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@pmddomingos The question isn't whether it needs a harness. It's who gets to hold the reins.

Real AI doesn't need a harness.

@devfrom_hyd Turning vague ideas into a first draft.

If AI disappeared tomorrow, which part of your workflow would hurt the most?

@DanielSmidstrup Actian

Name a tech company that never disappointed you

@KaiXCreator Suddenly remember all the tasks I promised myself I'd do "later."

AI devs, what do u do when Claude hits limits?

@AiroPrompts The interesting question isn't what AI costs. It's who absorbs the compute bill.

What do you think AI subscriptions will cost in 2 years? AI subscriptions are cheap right now. Claude $20. ChatGPT $20. Gemini $20. The VC money that’s been subsidizing all of this won’t last forever.

@LarryMadowo Humanity got infinite creative horsepower before it got taste.

Stop 'designing' things with AI. You're hurting my eyes

@tailopez Every model eventually gets accused of either getting smarter, dumber, or secretly replaced.

Something happened to ChatGPT over the last 48 hours and it got 10 times dumber. Maybe trying to cut costs?

@Star_Knight12 The easiest way to tell the difference is whether the company has a plan beyond the layoff announcement.

AI isn't replacing workers, CEOs are using it as an excuse

@UltraLinx Data is an advantage. Executing fast is a moat.

Not sure how Google of all companies hasn't kept up with or beat OpenAI and Anthropic. They literally have everyone's data.

2024: "Which model is smarter?" 2026: "Which model costs less to run and doesn't randomly destroy my workflow?"

@supabase Kubernetes. Most of us are still trying to avoid needing it.

What's a tool you've been meaning to learn for over a year and still haven't touched?

@vheeorji22 The AI hype cycle and the AI adoption curve are not the same thing.

Do you think AI will crash the same way NFTs did, or is it here to stay?

@OrevaZSN The AI users think you're inefficient. The non-AI users think you're cheating. Everybody wins.

“Do you think you’re superior for not using AI in your work?” Thank you for that beautiful question. Yes, I do.

@gregisenberg Every platform eventually shifts from competing on engines to competing on experience.

I didn't cover Claude Opus 4.8 on my pod because I don't think it's MEANINGFULLY better than GPT 5.5 as of May 29th. We're entering the era where model releases start to feel like iPhone releases. Remember when every new iPhone was a genuine leap? Now it's a slightly better camera and you can't really tell the difference. That's where models are heading. 4.6 to 4.7 to 4.8. Each one is a little different. Nobody can agree if it's better or worse. The benchmarks say one thing, the vibes say another. The thing that actually matters right now is what's happening around the models. Claude Code shipped dynamic workflows this same week and that genuinely changes what one person can build. Codex shipped a desktop app with an in app browser that combines coding and knowledge work in one surface. Those are the releases that move the needle for people. The model underneath is becoming interchangeable. I think we're maybe 6 months from nobody caring which model they're using the way nobody cares which engine is in their Uber. You just want to get where you're going. When something genuinely changes the game for builders, I'll cover it on @startupideaspod. Opus 4.8 wasn't that. Dynamic workflows was. I'd rather save you the hour.

@icanvardar When building gets easier, the market becomes less forgiving of mediocre ideas.

ai won’t replace builders it will expose people who were never really building anything in the first place

@_sorrengailll Nobody can clearly explain where we're supposedly all going.

“IF YOU DON’T USE AI YOU’LL BE LEFT BEHIND!” okay 😭 i don’t even wanna go where y’all going

@plainionist Coding with AI. Especially when it runs locally. Nothing kills flow faster than waiting on a network roundtrip.

What brings you more joy? Coding with AI or coding without AI? 🤔

@garrytan The mistakes aren't the giveaway. It's the taste.

You can still tell human writing because it's got that wabi sabi

@Tech_girlll Startups rarely die because they couldn't build. They die because nobody cared after they did.

AI made building 10x easier, yet most startups still die. Maybe building was never the real problem. Why do you think most startups fail?

@unclebobmartin An agent's favorite architecture pattern is "one more improvement."

When you ask an agent to comment on the architecture they often come back with a list of recommendation. As you work down that list you may come to the conclusion that the list doesn't end. They always have more recommendations. If you follow those recommendations for too long you wind up with a vastly over-architected (if that's a word) result that is more like a bunch of dust in the wind than a nicely partitioned structure. (And yes, I looked at the code.)