# Posts on X before Jul 4, 2024, 2:20:49 PM UTC

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### [Jul 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808737226630545730)

> It’s called mewing for a reason



Quoted post by Justin Whang 🐙:

### [Jul 3, 2024 — @JustinWhang](https://x.com/JustinWhang/status/1808642693532430543)

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### [Jul 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808723590654706138)

> what gets me up in the morning? knowing opus 3.5 is just around the corner



### [Jul 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808555754649178353)

> super fun to make this from scratch with nothing but next and shadcn

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### [Jul 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808494630763159704)

> sometimes i drink too much coffee and i get all jittery and a headache. so i make more coffee and that fixes that



### [Jul 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808409247035937054)

> welp, seems like [@cursor\_ai](<https://x.com/cursor_ai>) now limits sonnet 3.5 requests too, not only gpt-4. gpt-4o seems unlimited still but it's shit compared to sonnet 3.5



### [Jul 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808146279597551685)

> playing runescape 16 hours a day has helped me evolve into programming 16 hours a day. runescape OGs are something else, yes i'm tooting my own horn



### [Jul 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1808002721263546531)

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Quoted post by TIME:

### [Jun 28, 2024 — @TIME](https://x.com/TIME/status/1806788544410615905)

> 'Things are dark.' Democrats are panicking about Joe Biden's debate performance—and what will happen next [ti.me/3VJ7g5h](<https://t.co/S46Zo1NV7w>)

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### [Jul 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807845111960854735)

> time to recharge for 5 hours of some shitty sleep and get to redesigning the website from scratch, that'll be fun. tomorrow we ball hard

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### [Jul 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807762305956168029)

> wait where did everyone's cool "M" company logo go? all the cool kids had them next to their blue badge



### [Jul 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807744994339696720)

> by the way, apples is the only legitimate leaker, everyone else is larping harder than the next guy - but you know that already, right anon?



### [Jul 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807743354773570025)

> i'm just so addicted to making my own software, it doesn't matter what it is, whether it's a video editor, or an audio recording to a transcription program, or a desktop controller. 
> 
> I can't even find games fun anymore. although I haven't ventured into game creation yet, because I know that will be my biggest time sink, with a very long-term, down-the-line reward. I need to focus on all the projects I have going on right now, rather than trying to start up new ones. 
> 
> the software world is getting weirder and weirder. you can really pop out almost any type of niche program within a week these days.



### [Jul 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807598329330913367)

> weird how everyone that isn't macron is labeled far-right in the media, no matter what publication you look at. weird how that works

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### [Jun 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807445294881407246)

> other than obscure non-useful questions with gotcha answers, gpt-4o is terrible compared to sonnet 3.5



### [Jun 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807285868367073324)

> i think [@cursor\_ai](<https://x.com/cursor_ai>) should offer an API for their diff model/capabilities so I can use it in for example my Obsidian plugin



### [Jun 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1807265435332796768)

> you understand trump is our next president right? doesn't matter what you think about him; no matter what the democratic party does with biden or another replacement candidate



### [Jun 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806930721216536770)

> gemma 2 9b model is surprisingly good



### [Jun 28, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806733775008891033)

> broke: "early to bed, early to rise"
> 
> woke: debugging at 2am
> 
> bespoke: letting an LLM optimize your sleep schedule



### [Jun 28, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806732218649493565)

> sonnet 3.5 already feels like cheating. yesterday anthropic mentioned (again) dropping opus 3.5 super soon...
> 
> i guess i'll just cancel all my plans for the next month



### [Jun 28, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806719841988182185)

> my thoughts on last night's debate? pretty sure i've seen more coherent conversations between two chatbots trained on reddit comments



### [Jun 28, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806701887988920355)

> the real turing test is figuring out if that github repo with 10k stars actually does what it claims



### [Jun 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806351761680334991)

> the closest thing we have to the death note is eminem's notebook



### [Jun 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806211353646178487)

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Quoted post by lara mendonça 🇵🇸:

### [Jun 26, 2024 — @laraisuncool](https://x.com/laraisuncool/status/1806015165680460069)

> so many of our jobs will be wiped out with this, and the quality of digital products will become so much worse
> 
> this is bringing digital design to mass market, like they did with physical design. now we sit in shitty chairs and only rich people can afford a well-designed product [x.com/figma/status/1…](<https://t.co/gJs85t3Xp0>)



### [Jun 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1806193769404117413)

> anon, you have no idea how early we are. this is what the masses think rn, and i dont see it changing anytime soon. we're earlier than early; it seems like it hasn't even begun.



Quoted post by sofía aguilar 💫:

### [Jun 24, 2024 — @sofiaxaguilar](https://x.com/sofiaxaguilar/status/1805318543166292243)

> cannot emphasize enough how horrid chatgpt is, y'all. it's depleting our global power \& water supply, stopping us from thinking or writing critically, plagiarizing human artists. today's students are worried they won't have jobs because of AI tools. this isn't a world we deserve



### [Jun 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805956555105239414)

> every time sonnet 3.5 gets exactly what i want done in 1 prompt attempt, it... it just puts a huge smile on my face.
> 
> this is the worst it will ever be, no matter what models take the crown next. we're truly in the best timeline fr



### [Jun 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805870874463031649)

> factorio via tldraw when



Quoted post by tldraw:

### [Jun 24, 2024 — @tldraw](https://x.com/tldraw/status/1805299839900504157)

> conveyor belts

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### [Jun 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805630233758106025) · Edited

