I think their secret weapon is their opensource UI library.
I've been tracking this project since 2018. It hasn't changed drastically since then, but man it was polished and robust library.
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I've been tracking this project since 2018. It hasn't changed drastically since then, but man it was polished and robust library.
Back in the days when it was common for Macintosh to have 640x480 screens (or even smaller), they still fully visible window controls that were impossible to miss.
https://erichelgeson.github.io/blog/2021/03/23/ultimate-syst...
It's likely the former. Industrial designers are trained on ergonomics so they know the benefits of physical switches.
However, at least in the case of BMW / Mini, they're forced use touchscreens by their management primarily because:
1. Not only it saves money
2. It also enables subscription models for certain features like heated seats and steering wheel. No heated seats? Just remove the UI buttons.
Unless consumers push back (like VW customers did), they will continue to cut costs.
Younger workers as well.
I speak from my own experience from both sides of the table, now of course at the receiving end of the under appreciation.
As expensive as some of these software seem in terms of cost per seat, most of the subscription contract rarely exceed a few hundred thousand / year if even $1mm, which is drop in a bucket for many companies. (vs running on-prem servers, having staff to support them)
You'd think Atlassian would be printing money given everybody under the sun is using them, but they only make $5B in annual revenue.
I've worked at fortune 50 companies for a while and custom enterprise software is still alive and well for things that are too business specific to buy off the product for. But they're not going to be in a rush to create their own Workday, Salesforce, Jira, Figma, SAP, etc.
They may not run ads for foreseeable future, but there will come a point where they introduce a different tier service that does, whether they want it or not.
Their investors will call the shot.
That will continue to play out until it doesn't make financial or competitive sense to do so.
Not just engineers, but basically everyone involved in creating products including designers and PMs.
Every single bullet point here is gold.
Being a trained artist myself I don’t think many artists would deliberately make that kind of design choice considering given the overall style of the artwork.
At least the revenue is large enough to cover the payroll. That's a good milestone.
Not really a fan of Altman, but I don't mind the competition he brings to the landscape.
"Under the terms of the agreement, each WBD shareholder will receive $23.25 in cash and $4.501 in shares of Netflix common stock for each share of WBD common stock outstanding at the closing of the transaction. "
1. Yes, there is a bubble, but it's not the same. Companies are profitable.
2. It may burst, but this may go on for another 2+ years. No one knows.
3. Even after the burst, we would have valuable AI infrastructure, just like all the excess internet capacities after the Dotcom.
Base on this, I think the bubble will burst sooner. Sentiment can shift real quick.
"Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) is the anchor lender on the deal. The debt, which matures in 2049, is fully amortising and has been rated A+ by S&P. The bonds were priced at around 225 basis points over U.S. Treasuries."
https://pe-insights.com/blue-owl-and-meta-close-record-30bn-...
Oof.. I don't know about this one.
During their lifetimes the towers were host to the birth of 17 babies and 19 murders"
That is unusually high number of death during construction.
After 25 years, I still get emotional looking at these imageries. The emotion is raw. I'm still mad that this happened.
Not sure why the A18 passmark scores are quite a bit lower than A17