Tech Industry

Bending Spoons Isn’t a Product Company. It’s a Private Equity Firm That’s Flipping Your Favorite Dead Apps.

Bending Spoons isn’t a product company – it’s a private equity firm disguised as software. By buying distressed, over-funded apps like Evernote, AOL, and Vimeo and restructuring them for long-term profitability with patient capital, they’ve built a model that challenges the VC growth-at-all-costs dogma. Here’s the surprising truth behind the obscure Italian owner of your favorite dead apps.

Postgres 19 Just Killed the Graph Database (And You Didn’t Even Notice)

Postgres 19 introduces native property graphs directly into the SQL kernel, eliminating the need for separate graph databases for most applications. This isn’t just a new featureβ€”it’s a quiet paradigm shift that forces developers to rethink data modeling, architecture complexity, and operational overhead. The era of juggling relational and graph stores is ending.

Your Eggs Are a $1.22 Billion Scam β€” and the Industry Wants You to Blame Inflation

Egg companies made $1.22 billion in extra profit by constraining supply and turning a staple commodity into a high-margin product. This isn’t inflation or bird flu β€” it’s coordinated market power that lets a handful of players profit from scarcity they engineered. Consumers are paying the price for a rigged system, not a natural crisis.

The Quest to Replace Fish with Micro-Submarines Is a Mistake. Here’s Why.

Engineers are building micro-submarines to replace collapsing fish populations – a brilliant technical feat that raises a terrifying question: what happens when we decide real nature is obsolete? This article digs into the hidden assumption that we can substitute life with machines without breaking the ecosystems we’re trying to save.

You Funded the Science. They’re Charging You for It. And That’s Supposed to Be Innovation.

You funded the research behind the biggest innovations of our time β€” from mRNA vaccines to search engines to electric car batteries. Then corporations patented that research and sold it back to you at a premium. This isn’t innovation. It’s a structural subsidy from taxpayers to shareholders, and it’s the most quietly accepted heist in modern capitalism.

The ‘No Views’ Trap: Why Your Best Work Stays Invisible

Low views don’t mean low quality. They reveal how algorithmic curation buries depth in favor of dopamine. The Mimeng Principle shows that true originality starts invisible β€” and that obscurity is often a filter, not a failure. Stop judging your work by metrics designed for mass consumption, and start trusting the slow path to the right audience.