I thought HP Sauce referred to the Harry Potter franchise, which is a book about a UK orphaned teenager living with oppressive stepparents discovering the secret ingredient to making a delicious dipping sauce.

Amazon damaged their brand name once they started acting like a third-party marketplace. Now it’s basically almost like ebay.

Tech has just reached the maturation point.

As with every industry, there’s a point where there’s enough growth for a win-win for the company and consumers, so consumers benefit with new features; once that dries up the company starts squeezing, so consumers endure new features and use the product despite the changes.

who the fuck would use Google’s search popularity as a metric for the popularity of a technology

that’s been a leading indicator of popularity for a long time now.

You are absolutely a good storyteller. I enjoyed this.

Moral of the story, don’t fuck with people’s vacation time.

Just treat your employees well. How hard can that be?

Never insult the person trying to help you.