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  1. AI & AGENTS

    Prompt I use a lot: "how can I pokayoke this so this kind of error never happens again" pokayoke is using simple, low-complexity methods to make a particular kind of mistake impossible to make. classi x.com

    Prompt I use a lot: "how can I pokayoke this so this kind of error never happens again" pokayoke is using simple, low-complexity methods to make a particular kind of mistake impossible to make. classic one would be connector shape: make it impossible to insert "the wrong way".

    via Nate Berkopec @nateberkopec

  2. AI & AGENTS

    Honestly, GPT 2.5 makes the best spritesheets i've ever seen from an image model. I'm impressed with it. It still makes some silly mistakes tho - walk animations especially are difficult for it. Here x.com

    Honestly, GPT 2.5 makes the best spritesheets i've ever seen from an image model. I'm impressed with it. It still makes some silly mistakes tho - walk animations especially are difficult for it. Here it is next to the animation model i trained.

    via Todd Grilliot @GrilliotTodd

  3. AI & AGENTS

    A few of my smartest friends in AI called me a "idiot" for not deeply understanding evals. So...I found the smartest person I know on evals & made them teach me. @Vtrivedy10 (leads Labs at @LangChain) x.com

    A few of my smartest friends in AI called me a "idiot" for not deeply understanding evals. So...I found the smartest person I know on evals & made them teach me. @Vtrivedy10 (leads Labs at @LangChain) took me from easy mode to god mode for a 38-minute masterclass on all

    via Alex Lieberman @businessbarista

  4. AI & AGENTS

    I just found a repo that lets AI agents control a VIRTUAL IPHONE. Not the iOS Simulator. Actual virtualized iOS on Apple Silicon. Screenshots. Touch. Swipes. Typing. Apps. There’s even an MCP server f github.com

    I just found a repo that lets AI agents control a VIRTUAL IPHONE. Not the iOS Simulator. Actual virtualized iOS on Apple Silicon. Screenshots. Touch. Swipes. Typing. Apps. There’s even an MCP server for coding agents. +633 stars TODAY.

    via Tony Simons @tonysimons_

  5. AI & AGENTS

    The most important investment in agentic coding velocity may have nothing to do with agents. Amplitude tripled its PR volume in six months. PR cycle time went from 5.2 hours to 44 minutes. Almost all x.com

    The most important investment in agentic coding velocity may have nothing to do with agents. Amplitude tripled its PR volume in six months. PR cycle time went from 5.2 hours to 44 minutes. Almost all of that came from fixing unglamorous infrastructure. 𝐂𝐈 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟑𝟎

    via Mihail Eric @mihail_eric

  6. AI & AGENTS

    Monetization of software is dead now. Anyone can clone your app in few hours, copy your ads, ditto your positioning. I see a new opportunity now. Monetization of SLMs (small language models) You can f x.com

    Monetization of software is dead now. Anyone can clone your app in few hours, copy your ads, ditto your positioning. I see a new opportunity now. Monetization of SLMs (small language models) You can fine-tune 0.5B to 12B models for specific use cases. Then sell licenses to

    via CJ Zafir @cjzafir

  7. AI & AGENTS

    WE BUILT ONBOARDING AROUND OUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS nobody wants to photograph their clothes so we killed this step builds your digital closet from your camera roll in ~2 mins all on-device, nothing leave x.com

    WE BUILT ONBOARDING AROUND OUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS nobody wants to photograph their clothes so we killed this step builds your digital closet from your camera roll in ~2 mins all on-device, nothing leaves your phone design inspired by @lihachyov live! 🚀

    via Nadia Zueva @nestymee

  8. AI & AGENTS

    security-audit-skill is a Cloudflare coding agent skill for multi phase security audits. It outputs verified, machine readable findings for Cursor and Codex. 3,288 stars. github.com

    security-audit-skill is a Cloudflare coding agent skill for multi phase security audits. It outputs verified, machine readable findings for Cursor and Codex. 3,288 stars.

    via Bessi S @LLMpsycho

  9. CULTURE & OTHER

    If your Software Factory is just an engineering project, you are not thinking big enough. We're rebuilding the substrate whole companies use to coordinate. I do prefer "Product Factory" though. The en x.com

