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Tim Davis
Personal blog · timdavis.com/blogstartupsaibusiness
Tim Davis writes TD, a personal blog at timdavis.com about startups, ai and business. Since 2017, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Probabilistic engineering and the 24-7 employee”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on scaling, which argues that a relationship in AI scaling and power use is quadratic rather than linear. The commenter cited it in a thread on OpenAI's superintelligence claims and price cuts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Tim Davis is an entrepreneur, angel investor and product visionary who co-founded Modular, and has worked in AI for a decade.
Most-linked posts?
- Probabilistic engineering and the 24-7 employee3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-04-17
- Scale or Surrender: When watts determine freedom2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-09
What Hacker News says?
If you only have two points you would always assume linear. But what if it’s quadratic, like this article claims? https://www.timdavis.com/blog/scale-or-surrender-when-watts-...
Comment linking /blog/scale-or-surrender-when-watts-determine-freedom
on “Altman fluffs superintelligence to save humanity as OpenAI slashes prices”Submitted Probabilistic engineering and the 24-7 employee as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scale or Surrender: When watts determine freedom as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tim Davis – Probabilistic engineering and the 24-7 employee as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Probabilistic engineering and the 24-7 employee as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Supportive Confrontation: High Performance Leadership as a story · 1 points
HN discussion