Worth Overdoing

Energy and Politics Shouldn’t Mix

The most economical method of making and delivering electricity should win

Sep 11 • 

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August 2025

Making the Trades Cool Again

A requirement for the reindustrialization of America

Aug 3 • 

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July 2025

The Grid is the Bottleneck

An under-discussed topic holding back American economic growth

Jul 5 • 

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June 2025

Speed is Everything

Lessons from Starhopper on rapid execution

Jun 22 • 

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Traits for Company Building

Some early reflections

Jun 7 • 

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May 2025

Supply Chains

What I’ve learned about supply chain for hardware startups

May 24 • 

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Health

Some learnings from studying and a bit of experimentation

May 3 • 

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April 2025

Manufacturing Startups

An analysis

Apr 20 • 

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Tariffs are an Admission of Defeat

And what we should do instead

Apr 6 • 

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March 2025

Someone Please Build This: America’s Industrial Construction Co.

With all of the talk of reshoring American industry and building manufacturing capability, one target of this effort should be on public infrastructure.

Mar 31 • 

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New American Industrialism

Its time to make [lots of] stuff here again

Mar 23 • 

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Go Direct

Cut the middleman

Mar 17 • 

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