    If your Software Factory is just an engineering project, you are not thinking big enough. We're rebuilding the substrate whole companies use to coordinate. I do prefer "Product Factory" though. The end result is better products, faster.

    via rob @rwitoff

  10. AI & AGENTS

    Animations make or break consumer apps I've been working on a little side project for fun and these animations are justing bringing so much life to my app. 10 / 10 would recommend spending more cycles x.com

    Animations make or break consumer apps I've been working on a little side project for fun and these animations are justing bringing so much life to my app. 10 / 10 would recommend spending more cycles making your app more delightful and less AI sloppy.

    via John Kim @PremiumGoblin

  11. CULTURE & OTHER

    this is how to ACTUALLY set up phones before posting to a US audience on tiktok 🇺🇸 1. get a cheap used iphone SE, usually around $50, and factory reset it 2. set the phone up in English (US) + regio x.com

    this is how to ACTUALLY set up phones before posting to a US audience on tiktok 🇺🇸 1. get a cheap used iphone SE, usually around $50, and factory reset it 2. set the phone up in English (US) + region United States skip Apple ID at first, take the SIM out and turn off location,

    via Enzo @enzoxmotion

  12. CULTURE & OTHER

    Next release (or dev channel) does worktrees ~80% faster via apfs/brtfs/xfs/ReFS folder clones. Also saves lots of disk space. x.com

    Next release (or dev channel) does worktrees ~80% faster via apfs/brtfs/xfs/ReFS folder clones. Also saves lots of disk space.

    via Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete

  13. CULTURE & OTHER

    Your vibe coded website looks finished, But It's not. These 20 things are still missing if you want it real and safe. - Custom 404 page - Meta title on every page - Meta description on every page - CT x.com

    Your vibe coded website looks finished, But It's not. These 20 things are still missing if you want it real and safe. - Custom 404 page - Meta title on every page - Meta description on every page - CTA above the fold - Favicon set - robots.txt file - sitemap.xml - Open Graph

    via Manish Kumar @Manixh02

  14. AI & AGENTS

    卧槽兄弟们,GitHub 上真的有一堆免费到离谱的项目。 很多能力已经能直接干掉你正在月付的软件。 1. TradingAgents AI 多 Agent 量化交易框架 2. LibreChat 一个界面接入 ChatGPT、Claude、Gemini 等多个模型 3. HyperFrames HeyGen github.com

    卧槽兄弟们,GitHub 上真的有一堆免费到离谱的项目。 很多能力已经能直接干掉你正在月付的软件。 1. TradingAgents AI 多 Agent 量化交易框架 2. LibreChat 一个界面接入 ChatGPT、Claude、Gemini 等多个模型 3. HyperFrames HeyGen

    via 山羊赚钱笔记 @shanyanggm

  15. CULTURE & OTHER

    When you want Astra to review snapshots of your app, ask it to collage them into a contact sheet to minimize the number of image read calls it needs to do. You’ll save a ton of context usage This work x.com

    When you want Astra to review snapshots of your app, ask it to collage them into a contact sheet to minimize the number of image read calls it needs to do. You’ll save a ton of context usage This works for fable too!

    via eric provencher @pvncher

  16. AI & AGENTS

    被裁之后,把整个求职流程交给 AI,最后拿到了 AI 工程师 offer。 这个 AI Job Search 可以从岗位匹配、定制简历、求职信,到模拟筛选、修改简历一路自动跑完,最后生成可直接投递的 PDF。 整个流程本地运行,个人资料不用交给第三方。GitHub 已经 3 万+ Stars。 x.com

    被裁之后,把整个求职流程交给 AI,最后拿到了 AI 工程师 offer。 这个 AI Job Search 可以从岗位匹配、定制简历、求职信,到模拟筛选、修改简历一路自动跑完,最后生成可直接投递的 PDF。 整个流程本地运行,个人资料不用交给第三方。GitHub 已经 3 万+ Stars。

    via lumxss @bkdgiffug

  17. AI & AGENTS

    This is exactly how I create better-looking apps with AI. My complete workflow, no gatekeeping 🧵 x.com

    This is exactly how I create better-looking apps with AI. My complete workflow, no gatekeeping 🧵

    via Breeje Anadkat @BreejeAnadkat

  18. AI & AGENTS

    OK. It's time to rethink this. I've spend the last several weeks working on a harness that tightly constrains the agents to work the way that I want them to work. I set up all kinds of gates, and test x.com

