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8 pages$200 for 50x: The AI Reset Era Is Over
On August 8, I wrote “The Codex Reset Party Is Over.” Looking back, I called it two months too early. To keep driving weekly active users, OpenAI handed out more than a dozen additional rounds of free quota resets: milestone resets at 15 million …
On August 8, I wrote “The Codex Reset Party Is Over.” Looking back, I called it two months too early. To keep driving weekly active users, OpenAI handed out more than a dozen additional rounds of free quota resets: milestone resets at 15 million …
Apple's Latest: 512 GB of Gold-Plated RAM, a Touchscreen MacBook, and Tired Pricing Games
In the early hours of October 29 Beijing time, Apple held an unstreamed “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles. It capped a three-day rollout: an OLED iPad mini on Monday, the M6 iMac and base MacBook Pro on Tuesday, and the touchscreen MacBook Pro as …
In the early hours of October 29 Beijing time, Apple held an unstreamed “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles. It capped a three-day rollout: an OLED iPad mini on Monday, the M6 iMac and base MacBook Pro on Tuesday, and the touchscreen MacBook Pro as …
A $500 ChatGPT Plan? Why the $200 Pro Tier May Become a Grandfathered Bargain
On September 24, a new subscription tier surfaced in OpenAI’s frontend: ChatGPT Pro Max, at $500 a month. Some screenshots showed $600, which included local VAT. The next day, OpenAI merged a PR into the open-source Codex repository that renamed the …
On September 24, a new subscription tier surfaced in OpenAI’s frontend: ChatGPT Pro Max, at $500 a month. Some screenshots showed $600, which included local VAT. The next day, OpenAI merged a PR into the open-source Codex repository that renamed the …
The Cognitive Price Revolution: AI's Impact on the Economy and the Future
Introduction: Reframe the Question “Will AI cause unemployment?” is a question guaranteed to produce garbage answers, because it comes with only two canned scripts. Optimists recite history: from the power loom to the ATM, every technological panic …
Introduction: Reframe the Question “Will AI cause unemployment?” is a question guaranteed to produce garbage answers, because it comes with only two canned scripts. Optimists recite history: from the power loom to the ATM, every technological panic …
ClawCloud Is Shutting Down Its VPS Line — What Should You Switch To?
I previously recommended ClawCloud’s VPS plans in Which Budget Cloud Server Is Best? and in my PostgreSQL getting-started tutorials. Unfortunately, it looks like ClawCloud is pulling the plug for real this time. Their website just posted an official …
I previously recommended ClawCloud’s VPS plans in Which Budget Cloud Server Is Best? and in my PostgreSQL getting-started tutorials. Unfortunately, it looks like ClawCloud is pulling the plug for real this time. Their website just posted an official …
Baidu Cloud Billed 20 Million RMB for 261 KB of Traffic
Someone in a group chat shared an entertaining case today: a developer storing a few hundred megabytes on Baidu Cloud Object Storage (BOS) generated 261.8 KB of outbound download traffic—and got billed 20,374,385.48 RMB (~$2.8 million USD). The …
Someone in a group chat shared an entertaining case today: a developer storing a few hundred megabytes on Baidu Cloud Object Storage (BOS) generated 261.8 KB of outbound download traffic—and got billed 20,374,385.48 RMB (~$2.8 million USD). The …
How Ahrefs Saved US$400M by NOT Going to the Cloud
Original: How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud Cloud computing has been very popular in the IT infrastructure space recently, with going to the cloud becoming a trend. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds do have many …
Original: How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud Cloud computing has been very popular in the IT infrastructure space recently, with going to the cloud becoming a trend. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds do have many …
FinOps: Endgame Cloud-Exit
At the SACC 2023 FinOps session, I fiercely criticized cloud vendors. This is a transcript of my speech, introducing the ultimate FinOps concept — Cloud-Exit and its best practice. TL; DR Misaligned FinOps Focus: Total Cost = Unit Price x Quantity. …
At the SACC 2023 FinOps session, I fiercely criticized cloud vendors. This is a transcript of my speech, introducing the ultimate FinOps concept — Cloud-Exit and its best practice. TL; DR Misaligned FinOps Focus: Total Cost = Unit Price x Quantity. …