# Posts on X before Feb 19, 2025, 10:19:20 AM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1739960360000-1892157008465551576/ ## On X ### [Feb 19, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1892110815450255630) > Heh, who cares? Have you seen our SoTA humanoid robotics CEO’s weekly X “this week in…” threads? Or how they have a super huge omega cool Tony Stark style new campus? That’s what really matters. Not actual robotics stuff like this, yuck. 🤮 Quoted post by CIX 🦾: ### [Feb 18, 2025 — @cixliv](https://x.com/cixliv/status/1891786195371274447) > New video of the G1 to prove to everyone that the video was in fact not CGI. > > As several of twitter geniuses were fighting me over the last few days saying it was fake. [Video on X](/x/media/ce6835f9f0a507772fc2de3827f8755ab7a2d7440e2d97204fda002c02cb4308.jpg) ### [Feb 19, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1892023538154189243) > Huge thing I almost missed: > > "Markdown formatting: Starting with o1-2024-12-17, reasoning models in the API will avoid generating responses with markdown formatting. To signal to the model when you do want markdown formatting in the response, include the string Formatting re-enabled on the first line of your developer message." Quoted post by Olivier Godement: ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @oliviergodement](https://x.com/oliviergodement/status/1891523688706482374) > We wrote this lil guide for you to get the most of it and, perhaps most importantly, to stay away from boomer prompts: [platform.openai.com/docs/guides/re…]() ### [Feb 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891739558334582869) > papa dario is coming soon 🙏 [Attached image](/x/media/2de258ad10d6dcac9a48e17aa3b93ce4f41de944f1c74e447919ed3211044593.png) ### [Feb 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891733582642569509) > Interesting > [grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5…]() ### [Feb 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891716551159464021) > Uh ok so when can I use Grok 3 via API lmao ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891409225110171783) > Listening to “The AI Driven Leader” ChatGPT recommended to me, > > so far, so slop. ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891393103073882469) > It’s been like this since the dawn of time, for literally every job genre ever > > Do what your ancestors did, pick up the new tool (AI this time), and learn to use it Quoted post by Reid Hoffman: ### [Feb 16, 2025 — @reidhoffman](https://x.com/reidhoffman/status/1891223664261017868) > Need to shift the mindset from "AI will replace me." to "A human who is better at using AI will replace me." [x.com/MatthewBerman/…]() ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891382960118530057) > Eight months strong reigning champion of coding. No, like, actual programming. > > Not benchmarks; > > Actual back and forth pair programming, iteration, development, understanding, actually usable as an agent. > > Let’s see what xAI has tomorrow with Grok 3. Then Anthropic’s new stuff. Then OpenAI’s GPT 4.5. > > After all that, we’ll see who’s reigning champion in coding (again, past those silly benchmarks that never translate to real world programming scenarios) Quoted post by OpenRouter: ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @OpenRouter](https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/1891337289558606108) · Edited > Sonnet is the prom 👑 of programming. [Attached image](/x/media/fed4ffb108c193298fafd82c3139690d1e167200de9f16aebf2d28abee115a61.jpg) ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891380915722469581) > Seeing how much better 4o got recently, mostly because of its removed filters/cautions, really goes to show that if you don’t force it to pussyfoot around how it words things, it comes up with beautiful writings. ### [Feb 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891327608102822296) > thank God I never got into any altcoin BS and have just been periodically buying / using "round-up" features to invest into bitcoin for the last 5+ years > > it's so weird to see people talking up this coin, that coin, as if there's any difference - as if it's not all about dumping it on someone hoping for some ill-gotten gains > > ...just buy bitcoin, that's all that matters > > no stress, no watching it go up or down waiting on when to pull out or buy more or sell or kms, just build something and invest in bitcoin. that's all :D ### [Feb 16, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891051031154315475) > sonnet will still be the best coder to pair with cursor Quoted post by xlr8harder: ### [Feb 16, 2025 — @xlr8harder](https://x.com/xlr8harder/status/1891036250519273795) > Time to make your predictions, people. [x.com/elonmusk/statu…]() ### [Feb 16, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1891033121337823372) > when people say they can't afford kids, i think what (most) subconsciously mean is that they can't afford replacing any part of their current lifestyle with the raising of a child for at least the next 16ish years where they can finally maybe be left alone at home Quoted post by David: ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @DavidSHolz](https://x.com/DavidSHolz/status/1890822584909852990) > i find it so strange when people say they can't afford kids. your ancestors were able to afford kids for the last 300,000 years\! are we \*really\* less wealthy now? you might think your parents were better off, but how about further back? they still went on. ### [Feb 16, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890970736631693732) > imagine