Archive - Things worth writing down

Turns out it was a good thing that the best minds of our time worked on Ads

Getting people to click on ads may not have sounded like a great mission, but it aligned the incentives for the foundational research that gave us AI.

Jul 1 •

May 2025

Netflix's new AI Search

What I'd been working on for ~2 years is finally out

May 14 •

December 2024

In late 2021, I realized I needed a new challenge.

Dec 28, 2024 •

[Required Reading] Casey Handmer’s thoughts on DOGE

Several years ago, I proposed a “book rating” system that went like this:

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

“No dead ends” is a commonly stated product/design “principle” for Search and Recommendation products.

Nov 27, 2024 •

August 2024

Writing with AI

I’ve finally crossed a threshold where some parts of what I write - particularly memos at work - have some degree of content generated with AI.

Aug 23, 2024 •

February 2024

The past week hasn’t been a very good one for Google. The cultural issues, though, go well beyond Gemini.

Feb 28, 2024 •

May 2023

It's counter-intuitive, but for now it looks like _less_ automation is better than more automation

May 24, 2023 •

April 2023

Writing code frequently enough that I'm bringing raveesh.xyz back.

Apr 24, 2023 •

February 2023

Intimate Computing

A repost of my 2014 blog that's on my mind

Feb 28, 2023 •

April 2022

[Ask] Subsidizing writes to a blockchain

Is anyone working on this?

Apr 22, 2022 •

March 2022

🤔Should we use AI?

Just because its easier than ever to build AI models does not mean you should.

Mar 17, 2022 •

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