Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Build the thing you wish to see in the world
For most of my career, I’ve been confusing building products with building businesses—and that confusion kept me from pursuing a lot of ideas. Two weeks off helped me realize that not everything needs to be a startup, and some of the best things we build are the ones we build just because we want them to exist.
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
On November 29th, Lachlan Davidson reported a security vulnerability in React that allows unauthenticated remote code execution by exploiting a flaw in how React decodes payloads sent to React Server Function endpoints. Even if your app does not implement any React Server Function endpoints it may still be vulnerable if your app supports React Server Components.
Thoughts on AI progress (Dec 2025) – by Dwarkesh Patel
Either these models will soon learn on the job in a self directed way – making all this pre-baking pointless – or they won’t – which means AGI is not imminent. Humans don’t have to go through a special training phase where they need to rehearse every single piece of software they might ever use.
30 years ago: Netscape And Sun Announce Javascript
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (December 4, 1995) — Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW), today announced JavaScript, an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the creation and customization of applications on enterprise networks and the Internet. The JavaScript language complements Java, Sun’s industry-leading object-oriented, cross-platform programming language. The initial version of JavaScript is available now as part of the beta version of Netscape Navigator 2.0, which is currently available for downloading from Netscape’s web site.
Oregon battery storage startup ZincFive raises $30 million – Portland Business Journal
The new funding brings the company’s total fundraising to $254 million since its founding in 2016, it said in a news release. ZincFive backers have been clean energy investors Helios Climate Ventures, Climate Investment, Japan Energy Fund, General Ventures, and Clear Creek Investments and others, it said.
Gov. Kotek’s prosperity roadmap gets mixed reviews from business leaders – Portland Business Journal
Gov. Tina Kotek’s “Prosperity Roadmap,” is a good, but long overdue, first step to reviving Oregon’s economy, economic and small business leaders said Wednesday.
Failed software projects are strategic failures | deadSimpleTech
So if projects that are shoddy from a software perspective can actively succeed, even when the software engineering is really quite bad, why don’t they?
Everyone in Seattle Hates AI — Jonathon Ready
Every time I shared [my startup] with a Seattle engineer, I got the same reflexive, critical, negative response. This wasn’t true in Bali, Tokyo, Paris, or San Francisco—people were curious, engaged, wanted to understand what I was buildin
PDX Web: End of Year Web & Design Showcase + Networking, Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
We’re doing it again for 2025! It’s almost the end of the year – Let’s take some time to showcase our work and successes, and reconnect with the PDX Web & Design community.