this coming at you in the battlefield with a katana and that mobility, just chopping you up and moving onto the next target. yikes Quoted post by Bojan Tunguz: ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @tunguz](https://x.com/tunguz/status/1890846082734960654) > We were promised flying cars, but instead we got flying robot drone octopuses. [Video on X](/x/media/c99f2b3993ffff9a863d707d37c0f037cf5c6d5022cd4928f81337c93af8a0ea.jpg) ### [Feb 16, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890941078762643673) > imo everyone dogging in on [@elonmusk]() has never experienced a partner going through postpartum depression. been there, done that, everyone deals with it in their own way. hopefully they've fixed things up rn > > so many holier-than-thou posts about this. God will judge, not you. ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890672437995483607) > x2 this statement. my experience so far: > - seems much slower in generation speed, indicating a bigboi model? truly feels like the old 4.0 speed > - no matter what i do, it keeps switching me into gpt-4o-mini any time I tab out and back in. this has never ever happened before Quoted post by bayes: ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @bayeslord](https://x.com/bayeslord/status/1890644014916915227) > gpt4o rn is like if Sydney was way smarter, went to therapy for 100 years, and learned to vibe out ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890663557693337792) > if [@elonmusk]() doesn't reach 100 kids before 2050 I am going to be so disappointed in him tbh ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890660066061058055) > gpt 4o is very often switching into gpt 4o mini when I tab out and back in, this never happened before since this gpt 4.5 rumor ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890617108133998804) > definitely something going on. > > - 4o chosen, WITHOUT web search, generates much slower than usual 4o, and the answers are amazing for what I've tested so far. No coding yet, but they just read much better / high quality rather than the usual 4o filler BS. > - 4o with web = same as before, fast and eh-ok results Quoted post by Andrew Curran: ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @AndrewCurran_](https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/1890578713940492682) > There is a lot going on with 4o right now. Depending on your past discussions and session history the model may behave quite differently than normal. Also, multiple people - usually Pro users - report 4o claiming to be GPT-4.5, given past practice early testing is possible. ### [Feb 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890603979152748644) > this will be my daughter's tutor, this + localhosted LLM (idc if it's literally this bot company or not, that's not the point) > [pic.x.com/TJt0UV38BR]() [Video on X](/x/media/5b13c9d8d79982a1d2018c3359d1dd0332b1b09a98d78f4acc1c23ad885eac0c.jpg) ### [Feb 14, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890370740920209788) > Lord God please forgive me > for I have sinned... > I am listening to Yeat's music because I have no idea what he's saying but it's such a programming focus vibe, I'm about to do an all nighter and see if Grok 3 releases today or not lmao ### [Feb 14, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890341449264169074) > I’m always baffled by these. Don’t they test them out and see what the email looks like client side? Quoted post by greta theft autumn ✿ (4.3% FC): ### [Feb 13, 2025 — @2007warpedtour](https://x.com/2007warpedtour/status/1890038643496255865) > oh i’m sure [Attached image](/x/media/4106983ffebc80dd05ea7bb50bcbd451b05ea0380b62f4137cc8b61a7d2bdc8b.jpg) ### [Feb 14, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890301922399445386) > this is why the dems lost 2024, and will most probably lose 2028/2032 as well. they try to score these cheap feel-good (look at the satisfied smirk on her face btw) cheap shots that everyone just cringes at > > seems like they didn't learn their lesson yet. will take 10+ years for dems to recover to any sort of respectable position imo. Quoted post by Daily Loud: ### [Feb 14, 2025 — @DailyLoud](https://x.com/DailyLoud/status/1890224260083499340) > BREAKING: Ohio lawmakers have proposed a new law that bans men from ejaculating without intent of conception, would fine men up to $10,000 per ejaculation. [pic.x.com/eOtMUatSPt]() [Video on X](/x/media/5fcbd0ea69210bf15ef56e5df520a5d9864d1e083fae82b7557b7f71f10964b0.jpg) ### [Feb 14, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890212672102375721) > the reason i use o3-mini-high vs o1-pro, even if i don't care about waiting times, is because o1-pro is extremely hit or COMPLETE miss. o3-mini-high is way more consistent, and sure, maybe it's not always the most optimal code, but it works, if not, i iterate 1-3x and it's fixed. ### [Feb 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1890187818993086890) > I love this plugin :) really cleaning up my For You, already seeing huge signal+ noise- benefits [Video on X](/x/media/5b035892827441a3fd9b88e435711582498019acde0373620ce5d593d5fbcd6d.jpg) ### [Feb 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889954661437939944) > tomorrow? he literally had an interview a few hours ago on a livestream and he said in 1-2 weeks Quoted post by CHOI: ### [Feb 13, 2025 — @arrakis_ai](https://x.com/arrakis_ai/status/1889954203893989634) > grok3-02-14 ### [Feb 12, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889666728604401971) > the only ai corp that