awash

At one end of the spectrum it is awash with tech money from the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter. On the other you have pretty much everyone else.

The web is awash in linkbaity titles, and they tend to be either misleading or to obscure the aspect of the news that's 'of interest to hackers.' I think the policy should be to trust members.

The media industry is awash in money. This is how your government works: a bill that is either good or bad for a wealthy industry is proposed, and then the backers go to that industry and hold out their hands.

Now is the time to buy stock in mug manufacturers, seeing as I'm already awash in MongoDB mugs everywhere think how many more $42M can buy... .

In a world awash in surveillance devices, hoodies are an element of fashion driven by an architectural condition. They are a response to the constant presence of cameras overhead.

So, before even the first human leaves earth, have dozens of autonomous vehicles on Mars, awash in redundancy, with a good camp set up and running, and able, reliably, to launch payloads back to earth. Then, almost as an afterthought, let a team of humans go, with appropriate cosmic ray shielding, etc.

We were awash with crappy software to store our documents on a server and access them from any computer we were on. Even Microsoft offered a slew of sub-par options that would get re-done as a Dropbox competitor as everyone started recognizing that Dropbox's model was wonderful.

In a tech world awash, even then, with countless software engineers, senior software engineers, senior members of technical staff, architects, chief architects, CTOs, rock stars, and ninjas, it was always refreshing for me to see Carmack's humble programmer listing. All of my heroes in the field are programmers.

There is another economic phenomenon in place, which is this: the economy is awash in capital and companies don't need public capital. When there are hedge funds with billions to throw around, and private equity companies who can engage in billion dollar transactions, why do companies need to turn to the public markets?

For a minute, let's set aside information technology startups and look at business startups: All across the US, border to border, from crossroads to the largest cities, the US is just awash in sole proprietorships. They mow grass, run 12 fast food restaurants, repair cars, run 10 gas stations with convenience stores, run Italian red sauce restaurants, are dentists, pediatricians, etc.