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A timely coming of age story for GenZ generation. Great music and great performances by lead three.

Also finished *Murder at the end of the world* and we did not see that coming, though it should have been fairly obvious. I am still miffed that Netflix did not let Brit Marling finish *The OA* which I still think is one of the most inventive (& bizarre) shows ever made. I still hope that one day she can finish *The OA*.

A perfect airline movie!

Is it just me or Slow Horses S3 is exceedingly good. Every episode has left us feeling *”wait, this episode is already over?!”* feeling. Very few shows make a 45 min episode week after week so nail-biting.

I wont be buying at least for 3-4 revisions (and a very very very significant price cut!) but I am very excited about prospect of just trying out Vision Pro at an apple store.

This whole substack drama reminds me of the last project I worked on in my edtech startup before leaving. Its a good reminder that any time a company decides to pander to fringe/right wing elements they will almost always end up on the wrong side of everything, even financially.

A few states (read: Florida and Texas) had major problem with our product because it was considered too “liberal” for schools. Parents (& teachers!) had complained that our product (supplemental news) did not have enough conservative (read: right wing / fringe) view points to teach kids and it was very NYC liberal. As soon as latest legislatives were passed there was a lot of debate within the company about what kind of company they wanted to be and what values were important. After much debate, the leadership decided that *all* voices were important and *choice* was important, and who were we after all if our customers demanded that, right?

So in the next few months, the product built choices within platform that allowed school admins to censor or promote specific content to students, and even block it. Teachers had no agency to override and could get into trouble for using non-approved content. Result was the few teachers who were vociferous in their complaints go their wish, but all the other teachers who could’ve used the product also were not.

But it did not end there. The company thought by pandering to a few states and their right wing BS they would avoid showdown in other states. Well, other state schools, teachers and admins were pissed that the company would take a position of censorship. The reputational hit amongst liberal state teachers was way more than conservative states – even so that usage fell not only in the right wing states but also in liberal states because teachers/admins could no longer identify with the values of the company. But once the company was on this path, there was no going back. Unfortunately I did not stick around long enough to figure out what happened since then, but all I know is that the reputational hit that the product took completely demoralized the company employees, hit its finances and ended up with layoffs of almost 40% of company. Now i have no idea whats going on there.

Coming back to Substack, this is exactly what will happen. There is no coming back from the absolute idiocy they did. They didnt learn from Twitter either. Once you’ve shown what values you as a company hold, there is no coming back from there, especially for small/mid size companies. And you know what, you fucking deserve it.

Two more months until weather starts upwards curve. But the nice thing is days are already getting longer which is a fucking relief. Cant wait for spring summer!

Came back from vacation two days ago and already feels like two months since a vacation 😂

I am so annoyed with lack of apple card integration with other providers like personal capital, mint (now moot), or other tools. At this point I feel like giving up using apple card all together and just use my chase card for all purchases. I am not sure what value apple card has ever brought in the first place.

Look I loved eating all the variety of Caribbean cuisine and especially all the fish delicacies all week but nothing warms my heart and satisfies my tummy more than dal rice and bhindi subji. Comfort food at last!