Hi, everybody. I’m back home in New York after a flight from Milan yesterday. The universe wanted to make sure that I didn’t miss out on heat waves on either continent. Otherwise, I had a wonderful time in Italy.
After two weeks off, I’m excited to get back into the swing of things next week.
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In the meantime, Gergely Orosz, who writes the technology Substack The Pragmatic Engineer, has generously allowed me to publish his latest iteration of “The Scoop” — his look at trends within Big Tech and at high-growth startups.
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