Florin B

@fl0rinb
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father| metalhead| coffee drinker| occasional runner and mountaineer| perpetual learner| turning ideas into things that work.
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Steve is an engineering VP at Microsoft and I find a similar pattern is showing up for product managers.

I see lots of PMs who were already good now multiplying their impact with AI while weaker PMs are now using AI to generate work slop which is a waste of everyone’s time.

don’t ask me how I did my first kilometer. #justdoit and listen to #goliath by #exodus #running #MAMIL
Not to brag about it, but my 13-year-old just folded nicely his hoodie and put it in the closet. No reminders. No threats. No witnesses. #storyofmylife

Zuckerberg, 2021: “Our hope is that within the next decade, the metaverse will reach a billion people, host hundreds of billions of dollars of digital commerce, and support jobs for millions of creators and developers.”

What would happen to your job now if you'd promised this?

Experian launches AI assistant to analyze your spending habits

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/experian-ai-assistant-spending/

Best joke of the Oscars.

iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information

https://asymco.com/2026/02/27/iphone-and-ipad-approved-to-handle-classified-nato-information/

iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information

Apple’s iPhone and iPad achieve unprecedented NATO compliance, marking a pivotal shift in secure mobile technology acceptance.

Asymco

To some people heavy metal sounds like noise.
To others it becomes the soundtrack of a lifetime.
My mom still hears the drums.
#HeavyMetal

http://branici.ro/2026/03/13/this-music-shaped-my-life/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

This Music Shaped My Life

I started listening to heavy metal as a teenager in the early 1990s, when Romania had just come out of communism and the world suddenly felt wider. Most of the habits of that age disappeared over t…

Florin Branici
How many employees does Apple have? What do they do?

The biggest function is engineering, by far. Apple had about 166,000 full-time employees globally at its fiscal year ending September 27, 2025, according to business data aggregator Bullfincher. Th…

Asymco