Archive - marvin's notes

Calvin French-Owen, former OpenAI technical staff, shares his post-departure reflections

There is a significant engineering talent pipeline from Meta, and the infrastructure feels reminiscent of early Meta.

Jul 16 •

John Luttig on hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars

Hypercapitalism is rewriting Silicon Valley's employment contracts, investment norms, and trust culture.

Jul 15 •

Ramp & Figma on How to Build World-Class Products

"Feature Factory" isn't always bad; sometimes you must simply build what the customer needs with agility.

Jul 15 •

June 2025

Meta CFO Susan Li is a force of nature

Thanks for reading single-entry!

Jun 18 •

The Medici Production Function

No accountancy, no culture.

Jun 12 •

[Saturday] A few things that I’ve recently found to be great

Sarah Guo and Elad Gil on AI market consolidation, mergers, biotech opportunities, world models

Jun 8 •

[Thursday] A few things that I’ve recently found to be great

Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style by W. David Marx

Jun 5 •

[Wednesday] A few things that I’ve recently found to be great

Physicality: the new age of UI by Sebastiaan De With

Jun 4 •

[Tuesday] A few things that I’ve recently found to be great

TP-7 field recorder by Teenage Engineering

Jun 4 •

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