Hyperscale

Buying More RAM is a Failure of Imagination

Cloudflare just saved 100TB of RAM not by buying more servers, but by applying first-principles calculus to their data structures. This proves that at hyperscale, throwing hardware at a problem is a failure of imagination. The real win isn’t cost-cutting—it’s the operational optionality to build the future.

The AI Infrastructure Bubble Is About to Pop. Here’s Who Gets Hurt.

Investor doubt about Elon Musk isn’t about his vision—it’s about whether any single enterprise can command enough capital to turn that vision into defensible ownership. The real danger? The underlying investment class—hyperscale data centers and AI infrastructure—may be fundamentally uninvestable. Even a perfectly executed Musk could be trapped inside a sector where the capex race benefits only the suppliers, not the capital providers. The next repricing won’t be about Musk alone.