Kevin Brown

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The worse part about it that I never actually got a response from him regarding the deck 🤣

I remember once I sent my deck out to a sort of famous founder and then suddenly I started seeing hands on cloud courses being promoted on his platform. In my head, I was like, if he think that's all that's needed then he totally doesn't see the vision or picture.

Most AI products stop at “here’s the answer.” The winners will go further: 👉🏾 “here’s the system you just built” Diagram → Deploy → Portfolio That’s how the “local hero” becomes 10x more powerful.

So Meek’s a developer now. AI can write the code. A cloud portfolio proves you can ship.

@MeekMill So you’re a developer now. AI can write your code. Your cloud portfolio proves you can ship.

Dm!

People spend far too much time in business, working on their weaknesses.... - In life, it's an important thing to do. - In work, it will set you back far too many years, and keep you smaller than you could have been. Push on your strengths all day long.

“Can’t share my past work, it’s proprietary.” Totally fair. But that’s exactly why GitHub alone isn’t enough anymore. Hiring managers don’t want promises. They want proof. Build a Cloud Portfolio: • Live apps anyone can click • Real infra (IaC, networking, security) • Performance and cost tradeoffs • Decisions, not just code No IP issues. Just proof of skill. GitHub shows potential. Cloud Portfolio shows capability. And in today’s market, capability wins. Ready to build yours this week? 🙌🏾

@ClutchPoints Terrible, don't like to see this sort of thing happen to talent

Cam Thomas turned down two offers from the Nets: 👎2 years, $30 million 👎1-year, $9.5 million deal Brooklyn put the options on the table. Cam bet on himself instead. At the time, it felt bold. Confident. Maybe even justified for a scorer who's dropped 40s before. Then reality hit. The Nets waived him. The Bucks picked him up, hoping that microwave scoring could translate to a contender. 18 games later: 🔻10.7 points 🔻43% shooting A short run that never really stuck. And just like that, Milwaukee moved on, too. Six weeks. That's all it took. Now here's the part nobody expected. Cam Thomas is back on the market, and because of the March 1 deadline, he can't even play in the 2026 playoffs. From turning down $30 million to watching the postseason from the outside. The bet wasn't wrong. But the timing? That changed everything. And now the question hits harder than ever… Did he overplay his hand, or is the league still underestimating him? 🤔

@garrytan Yes, 15k LOC is tough but generally speaking they are out dated.

Lots of engineers think AI codegen is only good enough to do little bug fixes here and there If you tell them you can ship 15k LOC of ai gen code to prod they think you have lost your mind. It’s so so early. And also those engineers are living in 2025.

@MeekMill GitHub’s cool… but that’s just the code Cloud is where it actually lives Apps running Servers up Real users That’s the real portfolio now

I need a GitHub too! Is it like that or nah?

@naval If your product helps users do the work, AI will replace you. If it’s where they think, AI will amplify you. Building for the second category is a very different game.

A lot of software is about to get a lot better, right before it becomes unnecessary.

@boringmarketer This is real. People aren’t just getting better at coding they’re learning how systems work vibe builder → cloud architect → operator

what I'm seeing is that top 1% operators are collapsing into something beyond "vibe coders" it's more like can understand systems and architecture enough to be super dangerous with Claude Code. you apply your deep vertical knowledge to this and you become unstoppable.

@ashleymayer @darrenmarble Builders can finally show what they know in the cloud 👍🏾

This is my #1 piece of comms advice for startup founders.

@garrytan Diagram ≠ image → Diagram = executable cloud system

Markdown is not just text. Markdown is code. You'll see.

I had an incredible time at the Plano Prompt Engineers AI Hackathon this past weekend in Plano, Texas. It was energizing to meet so many talented builders, engineers, and innovators all in one place. I had an incredible time at the Plano Prompt Engineers AI Hackathon this past weekend in Plano, Texas. It was energizing to meet so many talented builders, engineers, and innovators all in one place. To celebrate the five-week hackathon, we’re introducing a special AI Hackathon Badge on Canvas Cloud AI 🚀 Anyone who publishes at least one architecture diagram to the Canvas Cloud AI Community Gallery between March 21 to April 29, 2026 (inclusive) will automatically earn this badge. Once awarded, it becomes a permanent part of your Canvas Cloud AI architecture profile.

@ketansingh279 @elonmusk How can you fix this? @grok

Primary problem right now: Small/medium sized accounts have no reach. Posting here is like making a diary entry for yourself for future reference. Considering X has xAI team at its disposal, try using AI for connecting content to relevant readers (irrespective of how small the writer's account is) cc: @nikitabier @elonmusk @kimbal @shivon @X

Major update to the 𝕏 AI recommendation algorithm rolling out next week. This will be open sourced at the same time.

GitHub alone is dead for modern developers

Developers will need a Cloud Portfolio, not just a GitHub portfolio.

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GitHub Portfolio vs Cloud Portfolio: The 2026 Reality 🧵

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