> Anthropic just pushes straight to prod THEY JUST LIKE ME FR



### [Jun 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805630047342281086) · Edited

> Anthropic just pushed to prod THEY JUST LIKE ME FR



### [Jun 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805620187791868141)

> just use obsidian bro

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### [Jun 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805615143596048614)

> meam before sleap

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### [Jun 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805611899436024279)

> ok time to pass out and sleep so i can finish and push tomorrow's update, gn

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### [Jun 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805575162424869142)

> genuinely laughed at a few of these, hurts so good to be an [@obsdmd](<https://x.com/obsdmd>) user. sonnet 3.5 really calling us out though

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### [Jun 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805230363410886760)

> i want to start a job again but there's just nothing cool going on in the job boards i frequent. i rather continue the toil of contract work and youtube/patreon/consulting rather than do something corporate



### [Jun 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805217067538481224)

> air conditioning + washer/dryer + dishwasher = peak efficiency.



Quoted post by Angantýr:

### [Jun 24, 2024 — @BasedNorthmathr](https://x.com/BasedNorthmathr/status/1805213786346770497)

> It’s uncanny how easy it is

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### [Jun 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1805143513606373418)

> oh, you go off of LLM benchmarks? that’s cute, we go off vibes here, much more accurate



### [Jun 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804718769874559354)

> i disagree, i'm giving my 5yo daughter a thinkpad with a fresh arch installation and a little homemade robot with a local LLM installed on it, that's all she can use to figure out how to set everything up from scratch



Quoted post by kache:

### [Jun 22, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1804564414688854144) · Edited

> i'm not going to give my kids phones or laptops
> 
> theyll get a portable daylight paper monitor with a pi glued to the back of it
> 
> if they want to watch paw patrol, they will have to learn how to ssh to their dedicated naked basement debian server, set up the network and use yt-dlp



### [Jun 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804537032758440435)

> i wish cigarettes weren't bad for you. it's such a waste of such a cool name for a thing. and the action itself is so cool too. fuck. i can't wait for healthcare to get to the point where cigarette smoking damage to your body can be neutralized / offset by like a pill or smth



### [Jun 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804516844696686830)

> all i need is God, zero sugar monster, and armodafinil

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### [Jun 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804382382663045290)

> it makes me so happy seeing all the youngsters hyping up nvim, brings a tear to my eye, nvim is an artform, a way of life



### [Jun 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804181039876837521)

> 👀 grok 1.5 in the next few days it seems

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### [Jun 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804128971493446069)

> sonnet 3.5 is current SOTA coding model



### [Jun 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1804050033266037201)

> i hate writing out documentation; i ship too fast. thankfully i'm figuring out how to update documentation automatically with each new feature add/change



### [Jun 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1803808400444399731)

> sonnet 3.5 is like opus, that's all. no noticeable improvements over opus.
> 
> that being said, that alone is big.



### [Jun 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1803694833527296370)

> Singularity will happen in the future maybe earlier.



Quoted post by 4th Industrial Revolution:

### [Jun 19, 2024 — @Devgymsetvfx](https://x.com/Devgymsetvfx/status/1803483585149616245)

> Singularity will happen after 2030 maybe earlier.



### [Jun 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1803081443280568705)

> sometimes i dive deep into a twitter thread to the point where I go "holy fuck, this person exists and believes all this shit" and it feels so doom-ery, only going back to coding problems cleanses my mind again



### [Jun 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1803015159306412491)

> runway gen-3 seems sora level tbh



### [Jun 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1802984947252363673)

> until the customer has no idea they're talking to an AI, this will never be able to replace actual workers taking an order from the drive through
> 
> basically it needs to pass an auditory turing-like test



Quoted post by xlr8harder:

### [Jun 18, 2024 — @xlr8harder](https://x.com/xlr8harder/status/1802957597143699635)

> McDonald's drive through is highly optimized and metrics driven, and this indicates a real failure to optimize the process with AI.
> 
> On the other hand, models are improving every day.  AI order taking will be back. [x.com/axios/status/1…](<https://t.co/u9WZgoTlrx>)



### [Jun 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1802679208176656876)

> nothing worked for putting me to sleep until I figured it out - listening to 3hr interrogation videos, uncut. i fall asleep within the first 10 minutes



Quoted post by Nico:

### [Jun 13, 2024 — @nico_jeannen](https://x.com/nico_jeannen/status/1801384160030036088)

> [@levelsio](<https://x.com/levelsio>) I already use melatonin 3mg and magnesium, it works but if I’m too stressed/anxious it don’t really help
> 
> And I also keep waking up at 4AM, my body don’t want to get more than 7h somehow, apparently CBD helps



### [Jun 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1802644919171101041)

> if you once tweeted something similar to what I just posted, you should link that tweet in the replies, that would be so hilarious haha



### [Jun 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1802628324943962162)

> “Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.”
> 
> ― Friedrich Nietzsche



Quoted post by Massimo:

### [Jun 15, 2024 — @Rainmaker1973](https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1802036072072794470)

> Bacterial nanomotors spin at up to 20,000 rpm
> [pic.x.com/nBwqnA8A1o](<https://t.co/nBwqnA8A1o>)

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### [Jun 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1802375938744938499)

> i had a team member a long time ago that only knew how to push updates to git, and all their commit messages were just the word "update" and nothing else
> 
> granted, he was one of the best on the team. funny how that works. sometimes i wonder if maybe he did know how to use git but just found it a waste of time



Quoted post by Theo - t3.gg:

### [Jun 16, 2024 — @theo](https://x.com/theo/status/1802370810566623305)

> I still can’t fathom how saying “you should learn git if you want a job writing code” is controversial



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