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it's painful to use GPT-6 Astra right now - i know a much better model must be running internally at openai
i'm pretty sure we didn't have color television back in early September 2026
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rather than programming the computer, i now feel like i'm programming myself
like, my brain can only handle so much so i keep trying to find ways to get agents to pack all the info into my brain and require minimal action so i can most efficiently get out of their way
while writing my other tweets i realized i have always wanted to make a game like noita but have never had anywhere near the time to actually try to build something that complex
claude: hold my beer
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I feel better about software at the moment - there's still so much to build and so much alpha to be had. "SaaS is dead" is only right for a subset of problems where you can accomplish your goal with a few prompts
the litmus test is whether it's hard for you to build even with ai
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as an example. before you might build a basic app for managing your household with some data, UI, etc.
now, you can build the same thing, but offline-first, universal undo and instant updates, multi-player real-time sync, instant loading, native android app, etc
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i've felt this recently too. it takes a while to come up with a really good UX - so many tiny details that make something feel good and effortless and agents don't even come close on their own
I鈥檝e never quite understood the appeal of software that gives you a blank canvas and building blocks to make your own tools.
I鈥檇 rather use a purpose-built product from a team whose judgment I trust, or build something custom for my exact needs.
The awkward middle ground makes you do the design work, but limits you to someone else鈥檚 building blocks.
And in companies, everyone ends up building their own systems, leaving the organization to deal with the complexity.
With AI making custom software easier to build, that tradeoff feels increasingly hard to justify
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similar to your brain mysteriously remembering the lyrics to "one week" from the barenaked ladies, i just remembered how to indent multiple lines in emacs using rectangle insert (C-x r t <space>) in 2026
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Why don't we have more credible proposals for how people are going to survive when AI puts them (and most others) out of a job? Especially the transitionary period.
I really don't blame people who hate AI when there isn't consensus for how that will work
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For something to be AI slop, I think it has to actually be low quality. Otherwise it's just AI assisted, which imo does not have a negative connotation
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When you know things are made with AI simply because it's so good a human wouldn't have the time or skill to do it, I don't think it's fair to call it AI slop
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the cloudflare api tokens are really annoying to work with when you have agents configuring for you.
i think it would be way better for the agent to propose a change and then you just review it and say "lgtm", or even have an llm auto-approve system like we have for writes
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sad to hear the news about patrick stewart, for sure. but how is he 47 in this picture (if you're in your 40s you'll understand)
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i've switched to having my agent build me an entire bespoke website to explain how it thinks a given part of my app should work, including examples, diagrams, interactive guides, etc, so i can review it
the agent is compressing the problem to fit my particular neurons
a lot of getting good with AI is just being persistent. if you don't get what you want, try again a bit differently.
still not quite right? tell the AI that and keep going.
not sure what you want? tell the AI that!
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