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AWS gets DuckLabs, not DuckDB's IP

DuckLabs is set to join AWS in September, while the Foundation retains DuckDB's IP and trademarks. Independence will be easier to judge through roadmap and extension control.

Let people click, then repair the state

Ilya Birman's 'Let me click' principle accepts intent before repairing dependencies. A reliable target must look actionable, be reachable and produce a coherent state.

Antidote prototype, the gravity mountain trike designed by Matic Čič and Vid Lebič

Antidote turns the ski lift into its engine

Antidote carries no motor: the lift supplies altitude and gravity supplies the descent. The real product is a loop built around existing ski infrastructure.

Notion's office leaves its patches visible

At Notion's headquarters, IA does not disguise the mismatch between a 1907 building and a new office plan. The visible patch becomes a design method.