David Bohn

Data leader @ Microsoft | AI, analytics & enterprise data strategy | Insights from building scalable systems

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“You cannot be interested and inconsistent.”

[Scottie Pippen @ScottiePippen]

Nobody teaches you that discipline feels like punishment until the results start feeling like freedom

[nico @nicochristie]

Pretty crazy that Elon is only worth $1 Trillion

Thats like 200 miles of California high speed rail

[Zara Zhang @zarazhangrui]

If you've adopted AI at your company but haven't seen any tangible results, read this 1990 article: "The Dynamo and the Computer" by Paul David.

When electricity first arrived, factories that "adopted" it barely got faster. They just swapped the steam engine for an electric one and ran everything else exactly as before: same machine layout, same workflow, same management. Electricity in, no real gains out.

The most common mistake with any new technology is to drop it into the old organization and then declare the transformation done.

The real leap came decades later, when each machine got its own small motor. Suddenly machines no longer had to be lined up around one central drive shaft. They could be rearranged around the actual flow of work.

The productivity gains didn't come from electricity. They came from REDESIGNING THE ENTIRE FACTORY around it.

AI is the same. Bolting it onto your existing process gets you a faster steam engine. The payoff comes when you redesign the work itself.

(link to paper in comments)

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

Nobody outsources learning

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

…and they aren’t seeing ROI with “AI adoption”

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

Accurate for probably 75% of organizations rn.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

This aged unfortunately well.

[Za @ZaStocks]

The Nasdaq is now only up 29% since 4/1.

Horrific.

[Aidan Clark @_aidan_clark_]

“wow you really must love mango orange”

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

Parents: "Move out"

Boss: "Work harder"

Claude: "You're absolutely right, I did delete the repository, and that's my mistake"

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

Confirmed. Lyft priority pickup is a complete scam.

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

Priority pickup is a scam with @lyft.

Either a driver will get replaced while on their way, takes several wrong turns or the app takes 5 minutes to find a driver.

“Sorry about the delay - your pickup is still a priority” - 9 minutes later.

[Peter Dedene @dedene]

POV: you're still using GitHub Copilot after June 1st, 2026

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

Uber should have an “escalated” option which guarantees an Escalade or Yukon.

I don’t like ordering a black XL and a dinky Acura MDX shows up.
3 rows for kids maybe.

[kache @yacineMTB]

I stopped explaining that datacenters use water in a closed loop. I just nod, purse my lips and say "yeah its really bad". What's the point

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

The stock market is a national security interest. Government oversight (and intervention) required.

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

Excellent news for Waymo

[David Bohn @David_Bohn]

Business travelers rejoice

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[Ali Breland @alibreland]

If Austin wants to be a tier 1, tech city it needs to get serious and stop using this water for frivolous recreation and start using it for data centers. If you don’t understand this, you’re going to get left behind