New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Are we at the start or the peak of a boom cycle in tech?

Ask HN: Are we at the start or the peak of a boom cycle in tech?
4 by AbstractH24 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Feels so hard to identify. Baffles me that 18 months ago we were discussing a “VC winter” and possibility of a ‘07-like recession to reign in the excess of late-2020 & 2021. Now it feels like froth and companies that barely do what they claim is everywhere. Yet so much VC money is still on the sidelines.

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