IBM just had its worst day since 1968, and the takes were… predictably fucking stupid. Yesterday (Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 for those of you who are time travelers from the future), IBM lost roughly a quarter of its entire market value in a single session. That is the worst single-day drop in the company’s history[read more]
Author Archives: Shane Morris
Computers, Technology
You’re going to break this thing that costs like $9,000. I hope you made peace with your God before you did.
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Jul
Jul
Every few days some dude posts this exact “thinkpost” to LinkedIn. It is always giving the same energy: A dude who discovered last Tuesday that VRAM exists, and would now like to explain it to you. Slowly, and in the most remedial way possible. It reminds me of the way I try to coax my[read more]
06
Jul
Jul
On any given Saturday or Sunday in America, for roughly 21 weeks a year, there is a scene that plays out the same way in every household: A middle-aged man or woman, perhaps someone who has consumed two or three beers, frustrated, yells at their television because they believe that they are better at calling[read more]
02
Jul
Jul
For most of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the New England Patriots were a uniquely mediocre football team. They weren’t always tragically bad. They weren’t the worst team in the league. They were just persistently below average. Sure, every once in a while they would have a year that was surprising and have a winning[read more]
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Jun
Jun
On Tuesday of this week, SpaceX agreed to buy Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock deal. This happened four days after SpaceX went public, which means the currency for paying for the deal is a stock price that has existed as a tradable idea for less than a week. SpaceX also told its IPO[read more]
02
May
May
In my old life, I used to live a very specific kind of morning, and it happened almost every morning. The first thing I would do was wake up and try to figure out where I was. It wasn’t because I was hungover, although sometimes that did happen. The reason it’s hard to figure out[read more]
24
Apr
Apr
In January of 2024, I published a free coding curriculum called Internet Menace. It covered Python, SQL, Docker, Git, and the basic architectural vocabulary of cloud computing. I wanted people to understand things like why you select a certain type of database, and what a container actually is versus what people imagine a container does.[read more]
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Feb
Feb
A Brief Autopsy of the Federal Government’s Perpetual Reinvention Industrial Complex There is a specific kind of childlike wonder and optimism that only exists in circles of “federal government digital transformation.” It is the the kind optimism that announces itself loudly, in Canva-styled LinkedIn event promotions, for conferences with names like “GovTech Forward” or “FedFuture[read more]
Computers, Technology
Failing to meet the moment: We actually need our government to do something meaningful right now
14
Feb
Feb
I made some jokes this week about the RAM shortage. I made a joke about hitting Sam Altman with my car. These are the kinds of jokes you make when you’re watching your country fail a test it had five years to study for, and the class curve just got obliterated by China. I also[read more]
08
Jan
Jan
Back when I was living in Oakland, I learned about this interesting drug called “dippers” — which aren’t really a drug even in the classical sense. A dipper is a marijuana cigarette (a “joint”) that has been dunked into formaldehyde, and then allowed to dry. How this ever became a thing, I have no idea.[read more]
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