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Meta's Q2 earnings were underwhelming, with disappointing revenue growth, primarily due to the company's struggles with timing and the slow rollout of its AI products. The company's future plans for AI are more concerning, with Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg signaling a shift towards "abundance" and making AI more accessible, which could lead to increased competition and reduced profit margins. Meta's stock price has been impacted by the disappointing earnings, highlighting the challenges the company faces in executing its AI strategy. AI summary

TL;DR Why I think software development is starting to feel a little more like conducting an orchestra. There’s a shift happening in software development that I don’t think we’re talking about clearly enough. For the last couple of years we’…

The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks. I ask them to write policy memos not because the world needs more policy memos. I assign them because the very act of writing, which includes thinking and outlining a…