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Monolithic biotech software is a market problem
When I talk to folks about the software landscape in biotech, there are two opposing forces that seem to subtly have a huge impact on the decisions…
Jul 24
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There are no snowflakes in biotech
This week, I’m back to exploring why biotech startups seem to have such a hard time finding off-the-shelf software that they need, and end up building…
Jul 17
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A new phase for Merelogic
A little over a year ago, I started a company called Merelogic with the goal of helping biotech startups do a better job of managing and leveraging…
Jul 10
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Are you looking for a drill or a hole in your wall?
Last week, I wrote about why we, as an industry, are so bad at finding the software tools that we need. I want to keep exploring different angles of…
Jul 3
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June 2024
Biology software isn't bad. You just haven't found the good stuff.
A little under two years ago, I wrote a post titled “Biology software is bad because biologists like bad software.” It may seem like this week’s title…
Jun 26
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Are meta-decisions getting in your way?
Last week, I wrote about datasets getting lost when a biotech team switches from highly flexible, highly exploratory work to more constrained and…
Jun 19
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Sometimes, breadcrumbs are enough
*** A quick plug: I was recently on a podcast with Vicky Li Horst about product management in biotech. We’re thinking about turning it into a recurring…
Jun 12
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Do you have a "trust but verify" budget?
This week, it’s back to my series of posts on problems that data teams often face at specific points in the lifecycle of a biotech. And this one is…
Jun 5
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Do you have a "trust but verify" budget?
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May 2024
On AI and Information Theory (aka the obligatory LLMs post)
So far, I’ve deliberately avoided writing about LLMs on this newsletter, in favor of the more mundane aspects of biotech data. But I’ve been toying with…
May 29
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Do you have "hurry up and wait" problems?
Of all the different kinds of problems that biotech startups face as they evolve, the most insidious ones come in the form of “hurry up and wait…
May 22
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Your experiments need names
*** A quick note/ad: I've noticed that many of the software companies who are trying to make Biotech more data driven struggle to communicate what they…
May 15
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Your experiments need names
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Stop missing the bus
*** A quick note/ad: I've noticed that many of the software companies who are trying to make Biotech more data driven struggle to communicate what they…
May 8
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Stop missing the bus
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