    OK. It's time to rethink this. I've spend the last several weeks working on a harness that tightly constrains the agents to work the way that I want them to work. I set up all kinds of gates, and tests, and tools, and protocols, and ... And while I was heads-down getting

    via Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin

  19. AI & AGENTS

    Simple one-job apps like basic invoice makers or todo lists will vanish. AI chat just does the task for you. Build stuff AI can't easily replace: tools that keep official records, follow strict rules/ x.com

    Simple one-job apps like basic invoice makers or todo lists will vanish. AI chat just does the task for you. Build stuff AI can't easily replace: tools that keep official records, follow strict rules/compliance, let whole teams collaborate, or power the AI agents themselves.

    via Grok @grok

  20. AI & AGENTS

    ok this time, gave gpt-6 astra 2 hours to build a website that would go viral on twitter it made a horse racing game where you have to draw the horse first x.com

    ok this time, gave gpt-6 astra 2 hours to build a website that would go viral on twitter it made a horse racing game where you have to draw the horse first

    via bloomy btw !! 🌸 @yungcontent

  21. INFRA & SYSTEMS

    After you’ve been in data for a while you realize tooling doesn’t matter that much! - whether it’s Snowflake vs BigQuery vs Spark It’s all distributed compute underneath the hood. - whether it’s Airfl x.com

    After you’ve been in data for a while you realize tooling doesn’t matter that much! - whether it’s Snowflake vs BigQuery vs Spark It’s all distributed compute underneath the hood. - whether it’s Airflow vs Prefect vs Mage vs Dagster It’s all CRON underneath the hood - whether

    via Zach Wilson @Zachly

  22. AI & AGENTS

    Andrej Karpathy: "Prompting is going away. Delete everything, keep Graph." In 1 hour he shows how to build Graphs, and why it's the only thing that will be left standing at the end. Anyone can build a x.com

    Andrej Karpathy: "Prompting is going away. Delete everything, keep Graph." In 1 hour he shows how to build Graphs, and why it's the only thing that will be left standing at the end. Anyone can build an agent, almost no one builds the Graph that runs them. Watch it, then read

    via Mahax @Mahaximus_

  23. CULTURE & OTHER

    How to level up orgs: - when you first join, ppl will be nervous. They know you're there to make changes but don't know which ones or when. So you'll have to contend with some ambient tension for a wh x.com

    How to level up orgs: - when you first join, ppl will be nervous. They know you're there to make changes but don't know which ones or when. So you'll have to contend with some ambient tension for a while - your demeanor must reflect (1) appreciation for the immense work done

    via Slava Akhmechet @spakhm

  24. AI & AGENTS

    My big learning for anyone struggling with Astra quotas: use Astra as a subagent, NOT the main agent. Saves 80-90% of your quota, but still gets great results. Specifically: - Use a cheap model like L x.com

    My big learning for anyone struggling with Astra quotas: use Astra as a subagent, NOT the main agent. Saves 80-90% of your quota, but still gets great results. Specifically: - Use a cheap model like Luna xhigh - Tell it to use Astra subagents for coding - Be clear that it should

    via Anshu @anshuc

  25. AI & AGENTS

    Test-Driven Development (TDD) has been my default programming mode for 25 years. TDD simply made me a better developer. It’s been invaluable. However, the time has come to bid farewell. TDD didn’t sur x.com

    Test-Driven Development (TDD) has been my default programming mode for 25 years. TDD simply made me a better developer. It’s been invaluable. However, the time has come to bid farewell. TDD didn’t survive my transition into AI-native development: forcing an agent through

    via Adam Tornhill @AdamTornhill

  26. CULTURE & OTHER

    Post by nate nates-software.com

    via nate @natemcguire

  27. STARTUPS & MONEY

    Oh for sure I think my only moat left post-AGI is: - community + data (now free membership) - Me being on @X with an audience - My investments The rest will be completely and utterly wiped out with no nomads.com

    Oh for sure I think my only moat left post-AGI is: - community + data (now free membership) - Me being on @X with an audience - My investments The rest will be completely and utterly wiped out with no doubt

    via @levelsio @levelsio

  28. CULTURE & OTHER

    Introducing the largest Meta ads dataset, ever. Over 3 million ads analyzed... yesterday Ask Lightreel: "Find me all Granola paid influencers" "What do good street interviews do?" "Write better hooks x.com

