Archive - TechBreakdowns

NXP vs. Apple and the Unit Economics of a Tap

How Apple turned a $3 supplier chip into a $5.6 billion infinite-margin toll booth

16 hrs ago • Ash Anderson

The Invisible Handshake: The Dead Computer Inside Your Credit Card

The anatomy of a "dead computer": Why your card wakes up for 500ms to negotiate the global economy.

Mar 11 • Ash Anderson

February 2026

The Great Implementation: Turning Citrini’s 2028 Crisis into a Payout

How to position your portfolio and your career for an economy that works for agents, not humans.

Feb 26 • Ash Anderson

The SaaSpocalypse Paradox: Why Growing Software is Crashing

How AI agents turned the world's most predictable business model into a melting ice cube.

Feb 20 • Ash Anderson

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