System Award ~ same as Unix, Java, and TCP/IP. > 2017 ~ Tesla VP of Autopilot. Worked in Elon's orbit. Left in 5 months. > Joined Google Brain. Built MLIR ~ the compiler infrastructure behind TensorFlow. > 2020 ~ joined SiFive to build open-source chips competing with Intel and ARM. > 2022 ~ left Big Tech entirely. Founded Modular AI. > Built Mojo ~ a new AI language that runs Python up to 35,000x faster. > LLVM, Clang, Swift — all open-source. Mojo follows in 2026. > Targeting NVIDIA's $4.8 trillion CUDA dominance. Raised $380M. Valued at $1.6B. > Still writes code. Still answers GitHub issues himself. He spent over 25 years building the compilers Big Tech is built on. Now he's openly building the one that could break NVIDIA. What a mind. Compiler GOAT. 🧠🐐

Never show them the process. Appear effortless. The more they see your struggle, the more human you become, and humanity doesn’t inspire obedience. Hide your labor. Let the finished product look divine. Effortlessness is the perfume of power.

Every man eventually discovers that competence is the only real stabilizer of self-esteem; no amount of praise, affirmation, or philosophical comfort can replace the confidence that comes from knowing you can produce results even when conditions are hostile.