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@kepano

@kepano
20 posts
2026-01-13
English is now a programming language. You can write programs just by writing plainly in Obsidian, and run your program using Claude Code (or equivalent tools). Everything you previously wrote in Markdown files can be directly actionable by executing those now programs.
2026-01-13 View on X
ZDNET

Anthropic debuts Cowork for Claude, built on Claude Code, for automating complex tasks with minimal prompting, as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers

ZDNET's key takeaways  — Anthropic is launching Cowork for Claude as a research preview.  — It's built upon Claude Code and can automate complex tasks.

2025-07-16
always a delight when I find a blog that uses the Flexoki color scheme — it's so comfortable to read, and I love seeing everyone's unique takes on it (really interesting article too)
2025-07-16 View on X
Calvin French-Owen

A former OpenAI engineer details his experience working at the company, its culture, codebase structure, Python, Azure, rapid growth, the Codex launch, and more

I left OpenAI three weeks ago.  I had joined the company back in May 2024.  —  I wanted to share my reflections because there's …

2025-06-05
this is why terms and policies are not self-guaranteeing. a self-guaranteeing promise about privacy gives you proof that the tool cannot access your data in the first place https://x.com/...
2025-06-05 View on X
Ars Technica

Court filing: OpenAI seeks to block a May 13 order requiring it to save all ChatGPT user logs, including deleted chats, “to protect its users' data and privacy”

OpenAI is now fighting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user logs—including deleted chats and sensitive chats logged through …

OpenAI is now required by court order to preserve all ChatGPT logs including “temporary chats” and API requests that would have been deleted if I understand this correctly, it means data retention policies for apps that use OpenAI API simply cannot be honored [image]
2025-06-05 View on X
Ars Technica

Court filing: OpenAI seeks to block a May 13 order requiring it to save all ChatGPT user logs, including deleted chats, “to protect its users' data and privacy”

OpenAI is now fighting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user logs—including deleted chats and sensitive chats logged through …

2024-12-28
The accounting tool @Bench shut down with no warning 3 days before the end of the year. They had raised $110m in venture capital. The app is no longer accessible. There will be a way to export your data, but it's not available yet. File over app is not just for individuals. [image]
2024-12-28 View on X
The Information

Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

2024-06-11
More details from Apple about Private Cloud — they basically made cloud compute out of iPhones unclear if your “semantic index” gets synced to this infrastructure, and/or if this a glimpse at what will eventually be used to replace the ChatGPT band-aid [image]
2024-06-11 View on X
Apple Machine Learning Research

Apple details two Apple Intelligence language models: ~3B parameter on-device and a larger model on Apple silicon servers available with Private Cloud Compute

At the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference, we introduced Apple Intelligence, a personal intelligence system integrated deeply into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.

2024-05-18
“file over app” is just as relevant for businesses as it is for individuals — if you don't want your data to be used for training, then take sovereignty of it
2024-05-18 View on X
PCMag

Slack confirms it is training some of its AI-powered features, but not its generative AI tool, on user content and uploads, with all users opted-in by default

https://slack.com/...  What a time to be alive in IT.  🤦‍♂️ JP Mens / @jpmens@mastodon.social : “Our guiding principle as we build this product is that the privacy and security of ...

2024-05-09
@tim_cook I think the ad would work much better if it was reversed. All the objects should be expanding out of the iPad rather than being crushed into it made this edited version in five minutes (thanks iMovie!) [video]
2024-05-09 View on X
AppleInsider

Apple's iPad Pro ad “Crush”, which shows paints, toys, guitars, sculptures, and more being crushed to reveal the thin device, draws criticism on social media

2024-03-02
now that Google, Meta, Mistral, etc, all have great open source models, it seems rather untenable for OpenAI to 1. keep “open” in the name, 2. stay closed source, 3. pretend to be a non-profit at least one of those things must go, right? [image]
2024-03-02 View on X
Courthouse News Service

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of betraying OpenAI's founding agreement to develop an AGI for the “benefit of humanity” rather than profit

“It's a fun complaint to read; it fundamentally accuses OpenAI & its CEO, Sam Altman, of pretending to run a nonprofit designed to benefit humanity while actually running a regular...

now that Google, Meta, Mistral, etc, all have great open source models, it seems rather untenable for OpenAI to 1. keep “open” in the name, 2. stay closed source, 3. pretend to be a non-profit at least one of those things must go, right? [image]
2024-03-02 View on X
Axios

Memos: OpenAI execs reject Musk's claims, say OpenAI is committed to benefiting humanity and has yet to achieve AGI; Altman says the “attacks will keep coming”

CEO Sam Altman sent a follow-up message, echoing Kwon's statements and acknowledging that this year is shaping up to be a hard one for the company.

