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Blue Origin gets to orbit. It’s easy to talk about it now as a billionaire’s space race, but I remember one night at Foo Camp a couple of decades ago speaking to Jeff Bezos about his passion for rockets and how reusability was key. Even though the New Glenn booster didn’t make it back to ground in one piece this time (let’s see how many times it takes for them to stick the landing), it’s awesome to the result of perseverance and focus pay by thousands of people pay off because of the efforts of somebody who could carry the torch when the path wasn’t clear.

Hi! I’m Duncan Davidson.

Currently VP of Developer Productivity at Shopify, I’ve been working on the web and in software since 1994. Connect on LinkedIn, say hello on Bluesky, Threads, or X, or drop an old-school email.