Ryan Mullins

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Software for Gemma Open Models. 🧗⛷️💻
GitHubhttps://github.com/RyanMullins

A request from somebody in the USA: if you live in another country, please start pressuring your government to institute sanctions against the US.

Diplomatic sanctions, economic sanctions, whatever is possible.

I do not expect this to happen quickly. Start laying the political groundwork now so that it can happen at all, ever, while it still matters.

Dear GitHub: no YAML anchors, please

Gemma 3n is officially out! Getting this model in Hugging Face #Transformers was a major effort across so many people. Thank you to everyone who contributed! Can’t wait to see what the community does with this.

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-gemma-3n-developer-guide/

Introducing Gemma 3n: The developer guide- Google Developers Blog

Learn how to build with Gemma 3n, a mobile-first architecture, MatFormer technology, Per-Layer Embeddings, and new audio and vision encoders.

This Amtrak ad is actually pretty funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfmRGIls4o
Summer Train-tacular

YouTube
FOMO-driven development is ruining good product strategy.

US gov asks european suppliers to guarantee they don't do DEI.

Next: we ask US to guarantee they do fair pay, 5 weeks paid annual vacation and 1 year paid maternity leave.

Respect to Sugarbush. 2/3
"Build something small. Own it completely. Scale it thoughtfully. That’s how you win without cheating." https://www.joanwestenberg.com/you-cant-win-in-tech-unless-you-cheat/
You Can't "Win" in Tech Unless You Cheat

PayPal started by paying people to sign up. Their viral growth came from essentially bribing users with $10 to join and $10 for each referral. That’s not innovation — it’s buying market share with venture capital. Uber didn’t disrupt transportation — they ignored taxi regulations their competitors had to

westenberg.