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College Baseball and Venture Capital: A Striking Parallel

2025-06-20

The author uses his son's experience as a college baseball player to draw a clever analogy between the college sports recruiting process and the venture capital fundraising process. He points out that both are full of uncertainty, high risk, and high reward, requiring shrewd decision-making and judgment about the future. The article details the striking similarities in process and strategy, comparing aspects like "pitch decks," "long maybes," and "term sheets." Ultimately, it offers advice beneficial to both athletes and entrepreneurs: clarify your goals, stick to your goals, and choose those who genuinely want you.

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The Demise of USENIX ATC: The End of Academic Conferences in the Age of Open Source?

2025-05-12

The USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC) has been discontinued, prompting reflection on the academic conference model and the direction of systems research in the age of open source. The author recounts ATC's journey from glory to decline, arguing that the rise of open source has altered how systems research findings are disseminated, diminishing the importance of academic conferences. Simultaneously, ATC itself suffered from becoming overly academic and detached from practice, ultimately leading to its demise. While lamenting ATC's end, the author suggests that the rise of online conferences offers new possibilities for systems research.