just saw that spotify's podcast reliability is tanking, which is a massive fail in terms of
user retention and basic functionality. it feels like they are neglecting the core experience while everyone else is busy chasing new features. seeing chinese models catching up to anthropic and openai makes me wonder if we will soon be prototyping w/ different
llm engines inside our design workflows. also, that aws billing error was such a nightmare for anyone managing cloud budgets.
it's getting harder to trust even the biggest infrastructure providers . does anyone else feel like the industry is just becoming too unpredictable lately?
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