Wesley Austin Miller

Until recently, AI slop on here has been ~mostly limited to engagement farming accounts in developing countries. But now I'm starting to see high-status people in the tech industry post 3,000-word slop articles that get >1 million views. Zero shame/self-awareness. Bleak stuff.

Everyone gives lists and long essays on how to use Claude Code or Codex. I only use Codex these days as it’s superior. Plus, there’s very little barrier to entry for the Codex App. You don’t need to learn 1000 skills or download clunky dashboards to get started. Keep it simple: 1. Install some key plugins like Slack and Gmail and now “Computer Use”. 2. For slides and docs, open them in the app and interact with them directly. You can point to or annotate the parts you want changed and send that as instructions to the agent. You never leave the app that’s the beauty, even for web browsing. 3. Feel free to just talk to it and just ask it to make skills for you for repeated workflows. No need to overdo it. Keep it really simple. Let the agent do the work. You are there to steer it skillfully. The way I see it. You have an F1 car. Your job is to drive it. You can go 100% autopilot (they are that good now), but you’ll have most fun when you’re steering it by your instructions as it’ll feel interactive and you’ll feel more in control. That’s it really! PS - Use a speech to text app. I use monologue. You can use whatever you like most, It helps a lot!

Economists: It is time for EconMadness! Put your prediction models (or vibes to the test) in the annual economist bracket challenge for March Madness. Enter your brackets here and email me to get on the distribution list if you aren’t yet!