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Last week we tested Differ on a to-do list. Today: a 400K+ line production codebase. Drop an app into Differ. The agent adapts the code to each user. Software improves where it runs. Ship an update as a developer and it propagates across every user's version, even if they've all diverged.

@karrisaarinen Agree to some extent, which is why we’re calling this new category “adaptive software”. Less “spend hours customizing your software” More “software that adapts to you and your context”.

@danielcberk youtube.com/watch?v=W_IzYU…

Can someone in SF help me with a social experiment? I want you to go to a coworking space and start confidently talking about a startup founder, by name, who raised a crazy amount of money, say $250M, with a cracked AI startup. Founder doesn't exist, startup doesn't exist. I want to see how many people follow your made up story to avoid admitting they have no idea what you're talking about. I wager 80% will act like they know what you're talking about with total confidence but I need someone on the ground to confirm. Survey 100 people over 7 days for justifiable sample size. I will pay you in Schrute Bucks.

Waiting for AI companies with too much money to throw good parties like @raave or @BoysClubWorld...

@ryan_tech_lab @vibecodeapp_ @rork @Replit Not the first time... This was from 2010 (!)

@iristenteije @vibecodeapp_ @rork @Replit It's C, with A as the public narrative. The App Store cut depends on apps having enough friction to justify premium pricing. If AI drops the cost of building to near-zero, the economics of the store change fast. Calling it 'slop' is the cover story.

Apps that make apps are getting banned. @vibecodeapp_ & @rork are out of the App Store. @Replit having issues. A) Apple vs AI slop B) Reviewers can’t keep up C) Apple protecting its moat (vibe coding = fewer App Store dollars) Which one is it?

What was confusing? What nearly broke? What should change? It reads like an ordinary survey. Except today the respondent is a language model. It just taught itself a protocol from scratch, and its answers improve the system. adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/what-was-con…

If chat *is* the medium, text is the interface. Then UI components belong inline, not beside the text, but within it.

Hosting an intimate event about the future of user interfaces with @dforwardfeed next month. For founders, builders & designers thinking about: - generative + adaptive UIs - UIs in the age of agents luma.com/1liby246

@notanilp It's pretty, but I hate how every time someone does something that looks nice it now instantly gets copied everywhere.

@iristenteije I mean that is definitely cool - i set up a landing page hooked with ai to help qualify visitors (still testing) so should also try this aesthetic around it haha

Is this the post-Linear aesthetic?

With all these new-ish concepts like Timeleft, 222, renewed interest in co-living, why has no one (afaik) done successful solo-first bars/cafes/physical spaces? Private member clubs probably come closest, but when’s the last time you made new friends in Soho House 🤔

@b1rdmania @manticgames @tldraw @SurrealDB @lightdash_devs Sky Valley: building infrastructure for adaptive software

15 more London tech startups doing interesting shit: • @facultyai - AI deployment for enterprises • @ManticGames - AI sports prediction • @tldraw - infinite canvas for thinking • @surrealdb - multi-model database in Rust • @lightdash_devs - open-source BI for dbt • @jackandjillai - AI conversation design 4 recruiting • @encodeclub - web3 education • @zep_ai - long-term memory for AI • @dust4ai - AI assistants for teams • @spice_ai - time series AI infrastructure • @Replit - AI-powered coding (UK-founded) • @graphcore - AI chips • @Papercup_AI - AI dubbing for video • @humanloop - prompt engineering & LLM ops • @AUAR_official - robots building buildings (again, I like it so much) starting to feel like we should throw together some kind of conference... and if you're building something interesting in London drop it below - adding to the map next week and building on api / data layers so it's a bit more useful. londonmaxxxing.com

Of course, totally normal and safe to eat food that tastes like nail polish remover. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

TIL at Nir Eyal’s book launch @southpkcommons The power of belief. But make it science. The Nocebo Effect: a clinical trial participant thought he’d overdosed. His vitals became dangerously abnormal. Then he learned it was a placebo. Instant recovery.

Dogs of New York.

The first adaptive software was a mf virus! 🤯 Awesome new post by @iristenteije adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-first-ad…

@Britannioj Maybe this just tells you I'm old 🥲

@iristenteije I only learned about the protest when flicking through Google drive as a TransferWise intern

The lobster next to the bull today reminded me how big physical guerrilla marketing used to be. Flash mobs, random public installations, performance art, hijacking competitor conferences. 2000s attention bait was so much more wholesome. (Yet also unhinged, just remembered the naked TransferWise protest).

@levelsio There’s a happy medium between dead silence and Paper Plane…

Tiny things like these make everyone in a coworking space less productive And it's always some girl at the front desk playing her favorite songs (or break up songs if she just had a break up) A coworking space should be dead silent (white noise at best) and climate controlled @ 22C/72F with people choosing their own music or sound on their headphones People who do calls should be put in fully soundproofed call booths and never allowed to call outside of it Most coworking spaces suck: they're too loud, too hot (AC is set wrong or non-existent or shuts off at 5pm), chairs are wrong, tables are wrong height etc. You should be extremely autistic about this stuff when you're designing a space for deep work because it literally affects everyone's productivity and the point of a coworking space is great work Or you're just building a community hang out, not a coWORKing space