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Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, commentary, updates and occasional snark. The goal is quicker posts that complement my less frequent bigger essays and allow more timely pulling of my favorite threads. A lot of what once would have gone to Twitter now shows up in the newsletter.

  • Platformonomics TGIF #87: April 11, 2025

    Platformonomics TGIF #87: April 11, 2025

    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 -Onomics continues to dominant this week, but there is some tech insanity as well. Newsletters will be infrequent to non-existent in coming weeks, as Platformonomics will be…

  • Platformonomics TGIF #86: April 4, 2025

    Platformonomics TGIF #86: April 4, 2025

    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 Leaning into the -onomics this week as platform antics seem so trivial right now. Feeling bad I didn’t write that 6,000 word post on trade I’d been…

  • Platformonomics TGIF #85: March 28, 2025

    Platformonomics TGIF #85: March 28, 2025

    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 Denial and delusion is our theme for the week. Data center demand. Google Cloud’s GPU offering. Oracle “security”. A European “hyperscaler”. Amazon branding. DOGE Porting Plans. Private…

  • Platformonomics TGIF #84: March 14, 2025

    Platformonomics TGIF #84: March 14, 2025

    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 Lots of database vampire and antitrust incoherence this week. No missive next week. News ClownWatch™: Oracle FY25 Q3 Database vampire, the x-axis of cloud CAPEX and most…

  • Platformonomics TGIF #83: March 7, 2025

    Platformonomics TGIF #83: March 7, 2025

    Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. I made a third appearance on the Telco20 podcast to discuss 2024 hyperCAPEX numbers and contrast them with telco industry spending. It is a quick 19 minute review of the numbers, plus…