History has a funny way of repeating itself. Empires always […]

After watching a landmark debate, Alan explains why he’s reconsidering long-held views on breaking up Big Tech—and what a healthier tech ecosystem could look like.

Alan breaks down why Gen Z and Millennials are doubling down on Excel—proving the spreadsheet isn’t just surviving the AI era, it’s absolutely thriving.

Alan breaks down IBM CEO Arvind Krishna’s warning that today’s trillion-dollar AI datacenter buildout is economically unsustainable and the math simply doesn’t add up.

Alan argues that endless subscriptions have turned hardware into rental products, fueling backlash from innovators like Paul Wieland and the rising right-to-repair movement.

Every year at re:Invent, there’s that moment — the instant […]

Alan reflects on a turbulent yet transformative 2025 in IT, highlighting the AI-native shift across the stack, the reinvention of data centers, smarter cloud strategies, the rise of platform engineering in IT ops, and the resilience of tech professionals — along with the challenges the industry is less thankful for.

Alan calls for the tech industry to reclaim its moral purpose, resist political capture, and rediscover the idealism that once drove innovation and fought for the greater good.

As AI racks like NVIDIA’s GB200 push 120kW each, legacy data centers are hitting physical limits. Shimmy explores the power, cooling, and innovation crisis redefining the AI era.

In The Age of Extraction, Tim Wu argues Big Tech has stopped building and started squeezing. Alan counters that salvation won’t come from Washington but from innovation itself — a new wave of builders who can restore accountability, competition, and trust in tech.