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The Trojan Notebook

The enterprise deal started in a grad school lab.

Apr 14 • Maddi Holman

The Algorithm Will See You Now

Efficiency is the AI-first pharmacy's fatal flaw

Apr 6 • Maddi Holman

March 2026

Our edge in regulated industries

Mar 27 • Joseph Alalou and Maddi Holman

Learning to code

Dangerously. Skip permissions.

Mar 23 • Joseph Alalou

28 LP Meetings in 28 Days

What the shortest month taught me about the long journey of fundraising

Mar 5 • Maddi Holman

Prophet Motives

A long tale of short memories.

Mar 2 • Joseph Alalou

February 2026

Iconic 'whiz kids' in tech

Feb 24 • Joseph Alalou

Something Specific is Happening

AI isn't the software crisis we think it is.

Feb 16 • Joseph Alalou

My weekend in Gas Town

Feb 10 • Joseph Alalou

Keyboards vs. Touchscreens Again?

A hardware take on the 'SaaSpocalypse'

Feb 9 • Joseph Alalou

I Built an Operating System to Write Blog Posts

I still do all the writing.

Feb 6 • Joseph Alalou

Software is a Middle Manager

Why every modal sounds like Bill Lumbergh

Feb 2 • Joseph Alalou

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