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it's been a while since we got a little technical on MOTS so i caught up with @samlambert to ask him about what is happening at github and the fallout as one of the world's most loved pieces of software struggles to adapt to the agentic coding era. the conclusion? it'll probably be fine idk 00:00 - San Francisco rent prices 01:55 - What is happening to Github? 04:30 - People loved early Github 05:30 - Is free software over? Will we end up paying per commit? 07:58 - Code hosting + @zo_computer shoutout 09:05 - @mitchellh reaction 10:08 - @Theo and @ThePrimeagen reactions 10:42 - @beginbot reaction 11:30 - @jshchnz reaction and the codemaxxed repo 13:33 - What exactly are vibecoders shipping to the user? 15:38 - ad break and responding to allegations 18:17 - @amasad reaction 20:30 - Open source in the world of AI coding 24:07 - Who should run Github?

@beffjezos don't worry king. my selling out arc has just begun

@creatine_cycle I really thought you'd sell out by getting a protein powder sponsor or start shilling AG1 at some point, but this...

yes i went to the a16z new media retreat yes i rode the golf cart yes i drank the vodka sodas yes that's the price i put on myself we exist

@NicoleSHsing i almost forgot about the cool dogs we brought home :')

@creatine_cycle U forgot about the seven dogs you took home that were free

@Abhindas1 don't mind if i do

@creatine_cycle Sellout

@cyrus_zei @Madisonkanna @paularambles @ad0rnai @oliviakoshy i am single and unemployed

@Madisonkanna @creatine_cycle @paularambles @ad0rnai @oliviakoshy That Atlas dude i everywhere. Does he even work ? 🤣

a16z new media retreat brought together my favorite terminally online people at a ridiculously beautiful location

There is a guy named Scaling Law who is an eng at Stanford? I’ll invest in whatever he does post grad purely for the nominative determinism

@Ryan_Gasoline i love the taste of imperialism in the morning

@creatine_cycle Earl Grey Tea -> Imperialism

here are what popular caffeinated drinks taste like: black coffee -> burnt dirt red bull -> petroleum diet coke -> datacenter white monster -> construction and heavy machinery celsius -> TV static

@kaiarhodes actually yes

@creatine_cycle Like licking a battery

diet coke is what i imagine a datacenter tastes like

@tolstoybb hm i haven't had it yet. will report back on evil sprite

@creatine_cycle I’m a fan of the new yellow red bull that I can only describe as evil sprite

@allgarbled i haven't had one since i was a kid actually

@creatine_cycle White monster more like some kind of arctic animal urine that gives you shamanic powers

@severeengineer need to try

@creatine_cycle have you had that one white peach red bull goes pretty hard

@growing_daniel not just a golf course daniel. they gave me 3 vodka sodas

A16 showed these people a golf course for the first time and it’s blowing their minds

@Zvagelskiy wow never thought about this

@creatine_cycle Yerba mate -> linux

@mots_pod @jxnlco @baelentina_ val is right. i double down on wearing the tightest possible shirts all the time

.@jxnlco asked @baelentina_ how she would recommend that someone become more stylish/fashionable. "lean into the things that you like and double/triple down on emphasizing just one thing about it." - @baelentina_ "if you really like silver jewellery get really big pieces and many styles. make it an obvious fact about you" "i guess that works in SF (autism). like yeah i do like trains i'll buy 1000 trains" - @jxnlco

@PlastiqSoldier both

@creatine_cycle Do you think it's not true or do you think he should just stop saying it?

we have learned nothing about how to message about AI

@HumanHarlan no it would have been better for him to not say anything at all and have these conversations behind closed doors with AI leaders and regulators. whipping the public into a frenzy leads to bad policy and worse, incidents like sama's place being firebombed

@creatine_cycle Would it have been better for him to lie about his beliefs in order to avoid saying anything scary?

@ITangoI amazing

@creatine_cycle they call me "glyphosate" the way no one wants me on their feed

@sporadica @Madisonkanna @paularambles @ad0rnai @oliviakoshy thank you my straight king

@Madisonkanna @creatine_cycle @paularambles @ad0rnai @oliviakoshy he’s so devilishly handsome, it’s unfair

@richardzphotoz mental illness

@creatine_cycle How do u come up w this

i was too straight for the thiel fellowship. i was too gay for the palantir fellowship. i was just bisexual enough for the a16z new media fellowship retreat