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Thomas Kurian (GCP ceo)

He also spent 13 years building [an] OCR document engine company (PSPDFKit) before becoming an "overnight" vibe coder success story.

I wanted a tool to pull down or sync Agentic files across multiple projects. I didn't find a tool that supported the desired functionality, so I built what I personally wanted and …

I'm don't know the inner works of the credit markets like some do, but only 90-150 bps over US risk free rates feel surprisingly low given Oracle's recent equity troubles

To make it easier for users to know what to expect, can you release a monitor for users to run locally? I can understand setting limits, and I'd like to be aware of them as I'm usi…

I remember seeing similar heat reduction claims in a more tropical, non desert env. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corridors-medellin-c...

It's ironic this came [out] the day after COIN is going to be added to the SP500.

cool to see innovation reducing Wall Street data entry friction.

nah. Most of wealthy people I've interacted with have refined/specialized workflows that are something similar to 5 excel spreadsheets. Build a tool that allows people to organize …

https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/treasurydirect.gov.html#:~:... .

Per https://news.wisc.edu/corn-that-acquires-its-own-nitrogen-id... , original research paper was published in 2018, see https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/jo…

There are reasons. Check out Cem Karsan and his views on option related flows, ie, Vanna and Charm. https://twitter.com/jam_croissant/status/1487959533058244615...

To rephrase your question, what are the structural alpha opportunities within economic slowdowns/recessions? Check out SSRN for those.

Oil time spreads (1 month, 2m, 3m) indicate oil demand lessening as the future curve moves from backwardation to contango. More about backwardation vs contango = https://mansfield.…

Collection of python modules to run a one-person hedge fund. See https://github.com/westonplatter?tab=repositories&q=finx&typ...

I can attest to this. The small company I was working for got card tested (scammers use hundreds of stolen cards to see if they work). I called customer support and talked with a h…

+1 to this. I've worked in tech but never enjoyed the "upgrade the system every 2 years approach." Banks and financial services are now regulated to be slow, methodical, and depend…

Same (but spent the last 4 years trading options as my main hobby)

I am the current maintainer (albeit, not a great one, but still a maintainer) the phashion ruby gem (https://github.com/westonplatter/phashion). I was notified by a user that the c…

I'm long term bullish too, but most companies don't take off after their IPO. I like the approach of buying the stock and selling calls on top of them (to also capitalize on high I…

Tow things to note, 1. checks store of value for him > [Paul Tudor Jones] said he evaluated Bitcoin as a store of value and decided it passes the test based on four characteristics…

What were you intensely curious about at 12 years old? Do that.

Nasdaq futures already hit the overnight circuit breaker. We'll see if we hit any more levels on Monday during regular trading hours. Time to buckle up.