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OpenRouter + Stripe = Universal Compute Credits?
With the news of OpenRouter being acquired by Stripe, I think we are one step closer to converting AI tokens to food you...
AI Can Take Your Job, but Don't Let It Take Your Identity
As AI starts replacing tasks and jobs, some people are going to lose their sense of self. I’ve seen this before. When I transitioned out of the military, my identity was tied to the mission. My team depended on me to execute, no matter what. Even a year of "transitioning" didn't prepare me to separate who I was from the purpose that had been drilled into me.
There isn't enough tokens to burn or AI agents to deploy to fix a bad culture.
Technology has evolved over the centuries, but the hardest problem to solve is still people.
What does Brandy have in common with some service providers right now?
“What do they have in common? They are down. But only Brandy wants to be down. My feed has been filled with GitHub and Claude outages. Which led me to another unnecessary diagram of RnB X Service Uptime. But it does make you think that the new AI-first paradigms are pushing infrastructure and reliability to the limit. On GitHub alone, 2 years ago you were committing 1-4 times each day, but now you have 100s, even 1000s, of commits a day because you have agents getting after it. I wonder what other scaling problems will come up in the next year. ”
TL;AR
TL;AR
OpenRouter + Stripe = Universal Compute Credits?
With the news of OpenRouter being acquired by Stripe, I think we are one step closer to converting AI tokens to food you...
AI Can Take Your Job, but Don't Let It Take Your Identity
As AI starts replacing tasks and jobs, some people are going to lose their sense of self. I’ve seen this before. When I transitioned out of the military, my identity was tied to the mission. My team depended on me to execute, no matter what. Even a year of "transitioning" didn't prepare me to separate who I was from the purpose that had been drilled into me.
There isn't enough tokens to burn or AI agents to deploy to fix a bad culture.
Technology has evolved over the centuries, but the hardest problem to solve is still people.
What does Brandy have in common with some service providers right now?
“What do they have in common? They are down. But only Brandy wants to be down. My feed has been filled with GitHub and Claude outages. Which led me to another unnecessary diagram of RnB X Service Uptime. But it does make you think that the new AI-first paradigms are pushing infrastructure and reliability to the limit. On GitHub alone, 2 years ago you were committing 1-4 times each day, but now you have 100s, even 1000s, of commits a day because you have agents getting after it. I wonder what other scaling problems will come up in the next year. ”
TL;AR
TL;AR
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Official Anthropic Courses
Free online courses by Anthropic covering modules for the Claude Certified Architect
TCM AI Hacking 101
Learn the fundamentals of penetration testing for AI/LLM-based applications.
Brief Box
8 Week Design Course
Lenny's Podcast
A world-class masterclass in product, growth, and career strategy, delivered through deep-dive interviews and actionable tactical advice from the tech industry’s top builders.
Official Anthropic Courses
Free online courses by Anthropic covering modules for the Claude Certified Architect
TCM AI Hacking 101
Learn the fundamentals of penetration testing for AI/LLM-based applications.
Brief Box
8 Week Design Course
Lenny's Podcast
A world-class masterclass in product, growth, and career strategy, delivered through deep-dive interviews and actionable tactical advice from the tech industry’s top builders.