Not entirely related, but these two posts nicely summarized two themes I’ve found in tech that I think are worth noting in this blog.
One is a post by Fred Wilson, on developer tools, companies that develop them and their value, as well as which developer tools / software are the best to invest in (and I presume he’d agree with me, if I suggested that’s also the best way to find an employer to work for / team to join — is the same company you’d also invest money in).
https://avc.com/2020/02/being-in-the-flow/
Another one is a post about a startup for autonomous yard trucks - that nicely summarizes why that team chose to pursue that problem space, as a good candidate for automation:
“Outrider CEO Andrew Smith said distribution yards are ideal environments to deploy autonomous technology because they’re well-defined areas that are also complex, often chaotic and with many manual tasks.
“This is why a systems approach is necessary to automate every major task in the yard,” Smith said.”