Paul Sawers

-ex-TechCrunch
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[Paul Sawers @psawers]

Some useful pointers before pitching.

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@Calvbetton Not gonna argue with the broader subjective point, but to say nobody from the Roses played those songs for almost 20 years shows you didn't follow their solo careers. Ian Brown started paying Roses songs live starting around 2005, as did Squire during his solo foray in 02/03.

[Index Ventures @IndexVentures]

At WIP: Index x @AnthropicAI last month, Index partner @GeorgiaS_IV shared: "Getting in a room together and learning together, at such a moment in time — it couldn't be more important."

Eleven builders presented in one afternoon and 80 filled the Index Ventures London office for an evening @claudeai build session. Journalist @psawers was in the room to ‘vibe decode’.

Watch + read about WIP: Index x Anthropic: https://t.co/RMjaTxkij5

[The New Stack @thenewstack]

https://t.co/ZUsvkYlzvn goes private: A security reckoning for open source https://t.co/UH8CexuD2c

[AI Native Dev @ainativedev]

A new release from @MistralAI brings together reasoning, coding and image capabilities into a single hybrid, open source model.

For developers, that could mean fewer moving parts to manage — but it also raises questions about whether one model can match tools built for a single job.

🔗Read the story in full here: https://t.co/5IXkVxkEl9

[The New Stack @thenewstack]

SurrealDB 3.0 launches with $23M in funding to tackle "architectural sprawl" for AI agents, offering a multi-model database for persistent memory and logic. https://t.co/5El6A03Qqv

[Laude Institute @LaudeInstitute]

@alexgshaw @Mike_A_Merrill @lschmidt3 @andykonwinski Terminal Velocity: How Terminal-Bench became the proving ground for AI's command-line competence by @psawers https://t.co/bgowUYLWwz

[The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation]

From Linux to AI, Jim Zemlin explains how the Linux Foundation helps build the future of tech openly, collaboratively, and sustainably.

A great read via @TechCrunch from @psawers→ https://t.co/RiCyjK7WB4

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@sneakytits85 @sereedmedia "He wrote: So why is he [Mullenweg] targeting Heather and me? Because we started talking about the need for proper governance, accountability, conflict of interest policies, and other things back in 2017. We both left the project in 2019, and apparently he still holds a grudge."

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@sneakytits85 @sereedmedia Yeah I cover most of that in my story. "Over on Bluesky, Rand-Hendriksen suggested that Mullenweg was targeting him and Burns because of their prior objections to governance at WordPress."

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@RealEmirHan

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@Pathugh40 @80sCasualsFC Ah okay, thanks. Sorry I missed that, I would've been first in line to buy! Even a digital version would be good if there is no reprint, though I guess with the photos it might be better in print.

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@Pathugh40 @renifanpage @PaulJohnDykes @BabaYoungblood @StoneRoses_News @johnrobb77 @ShiiineOn_ @ManchesterLemon @TweetsRoses @Early90sIndie @80sCasualsFC Hey @Pathugh40 -- any idea when the Reni book will be released for general purchase? Or if it will? Can't see any information beyond the initial limited run for the hardback. Cheers.

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@etherington Nice one Darrell, congratulations. 👍

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@MartinSFP I still have access as I hadn't closed my computer down since yesterday and I'd left TweetDeck open. I'm not sure keeping my computer open indefinitely is really a practical solution to my problem though, so I guess I'll have to kiss TweetDeck goodbye at the end of today.

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@JamesNockWebDev @TechCrunch No, the Threads this is referring to is a Slack alternative. Instagram's Threads is a Twitter alternative.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“Ban remote learning. Ban any learning. Ban anything that makes me think too hard. Ban any thought at all.” In @newyorkerhumor, Sean Lavery adds some items to the ban lists. https://t.co/CuOEX3TlBe

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

He's in for a disappointment.

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@JRastaban My emails are wide open, my address is in my bio! :)

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@Alex__Pitti @FlavioMunozM @NapoleonChagnon Of course Spotify didn't pay for it. Why would you think Spotify paid for it? It's basically a product launch story, including an interview I did with someone from Spotify. I've read it again, it all seems fairly straight forward to me.

[Paul Sawers @psawers]

@nima_owji sure