{"id":503,"slug":"andreessen-marc","name":"Andreessen, Marc","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:36:41.362257+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"deb2d677-f4c6-403b-8387-e11725ec77a1","slug":"s5e05-nobody-expects-the-hiatus-newsletter","subject":"s5e05: Nobody expects the hiatus newsletter","title":"Nobody expects the hiatus newsletter","publish_date":"2018-01-13T00:00:00+00:00","year":2018,"month":1,"season":5,"episode":5,"episode_label":"s05e05","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s5e05-nobody-expects-the-hiatus-newsletter/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3091,"context":" … number of they can communicate to.)\n\n\n\nThe meta-issue here is that a) <mark>Marc Andreessen</mark> is right, software is eating the world, *and that* b) most software still … ","reading_minutes":15},{"id":"b91b651c-5008-487c-a633-2633e0660332","slug":"s5e03-welcome-to-the-churn","subject":"s5e03: Welcome to the Churn","title":"Welcome to the Churn","publish_date":"2017-09-26T00:00:00+00:00","year":2017,"month":9,"season":5,"episode":3,"episode_label":"s05e03","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s5e03-welcome-to-the-churn/","is_premium":0,"word_count":5142,"context":" … with which I feel I have a somewhat strange relationship if only because <mark>Marc Andreessen</mark> subscribes to (and occasionally also apparently reads) this newsletter, follows me on Twitter … ","reading_minutes":26},{"id":"54dcae7e-f8ae-42cf-897b-3fdd8d0c7bf9","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-ninety-two-bureaucracy-is","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Ninety Two: Bureaucracy Is An Algorithm; 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