Tag: Data Sovereignty
Those Who Left the Cloud Made a Killing
Leaving the cloud has never been just about saving money. It is about buying back your freedom. Cost curves move; sovereignty does not. I have spent years urging people to get out. Friends who listened two years ago made a killing. 1. The Best Trade …
Leaving the cloud has never been just about saving money. It is about buying back your freedom. Cost curves move; sovereignty does not. I have spent years urging people to get out. Friends who listened two years ago made a killing. 1. The Best Trade …
Jensen Huang's First-Ever Tweet Backs Open-Weight Models
On July 24, Jensen Huang posted his first-ever tweet. The account was brand-new. A man who has led the world’s most valuable company for more than thirty years spoke on social media for the first time. He did not show off a GPU, tease a launch, or …
On July 24, Jensen Huang posted his first-ever tweet. The account was brand-new. A man who has led the world’s most valuable company for more than thirty years spoke on social media for the first time. He did not show off a GPU, tease a launch, or …
The Data Sovereignty Manifesto
A specter is haunting the digital world—the specter of feudalism. A thousand years ago, a farmer was born on his lord’s estate, tilled his lord’s land, paid his lord’s rents and taxes, and lived his entire life in his lord’s shadow. He was never …
A specter is haunting the digital world—the specter of feudalism. A thousand years ago, a farmer was born on his lord’s estate, tilled his lord’s land, paid his lord’s rents and taxes, and lived his entire life in his lord’s shadow. He was never …
Your SaaS, Someone Else's Kill Switch
What Slack’s withdrawal from Greater China reveals about the digital age’s most overlooked risk April 1, 2026. April Fools’ Day. But for the thousands of Slack-using teams across Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, what happened that day was no …
What Slack’s withdrawal from Greater China reveals about the digital age’s most overlooked risk April 1, 2026. April Fools’ Day. But for the thousands of Slack-using teams across Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China, what happened that day was no …
After the Debate, Let's Talk Seriously About 'Ontology'
Last month I wrote a post called “The Palantir Ontology Scam”. The core point was simple and summarized in a Rosetta Stone-style comparison table: Palantir’s Ontology is, at the technical level, database modeling. Object Type is a table. Property is …
Last month I wrote a post called “The Palantir Ontology Scam”. The core point was simple and summarized in a Rosetta Stone-style comparison table: Palantir’s Ontology is, at the technical level, database modeling. Object Type is a table. Property is …