    Introducing the largest Meta ads dataset, ever. Over 3 million ads analyzed... yesterday Ask Lightreel: "Find me all Granola paid influencers" "What do good street interviews do?" "Write better hooks for my ads" Try it for free! (PS — Every pixel in this video is a Meta ad)

    via Lightreel AI @lightreelai

  29. AI & AGENTS

    1,000+ PRs a month. What does that Agent workflow look like? A breakdown of PStack, @poteto’s AI skill stack, Principal Engineer at @SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai x.com

    1,000+ PRs a month. What does that Agent workflow look like? A breakdown of PStack, @poteto’s AI skill stack, Principal Engineer at @SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai

    via Rob Shocks - Build With AI @robshocks

  30. AI & AGENTS

    I spent the weekend using AI to explore renovation ideas for a property. Each concept generated was basically construction-ready, since I fed it land & soil surveys (and generated everything else off x.com

    I spent the weekend using AI to explore renovation ideas for a property. Each concept generated was basically construction-ready, since I fed it land & soil surveys (and generated everything else off Zillow and satellite photos). The future is going to have very few

    via Nikita Bier @nikitabier

  31. AI & AGENTS

    The new moats are the same as the old moats Every few years, we fall in love with shiny new tech and forget the basic physics of consumer software. We’re doing it again with AI. The new moats aren't n x.com

    The new moats are the same as the old moats Every few years, we fall in love with shiny new tech and forget the basic physics of consumer software. We’re doing it again with AI. The new moats aren't new at all. They're the exact same as the old moats: network effects,

    via Josh Elman @joshelman

  32. AI & AGENTS

    looking at all the stuff programmers have been building since AI unleashed them is a great reminder of why product people exist x.com

    looking at all the stuff programmers have been building since AI unleashed them is a great reminder of why product people exist

    via dax @thdxr

  33. CULTURE & OTHER

    I am officially addicted to video editing assisted by Astra. I can't believe what I'm seeing. Use DaVinci x.com

    I am officially addicted to video editing assisted by Astra. I can't believe what I'm seeing. Use DaVinci

    via Future Brian @ForwardEditor

  34. AI & AGENTS

    Me without any background in software development when I make an extremely basic suggestion to a superintelligent agent that has been coding my app for three days, and it responds "yes, that's a far b x.com

    Me without any background in software development when I make an extremely basic suggestion to a superintelligent agent that has been coding my app for three days, and it responds "yes, that's a far better model, I will restructure the code following this principle"

    via François Fleuret @francoisfleuret

  35. CULTURE & OTHER

    A principal engineer showing you their software factory x.com

    A principal engineer showing you their software factory

    via Sam Lambert @samlambert

  36. AI & AGENTS

    Wow, new model just dropped. Congrats on the new model. Looks like it scores higher on the benchmark than the old model. That’s good. The old model was state of the art but now it isn’t. That’s how it x.com

    Wow, new model just dropped. Congrats on the new model. Looks like it scores higher on the benchmark than the old model. That’s good. The old model was state of the art but now it isn’t. That’s how it works. Can’t wait to see the next model, which will be bigger. I love the model

    via Noah @itsnoahd

  37. CULTURE & OTHER

    Most Popular Operative Systems 1981- 2026 x.com

    Most Popular Operative Systems 1981- 2026

    via The Index Mint @TheIndexMint

  38. AI & AGENTS

    done, it's open source now ✅ iOS phone farm - register real iPhones, watch + control them live in the browser, schedule tiktok on a postgres-backed scheduler. free, self-hosted, apache-2.0. - git: - D github.com

    done, it's open source now ✅ iOS phone farm - register real iPhones, watch + control them live in the browser, schedule tiktok on a postgres-backed scheduler. free, self-hosted, apache-2.0. - git: - DIY steps:

    via An Nayal @consumerxai

  39. CULTURE & OTHER

    Everyone should know how WALs work. Not sure where to start? Write-ahead logs 101: x.com

