Recurrent Patterns

Recurrent Patterns is a venture exploring strategies and insights around leading-edge companies, technology and cultural trends. Vaclav engages with leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, authors and others who can share their perspectives in long-form conversations.

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Technology as intended to be

The 21-year old PHP bug. From discovery to a fix in a few weeks. Tesla Roadster: Zero to 60 mph in 1 second. Tech is making everything faster. Jump to it!

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The antidote to hallucination

Every company should build their own AI model, say the tech leaders who have collectively sunk over a trillion dollars into their own models, with no profit to date.

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The Wand of Wonders

The dream was a super-assistant that runs your whole life. Now, OpenAI has shipped a basketball.

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The AI re-alignment is here

OpenAI spent more on marketing last year than McDonald's, Toyota, and Coca-Cola. They still lost $21 billion. Business reality is about to set in.

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The final word about search

The original deal was simple: you create the content, Google delivers the traffic. What will you do when Google alters the deal?

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AI for clowns

99.999999% uptime doesn’t happen by accident, or by vibe coding.

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