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Hyper Growth and OpenClaw Interns

April 1, 2026 · 1 h 1 min

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  • Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu) acquired Golioth, meaning Chris is moving from a 12-person startup to an organization of over 1,200 people
  • Dave found this chart of Canonical products on wikipedia to be useful
  • An increase in professional travel from zero weeks to six weeks per year following the acquisition, including "sprints" in cities like London
  • The naming convention for Ubuntu releases (Year.Month) and the importance of Long Term Support (LTS) versions for backporting security vulnerabilities
  • Ubuntu Core’s role in embedded Linux devices, utilizing an immutable kernel and "snaps" for field update
  • Dave believes he influenced the Emergency Situation Surcharge at DHL after asking why it is still happening
  • Dave’s transition to a "Hipster Dave" persona, complete with a secondhand Mac and a goatee
  • The implementation of OpenClaw, a scripting service that interfaces with LLMs to act as an "automated intern" for repetitive administrative tasks
  • Chris really likes this video showing how to use OpenClaw
  • Using OpenClaw to automate forum registration approvals to combat high volumes of bot activity
  • The security implications of AI agents, emphasizing that they should be treated like interns with limited access to sensitive data and separate accounts
  • ARM released its first physical server chip, measuring approximately 70mm, marking a shift from a pure IP company to a hardware competitor.
  • The Super Micro CEO smuggling scandal, where the founder was accused of smuggling $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips.
  • The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its requirement for nearly all CE-marked electronic products to be updatable by December 2027.
  • Potential impacts of the CRA on one-time programmable (OTP) devices and the necessity of maintaining firmware support for five years post-product life.
  • SpaceX’s plans for a "Terafab" a manufacturing facility ten times larger than a Gigafactory designed to verticalize the entire supply chain from silicon wafers to final packaging.
    • Editor's note: despite cool tech stuff happening, Elon is...so lame.
  • NASA’s cancellation of the Lunar Gateway project in favor of a direct path to establishing a moon base within the next five to seven years.
  • Pop culture recommendations including the series For All Mankind and The Expanse, along with the book Delta V.

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