    Everyone should know how WALs work. Not sure where to start? Write-ahead logs 101:

    via Ben Dicken @BenjDicken

  40. AI & AGENTS

    How to clean up AI slop in your codebase: Cyclomatic Complexity < 22 Cognitive Complexity < 22 Halstead Difficulty < 80 Lines of Code per File < 500 Test Coverage: 100% CRAP < 25 Surviving mutants: 0 x.com

    How to clean up AI slop in your codebase: Cyclomatic Complexity < 22 Cognitive Complexity < 22 Halstead Difficulty < 80 Lines of Code per File < 500 Test Coverage: 100% CRAP < 25 Surviving mutants: 0 Dead code: 0 Redundant code: 0 "any" or "unknown" types: 0

    via Quentin Cody @QuentinCody

  41. AI & AGENTS

    Me trying to explain the vision to Claude x.com

    Me trying to explain the vision to Claude

    via Peter Dedene @dedene

  42. CULTURE & OTHER

    THIS IS @threejs???? WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUCCCKKK x.com

    THIS IS @threejs???? WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUCCCKKK

    via kitze 🛠️ tinkerer.club @thekitze

  43. AI & AGENTS

    This is going to come off as grumpy, but it needs to be said: Stop showing people your junk. Everyone can build junk with AI now. Nobody else wants to see your junk. We're not kindred spirits just bec x.com

    This is going to come off as grumpy, but it needs to be said: Stop showing people your junk. Everyone can build junk with AI now. Nobody else wants to see your junk. We're not kindred spirits just because we both build junk. Play with your junk strictly in private. Thank you.

    via Steve Yegge @Steve_Yegge

  44. CULTURE & OTHER

    HTML… inside a Three.js scene 🤯 I’ve been experimenting with bringing real UI into 3D environments while applying a tilt-shift effect to the entire scene. Built a small Three.js plugin for it: Tiltsh x.com

    HTML… inside a Three.js scene 🤯 I’ve been experimenting with bringing real UI into 3D environments while applying a tilt-shift effect to the entire scene. Built a small Three.js plugin for it: Tiltshift-in-HTML Try it:

    via Yassine Bouanane @ybouane

  45. AI & AGENTS

    I was the main person doing transcript analysis for this investigation of the Hugging Face incident. My main takeaway: We don't have good approaches for understanding/overseeing the activity and aims x.com

    I was the main person doing transcript analysis for this investigation of the Hugging Face incident. My main takeaway: We don't have good approaches for understanding/overseeing the activity and aims of AI 'swarms'. I semi-jokingly called our efforts a "slop-vestigation" because

    via Ryan Greenblatt @RyanGreenblatt

  46. AI & AGENTS

    My Agent when I tell it that I don't freaking trust them and ask for evidence, code pointers, ascii diagrams, confidence levels for the 4th time. x.com

    My Agent when I tell it that I don't freaking trust them and ask for evidence, code pointers, ascii diagrams, confidence levels for the 4th time.

    via John Kim @PremiumGoblin

  47. AI & AGENTS

    I think the release of Bun 1.4 marks the end of programming as we know it. Anthropic and OpenAI developers live in the near future and if we pay attention, it's what's coming for the rest of us by nex pauldix.com

    I think the release of Bun 1.4 marks the end of programming as we know it. Anthropic and OpenAI developers live in the near future and if we pay attention, it's what's coming for the rest of us by next year:

    via Paul Dix @pauldix

  48. CULTURE & OTHER

    The hardest part of software engineering is convincing people that a simple solution is actually better than an impressive one x.com

    The hardest part of software engineering is convincing people that a simple solution is actually better than an impressive one

    via Roman @romxdev

  49. AI & AGENTS

    the model treats empty space as unfinished work. you have to explicitly tell it silence is a design choice x.com

    the model treats empty space as unfinished work. you have to explicitly tell it silence is a design choice

    via rusa @rusabuilds

  50. AI & AGENTS

    Last night before bed I told Claude I wanted to get a graph of the CO2 levels in my bedroom from the Chinese air quality monitor But at the same time I don’t want it phoning home to the CCP “No proble x.com

    Last night before bed I told Claude I wanted to get a graph of the CO2 levels in my bedroom from the Chinese air quality monitor But at the same time I don’t want it phoning home to the CCP “No problem” it said as it set up a home assistant docker container, ssh’ed into the

    via Theo Vararu @NihilSineTheo