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  • Red Ocean
    February 21, 2026 · 5 min read

    Red Ocean

    Sam Lambert posted: “Thanks to AI we are about to enter the golden age of infrastructure.” I’d already been writing Space Cowboys when I saw it. He’s right. And things are about to get very interesting.

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  • Space Cowboys
    February 21, 2026 · 5 min read

    Space Cowboys

    Martin Casado posted something that made me start writing. “Nearly every board meeting: ‘Hiring strong infra folks is incredibly hard right now.’”

    I know exactly where those folks went. I used to be one of them.

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