“To Build a Better Beta” is about the release of the beta version of Pied Piper, which is an important period for any tech company to work out the kinks before an official launch. Bringing the pure, uncompromised Pied Piper into the world is a dream that nonetheless puts Richard on the precipice of a true, lasting, fatal disaster. If Jack had prevailed, Richard could grouse forever about how his brilliant algorithm was squandered by a small-minded businessman and no one could question it. Action Jack’s push for a clunky data storage appliance may have insulted his vision of an elegant compression engine with mass utility, but he could still hide behind the box. He has fought hard to get his idea off the ground, but there was a certain amount of comfort in not getting what he wanted. Sunday night’s episode opens with Richard feeling exposed. As Erlich Bachman, the father of such stillborn incubees as Aviato and Nip Alert, says, “Shuttering a company in the Valley like a rite of passage, like herpes simplex one.” The metaphor gets more disgusting from there. Alternately, it could be utterly worthless, one of the countless failed start-ups that pile up in Silicon Valley like E.T. Richard’s compression platform could be worth billions. Until the last mouse click of “To Build a Better Beta,” Pied Piper has existed only in the abstract, with endless promise and limitless value. Season 3, Episode 7: ‘To Build a Better Beta’
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