2024-01-19
I'm not against VC, but it has unavoidable pressures and incentives This long “I told you so” post about Ello from @waxy is a case study of how good intentions can become perverted: https://waxy.org/...
2024-01-19 View on X
Waxy.org

A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023

Andy Baio / Waxy.org :

2023-10-20
The trucking freight startup Convoy shut down overnight after raising at $3.8B valuation 18 months ago. It's the same story over and over (Deliverr, Flexport, Amazon, Shopify, etc) 1. the entire ecomm supply chain got way ahead of their skis during the pandemic thinking boom... [image]
2023-10-20 View on X
The Information

Trucking marketplace Convoy starts shutting down; sources: the startup had ~$320M in 2023 revenue by early October, on pace to fall short of the $630M in 2022

Trucking Startup Backed By Bezos And Gates—Shutting Down After Failing To Find Buyer, Report Says Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing sudden shutdo...

2023-10-16
this new piece in @FastCompany does a nice job capturing the landscape of @obsdmd — though I'll say we're proudly not a cult [image]
2023-10-16 View on X
Fast Company

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates its app has ~1M users

this new piece in @FastCompany does a nice job capturing the landscape of @obsdmd — though I'll say we're proudly not a cult [image]
2023-10-16 View on X
Fast Company

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates its app has ~1M users

cults are exclusionary, they create an in-group out-group dynamic, an impression that you must make it a part of your identity thinking is like breathing, it's not an identity, it's part of being human — I don't like the idea that people could feel excluded from being thinkers
2023-10-16 View on X
Fast Company

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates its app has ~1M users

2023-10-15
this new piece in @FastCompany does a nice job capturing the landscape of @obsdmd — though I'll say we're proudly not a cult [image]
2023-10-15 View on X
Fast Company

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates that it has ~1M users

The indie darling rejects everything you know about modern software.  And its strategy is working. Mastodon: @Bodling@deacon.social . X: @kepano , @chrisalbon , @kepano , @vivanvat...

this new piece in @FastCompany does a nice job capturing the landscape of @obsdmd — though I'll say we're proudly not a cult [image]
2023-10-15 View on X
Fast Company

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates that it has ~1M users

The indie darling rejects everything you know about modern software.  And its strategy is working. Mastodon: @Bodling@deacon.social . X: @kepano , @chrisalbon , @kepano , @vivanvat...

cults are exclusionary, they create an in-group out-group dynamic, an impression that you must make it a part of your identity thinking is like breathing, it's not an identity, it's part of being human — I don't like the idea that people could feel excluded from being thinkers
2023-10-15 View on X
Fast Company

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates that it has ~1M users

The indie darling rejects everything you know about modern software.  And its strategy is working. Mastodon: @Bodling@deacon.social . X: @kepano , @chrisalbon , @kepano , @vivanvat...

2023-10-03
I was trying to figure out how they burned $300m in 6 months... it's getting hot in herre [image]
2023-10-03 View on X
CNBC

Documents and sources undermine Flexport founder Ryan Petersen's claims that CEO Dave Clark overspent, overhired, and overpromised before being forced to resign

Peterson decides to return as CEO, unceremoniously ousts Clark, rescinds offers to a bunch of new hires then blames Clark for overhiring. … Jenn Schiffer / @jenn@pixel.kitchen : a ...

2023-07-10
I'm not against VC in general, but I do think that its incentives are misaligned with giving people long term ownership over their data in pursuit of hyper-growth, Evernote subsidized pricing and hired aggressively — but eventually they had to become profitable, and lock-in is... https://twitter.com/... [image]
2023-07-10 View on X
SFGATE

Evernote lays off most of its remaining US and Chile staff, and plans to relocate nearly all its operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2023

Google and Apple have a limited corporate presence in the country, and Meta manages everything from Argentina, never setting foot in Chile.  But Evernote made a bet for Chilean tec...