Ross Lazerowitz

In January 2014 Microsoft researcher James Mickens put out a satirical paper called “This World of Ours” (his NDC talk covering the same ground is here).

There’s been a lot of discourse lately about the end of software.

When I started Mirage, I went hunting for “desperate” customers to validate direction.

The Right to Your Feed I don’t need to bore you with stats, but here’s one that’s hard to ignore: since 2011, the share of teen girls reporting persistent sadness has jumped from 36% to 57%, while suicide rates for kids aged 10 - 14 have tripled.

The Case for Personal AI It’s been an inspiring last few weeks for AI models.

I met with two founders recently, exploring a new idea.

After nearly a decade of working on observability products, I’m taking a much-needed break and working on the first human security company.

After 3 spirited months of grinding my co-founder Nick and I have decided to pivot.

After 4 years at Observe, I’m excited to announce that I’m starting a company with my longtime friend and abettor Nick DiRienzo!

I recently started using the Smart Connections plugin for the Obsidian note-taking app.

Code Yellow: The Secret Weapon for Tackling Product Disarray Are you a startup that’s been heads down racing to build features and now finds yourself with more bugs than time or people?

I’ve been internally conflicted about the rapid developments of Large Language Models (LLMs), like GPT4.

In my day-to-day role at Observe Inc., I work with a lot of vendors.

In part 1, I talked about why you should implement a usage-based pricing model, now let’s get into the meat of how you actually implement one.

Inspired much by the success of companies like Snowflake, Observe Inc. set out to build a usage based pricing model.

As the first product hire at Observe Inc., I was tasked with bringing in a lot of tooling to solve problems.

I’m currently building something new at Mirage Security with my longtime friend Nick DiRienzo.