Dmitry Gorbatov

When the Ring Becomes a Cage

After 3,014 days, I finally asked whether the Apple Watch was helping me live or just helping me keep score

May 4 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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April 2026

The Day After the Firing (Part 2): What Happens on Monday?

Or: why two wins felt like a turning point… until they didn’t

Apr 30 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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The Day After the Firing: Why Teams Suddenly Look Like… Teams Again

Or: how a “boring” game, a quick fishing outing, and a leadership reset made me rethink what actually changes when leadership changes

Apr 26 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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What Was Wrong With Files? (And Why Object Storage Still Matters)

Part 3: Object Storage Was Never the Destination — It Was the Missing Layer

Apr 20 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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Fusion for the Win: You No Longer Have to Decide Where the Data Lives

Part 2: Letting the system decide what you shouldn’t have to

Apr 10 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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Stop Running File Servers on VMs

Turning Everpure FlashArray into a real file platform (and why this is only the beginning)

Apr 6 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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March 2026

The Economics Just Broke

A very questionable attempt to explain graduate-level finance to infrastructure sellers and buyers.

Mar 30 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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The Idea That Was Supposed to Fail

Why DirectFlash and Evergreen//One suddenly look a lot smarter in a world of NAND and DRAM price shocks

Mar 20 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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When Data Becomes the Mission

Why state and local government, cities, and research universities are reorganizing infrastructure around data itself

Mar 9 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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The Sharpened Pencil Test at Sales Kickoff

Moving north of the product: How this year’s SKO traded tedious corporate speak for the grit of the Arena

Mar 5 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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February 2026

When the Category Gets Too Small

Companies rebrand when the old name no longer fits the future they’re building

Feb 23 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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No Slides. Real Discovery.

If you just remember one thing, remember this: If you need slides to sound smart, you’re not doing discovery — you’re doing karaoke.

Feb 20 • Dmitry Gorbatov

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