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Peter Stephens ☕ 🚀
@peterastephens
Currently building with @rustlang. Working @AmazonLab126. https://t.co/JSHi7qupvv. Views are my own.
Austin, TX Katılım Şubat 2009
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The bottleneck shifted from **coding** to **judgment**.
Questions enterprises must ask:
- Where will our future senior engineers come from?
- Are we paying consultants for implementation or judgment?
- Do we have the platform guardrails to ship AI-assisted code safely?
The human in the loop isn't going away. The human becomes MORE important.
Full article: adventures.nodeland.dev/archive/softwa…
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I keep reading that AI can't write Rust. Seems odd since it writes F# just fine (which I guess is roughly similar in terms of training data). So maybe non-GC languages need a big context to keep track of memory. But then why no complaints about C++? C++ devs = non-AI greybeards?
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@infinitytec3 @sdamico The battery pack is separate from the cook top so presumably user replaceable with the help of a friend. Battery has one retaining screw and slides out from under the cook top. It's heavy though so whole unit may need to be disconnected from power and moved to properly replace.
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@peterastephens @sdamico OK, that makes sense. User replaceable?
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Customer feedback that we basically landed something distinct from other induction stoves.
Kareem Shaya@kareems
My wife and I set up the @ImpulseLabs_ stove and cooked some things on it. Thinking through what happens next to every other appliance maker's stove business: - 2026–2027: Nothing. Impulse grows, but it's not on their radar yet as a meaningful player. Meanwhile, early adopters aren't even considering brands other than Impulse anymore. - 2028: Denial. Their sales reps start getting questions from normies about why they don't have temperature sensing or power boil. The sales reps try to explain how their inferior equivalents are just as good, leaning heavily on "Do you really want to buy a stove from a startup? We've been in this business for decades. 'Tech guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.'" - 2029: Uh oh. They realize they actually need legit temperature sensing and power boil, and they need the software in the stove to be really good. But they have zero tech competence, their legacy commitments make it almost impossible to pivot the whole company. - 2030–2031: The legacy appliance firms release half-baked Impulse competitor stoves … right around the time that Impulse releases its fridge and/or heat pump water heater. Game over.
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@infinitytec3 @sdamico I think the battery warranty is 10 years. It's LFP so should last at least that long as it'll do a shallow cycle once per day. It tops off the battery at a set time every night according to the current software version.
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@peterastephens @sdamico Thanks. I meant in years though. Like would I need to replace my stove battery in 10-15 years?
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@sdamico @infinitytec3 Relaxing the connectivity requirements is good news! The current warranty wording requires "mostly connected" to remain under warranty. (It does make sense that you need the data collection and ability to turn around OTA updates until things stabilize.)
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@infinitytec3 1) yeah it works, we just need early units to all stay updated so we can support the product with a small team. That requirement will go away.
2) no because the entire point is we redid the power electronics around there being a battery. That’s why it is good.
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@infinitytec3 @sdamico Stated battery duration is about 3 meals. YMMV
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@sdamico Questions...
1) can it work disconnected from the Internet?
2) is there a version without a battery? If not, how long should the battery last? Do you design for longevity?
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@peterastephens Yes. @duncancampbell and I were discussing a thin ERV you can jam in the very bottom (or top) of a window being a good idea.
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I sleep with the door open because of indoor CO2
Populism Updates@PopulismUpdates
Tell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum
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@VeryLargeShips @sdamico @ImpulseLabs_ It's only a cooktop with no oven. It's max power consumption is lower than a normal electric cooktop at around 12.5A/120V or 8.3A/240V, (1500-2000W).
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@sdamico @ImpulseLabs_ How much power do you need for this? My breaker box is about maxed out. I assume it's not a direct replacement for a standard electric range. Does it include an oven?
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This is now shipping @ImpulseLabs_
4x the power output of a gas stove, ~5x the power output of an induction stove when it’s not in some time-restricted “boost” mode.
Unlike every other stove, the knob gives you actual continuous control from 50->10,000 watts (vs. 10-20 steps)
Sam D'Amico@sdamico
when the team’s monomaniacal focus on latency and performance gets applied to … a stove
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Peter Stephens ☕ 🚀 retweetledi
after cooking on @ImpulseLabs_ for a day
here are 3 unexpected but delightful things
> awesome RESPONSIVENESS of dialing the power up/down - insane precision for this much power
> it's QUIET, unlike all other inductions i've used
> the knobs are physically satisfying to click
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@sdamico @ImpulseLabs_ If it's not an induction top, how does it work? What mechanism does it use?
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Peter Stephens ☕ 🚀 retweetledi
The lithium iron phosphate battery chemistry was invented by a guy named John Goodenough, which is extremely funny
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Peter Stephens ☕ 🚀 retweetledi
Meet Vega OS and Vega Developer Tools!
Starting with our Fire TV 4K Stick Select, Vega OS will power all future SMPs.
Vega Developer Tools features:
🔧 React Native framework
🌐 Web app support
📚 Comprehensive documentation
Read the blog to learn more➡️ developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games…
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weekend project: wringing out the last bit of latency on the UI.
Sam D'Amico@sdamico
This is now shipping @ImpulseLabs_ 4x the power output of a gas stove, ~5x the power output of an induction stove when it’s not in some time-restricted “boost” mode. Unlike every other stove, the knob gives you actual continuous control from 50->10,000 watts (vs. 10-20 steps)
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We're shipping @ImpulseLabs_
After four years of company-building and a lot of engineering, manufacturing, and compliance work, customers are getting units. Huge thanks to everyone who pre‑ordered since January 2024 and stuck with us. You made this moment happen.
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@StephenFleming An interesting way to monitor foot traffic. But also not worth the cost of goods and installation labor.
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It’s a stunt. Given the cost of goods and the labor required to install, I can’t imagine this ever turns profitable.
Science girl@sciencegirl
Japan is using piezoelectric floor tiles in busy areas like Shibuya and Tokyo Stations to convert footsteps into clean electricity
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