jaspanglia

The shift from "sovereignty as self-sufficiency" to "leverage as being indispensable" is spot-on. The scenario of Europe owning just 5% of global compute while US labs hold 80% is the starkest warning. How do we build genuine leverage when our entire regulatory instinct pushes us towards isolation? I myself working on disability/Senior care startup. The kindof guardrails have to deal with is crazy.

Geography shapes strategy more than headlines do. Taiwan isn’t just a political issue — it’s shipping lanes, semiconductor supply chains, military positioning, and global economics all concentrated in one place. That’s why the situation stays so sensitive even decades later.

This is a much better signal of real engineering skills than memorizing whiteboard patterns. Reviewing actual pull requests shows how candidates think, communicate, test, and ship production-ready code.