Google contractors vote to unionize in historic landslide election(sfgate.com)

194 points by SirLJ 3 years ago | 79 comments

Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco(sfgate.com)

1018 points by rdl 3 years ago | 1310 comments

SFGATE news article reporting that a 43-year-old Mill Valley man, identified as former Square CTO Bob Lee, died after being stabbed in San Francisco.

Silicon Valley elites revealed as investors behind $800M Bay Area land grab(sfchronicle.com)

77 points by jonah 3 years ago | 56 comments

'Doomsday fish': Once-in-a-lifetime sea creature encountered in Monterey Bay(sfgate.com)

57 points by sipofwater 9 months ago | 19 comments

S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’(sfchronicle.com)

344 points by mikhael 3 years ago | 767 comments

San Francisco Chronicle article reporting that city officials say incidents involving Cruise and Waymo driverless taxis are rising sharply, and what the city plans to do.

Driver hits woman in S.F., then Cruise driverless car runs her over(sfchronicle.com)

34 points by wpietri 3 years ago | 40 comments

Find the flattest route between any two points in SF(flattensf.com)

304 points by ishan0102 20 days ago | 111 comments

Flatten SF is a web map tool that finds walking or biking routes across San Francisco, trading distance for less hill climbing.

California is chasing wealth that has feet(blog.landeconomics.org)

251 points by idbnstra 1 month ago | 673 comments

A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.

San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time(sfstandard.com)

345 points by NaOH 1 year ago | 539 comments

San Francisco Standard article about a Golden Gate Park ranger who works individually with unhoused people to connect them with help.

Open Sauce is a confoundingly brilliant Bay Area event(jeffgeerling.com)

330 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 186 comments

Jeff Geerling's blog post recapping his experience at Open Sauce, a Bay Area maker and creator event held at the San Mateo fairgrounds.

Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds(bloomberg.com)

706 points by simula67 2 years ago | 467 comments

Bloomberg article reporting a San Francisco Fed study finding no evidence that remote work affects productivity, with about 30% of paid workdays remote at end of 2023.

Domain expertise has always been the real moat(brethorsting.com)

774 points by aaronbrethorst 4 months ago | 484 comments

Blog post arguing that agentic AI shifts software's binding constraint from building code to judging correctness, making domain expertise the real moat.