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The Cloud IDE Was Built for the Wrong User

The Cloud IDE Was Built for the Wrong User

Cloud IDEs have promised for years that developers would abandon their local setups and move into the browser. Yet 62% of developers tried a cloud IDE, but only 14% used one regularly. The gap suggests a design misalignment, not a technology failure. I think the problem was designing for the
Harsh S 19 Aug 2026
Kimi-K3 and the End of Model Selection as Strategy

Kimi-K3 and the End of Model Selection as Strategy

Yesterday at Atlanta Tech Week, I met two founders building custom AI models for companies. Their pitch: pay them a five-figure fee, they train a model on your data for your use case, trading algorithms, customer service, compliance review, and you own the weights. You run it on your
Harsh S 13 Aug 2026

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