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One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick)

The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can

As AI capabilities scale exponentially, the fundamental question of whether human processes and methodologies remain relevant will determine how companies should structure their AI strategies and workflows.

Article explores 'The Bitter Lesson' concept

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Vercel's Fluid compute represents a significant shift in serverless infrastructure efficiency, reducing cold starts and idle-time billing through a 2-year infrastructure rebuild. For founders and investors, this signals a competitive move in the cost-optimization layer of cloud computing.

Fluid compute powers 45B weekly requests