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Platformonomics TGIF #122: April 3, 2026
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email I made another appearance on the Telco in 20 podcast, where we talked about hundreds of billions of HyperCAPEX spend and asked what ever happened to the…
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Introducing the Platformonomics Repatriation Index™
Today, on Twitter (not Mastodon), we introduced the Platformonomics Repatriation Index™. Remember cloud repatriation? The cloud was due for a mass exodus, or so claimed some (self-interested) venture capitalists. Beyond the moribund DropBox and the attention-seekers at 37signals (who have yet to repatriate and may lose interest after publishing that post), actual examples of repatriation…
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Supercloudifragilisticexpialidocious VI: The Nightmare Continues
Tl;dr: the Supercloud Uncertainty Principle dictates that as more effort is expended to define “supercloud”, the less sense it makes. Reader Relevance: this is “super” niche. The “supercloud” svengalis are very proud to have an explicit definition for their brainchild (perhaps my goading about this egregious omission for nine months provided motivation). Brace yourself: Supercloud…
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Supercloudifragilisticexpialidocious V: Everything is Not a Thing
Tl:dr: the “supercloud” is not an architecture or a category – it is a media artifact. When everything is a “supercloud”, nothing is, which makes it much harder to be a thing. A note regarding relevance: this post is as niche as they come, a minor skirmish in the never-ending and often fruitless battle for…
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Cloud Power Up
Tl;dr: The clouds should use their powers to help power the cloud. Atomically. CAPEX obsessives like myself have focused on the cloud’s vast agglomeration of compute, storage, and networking. But there is another, less appreciated infrastructure dimension: the cloud is in many ways as much about moving electrons as bits. Without a considerable and constant…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go
Tl;dr I’m now writing posts that follow up on posts I didn’t actually get around to writing Last summer I outlined a playlist of posts based on Clash songs. But after borrowing some great titles, my motivation faltered. Should I Stay or Should I Go was triggered by the cloud repatriation debate. Career Opportunities detailed…