Mark Coffman
912 posts
@MarkCoffman
.NET Developer, Unity3D fan, Blazor enthusiast #indiedev #agile
Terafab may be the most essential vertical integration Tesla has ever undertaken— and it is truly non-optional. It will take years to build and will test even Elon’s speedrunning abilities to the limit, but that won’t stop him from trying. The breakthrough likely lies in overhauling the overall facility’s cleanroom model. By moving wafers in sealed pods with localized micro-environments, the fab no longer needs a monolithic ultra-clean space. Elon’s line about “eating cheeseburgers and smoking cigars” on the fab floor isn’t silly, it’s the practical reality of a radically simpler, cheaper, faster approach that could finally change the economics of chipmaking. This is all forced by the brutal “pinch” in chip supply. Tesla must produce on the order of 100–200 billion AI chips per year just to saturate its roadmap. That volume powers: FSD cars & Robotaxis (tens of millions of vehicles needing AI5 inference for near-perfect autonomy), Physical Optimus (scaling from thousands today to millions per year, each requiring AI5/AI6-level compute), Digital Optimus (the new xAI-Tesla software agents for digital/office automation, running massive inference clusters), Space-based data centers (AI7/Dojo3 orbital compute for GW-scale training and inference beyond Earth limits). AI5 delivers the ~10× leap for vehicles and early robots; AI6 shifts focus to Optimus + terrestrial DCs; AI7 goes orbital. No external foundry (TSMC, Samsung, etc.) can deliver that scale or timeline— hence the Terafab launch. Without it, the entire robotics + autonomy future hits a brick wall. Terafab isn’t optional; it’s the only way forward.
@wholemars @WR4NYGov Logs show driver disengaged Autopilot four seconds before crashing
Submitted @TLGenApp 2.4 for macOS just now, it’s literally insane that it can handle these 1800+ cars and it’s unoptimized 👀 Perhaps The Imperial March would have been more appropriate? 🤷
.@TLGenApp 2.3 submitted, first macOS app ever 🥳 next on the agenda is Android and draw your own multi car layouts! 🧑🍳 -MacOS native app for larger more complex multicar shows -longpress edit show name -show settings are associated on a per show basis -show list selection for export or deleting -recycle bin keeps show deletions for 3 day grace period -deleted shows can be restored
TLGen v1.1 has now been submitted, stay tuned! -Multi car show preview -Fixed lightbars so you can fully appreciate the animations -Pick between cybertruck, prism (fridge IYKYK) or none -Album art style cover flow in background of player
I missed getting a free charger at work to get TLGen submitted WORTH IT 🙌
@BStarr119 @grok Tell us more, can we download the app directly from you?
2 months into 2026 and developers haven’t been replaced by AI.
Tesla Insurance question. I’m angry. I use FSD about 99% of the time these days. But every once in a while, I will disengage it because maps has made an error, and I need to get into the correct lane or whatever. The problem is, if FSD is following someone, and I disengage, I immediately get dinged for following too close. So my driving score is about 79% based on probably a grand total of 10 minutes actually manually driving over a month. But because of that score, my rate is going to increase $100 for the month. That’s ridiculous. If this continues, I will be canceling it. Tesla insurance should intelligently know that my score was based on a 30 second disengagement, and not a regular driving pattern. I’m assuming this is a feature? @elonmusk there’s got to be a fix for this.
