The STB Fallacy: What 3dfx’s Corpse Teaches Us About Nvidia’s AIB Squeeze
How the most violent performance delta in consumer compute history was undone by supply chain hubris, and why Nvidia's current strategy is succeeding where 3dfx failed.
Thoughts on technology, construction, and whatever else I'm learning.
How the most violent performance delta in consumer compute history was undone by supply chain hubris, and why Nvidia's current strategy is succeeding where 3dfx failed.
An architectural analysis of 'Harvest Now, Decrypt Later' (HNDL), the mathematics of Post-Quantum Cryptography, and the socio-economic fallout of Q-Day.
A technical analysis of HF radio propagation, the mathematics of the One-Time Pad, and why the most secure comms in the world still use a 1920s broadcast model.
An architectural deep-dive into the physics of long-haul glass, the social friction of millisecond arbitrage, and the subatomic future of interconnectivity.
An architectural analysis of the Border Gateway Protocol, the fragility of global route propagation, and the macro-infrastructure oversight of modern compliance standards.
An analysis of the delta between 'Desire Path' metaphors and systemic risk management in high-stakes enterprise environments.
A technical post-mortem of the Takata PSAN failure, the physics of airbag deployment, and the security architecture of remote vehicle disabling.
A technical and economic analysis of the feature-utility gap in SME networking, the licensing kill-switch, and the hidden costs of specialized personnel.
An analysis of the Silicon-to-Energy pipeline, the 2.5D packaging revolution of CoWoS, and why 'Inference Density' is the new metric of growth.
A deep-dive analysis into the systemic friction of European tech independence, the foundry gap, and why the 'precautionary principle' is killing the next generation of builders.
Why my attempt to make resin prints feel like SLS nylon resulted in a 10-million vertex explosion and a lesson in the limits of Python for geometry.
Why I ditched the database for pure, unadulterated HTML.
From the petri dish of Limewire to the gated gardens of Streaming 2.0. An analysis of how fragmented licensing and poor infrastructure are reviving the golden age of piracy.
From teenage dark-basement hacks to engineering a Zero Trust sanctuary. A technical look at TR-069, VLAN hierarchies, and why RAID is still not a backup.
An analysis of how 'subscription everything' and forced update cycles are breaking critical infrastructure and stripping away engineering agency.
Reflections on leaving the Canon ecosystem and finding the joy of photography again.
Revisiting the Intel Mac era, Boot Camp, and making the trackpad actually work.
A deep dive into the B550/X570 USB dropout issues, the troubleshooting rabbit hole, and the eventual AGESA fix.
Why 'it should work' is not a valid requirement, and other project management lessons.
Resetting Windows 10 passwords when the GUI decides to be unhelpful.
How to force the Windows 10 installer to listen to you instead of the BIOS.
How to make your 300MB presentation email-friendly.
When Windows updates decide you don't need PHP anymore.
The difference between a warning and a fatal error.