fucked up naming models the least is Anthropic, and even they named 2 models "Sonnet 3.5" lmao cmon guys at least name it 3.6 officially???? Quoted post by near: ### [Feb 10, 2025 — @nearcyan](https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1889073754602627165) > model names are so long that designers make scrolling animations for them [Video on X](/x/media/6bb8a53aef4f672fea0aaa82e2fc064dc26054d65c35dc69218c51bdfd5161d3.jpg) ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889394530669175269) > "but mike future clients/employers might look at your x posts and decide not to hire you because of your opinions/manner of speaking" amazing, that's great news, they won't make it if that's their limit. i sweat, bleed, and piss code, my 6yr+ repeat clients know it ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889375656095654016) > apple's siri is the trashiest piece of software i am forced to use, and surprisingly the new apple intelligence is even worse (wow\!). every time i'm out shopping for something i always eye a samsung store near my home. i think im gonna experiment with a $100 temporary one ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889356278981689515) > reddit’s a fascinating psych experiment. with karma up/downvotes, midwit ideas always float to the top. niche subs do ok in terms of quality info early, but once they grow / go mainstream, the expert/midwit ratio gets obliterated and the normie floodgates never close again ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889337404814942568) > EU won't see a “Trump / Elon” saving moment. the US nearly collapsed irreversibly into insanity but clawed back at the last minute. EU’s next decades will look like a parallel reality as if Trump lost. terrifying for them, interesting for us to watch ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889176174271856722) > i've noticed anyone over 30 foolishly (most likely due to peer pressure) doesn't try - or tries mockingly - AI assisting tools > > it will be their longterm undoing. fine with me, more time to build and get ahead :) Quoted post by Javi Lopez ⛩️: ### [Feb 10, 2025 — @javilopen](https://x.com/javilopen/status/1889098146615001549) > There is legitimately no reason to write a line of code anymore. ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889162610161098830) > my next quick 1-day side project will be a 1-click mute-and-block combo button. the slop is getting out of control recently ### [Feb 11, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1889104662584021174) > can u smell it? it smells like a new anthropic model is coming ### [Feb 9, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1888441947116962035) > so all anthropic needs to do is release claude sonnet 3.7 (with CoT) and it will clean up house and blow everyone out of the water. that's what it feels like lmao ### [Feb 9, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1888439275391422764) > still using o1 since it supports images and o3-mini-high isn't THAT much better in what I need. honestly I haven't had a shock moment for its performance other than the API price cut obv. ### [Feb 9, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1888419421909057997) > God is the ultimate programmer. He didn’t say “let there be everything” and try to stuff everything into one prompt. > > He started with light, then next, next, next. Made modular pieces. What a God. ### [Feb 8, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1888260290300842192) > you need to be using a reasoning model to plan all the next steps out appropriately / make sure you didn't miss anything when it comes to the prompt / follow up you're giving to your programming LLM. o3-mini = planner, sonnet 3.6 = programmer ### [Feb 8, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1888067297740562627) > x really feels like peak 4chan, except this time with celebs and billionaires being the best shitposters lmao i love it ### [Feb 7, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1888012269763588274) > This is the best one yet. Quoted post by Donald J. Trump: ### [Feb 7, 2025 — @realDonaldTrump](https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1887916067491574108) > [Attached image](/x/media/b02d5b087aaf6b5a508cabc8359e1bf80c53f8fa91775d4b4255b72c9f80ecb9.jpg) ### [Feb 7, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1887829580985344075) > i love asking people who talk/show anime "what's the name of this cartoon?" they go through so many emotions you can see it on their face ### [Feb 7, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1887767426026058161) > So I always wonder, what would happen if they said there’s an 80% chance? Or near certain? > > Would all the powers that be - America, China, etc - get together and immediately start building a space defense laser or some sort of planetary nuke to break that asteroid up? Quoted post by vittorio: ### [Feb 6, 2025 — @IterIntellectus](https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1887623833831809469) · Edited > the probability of the asteroid impact is now 2.3%, up from 1.9% yesterday. > > this means that by 2032 there’s going to be a 1022% probability of impact [x.com/rawsalerts/sta…]() [Attached image](/x/media/07e9b717a93285dbc39fc1b190c5dddf619761b9c0e702fbca1f997a89b518c4.jpg) ### [Feb 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1887441147800527053) > every day I wake up, it feels like we fast forward a few years in terms of progress thanks to the results of november 4th, 2024. [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1887237508884275477) ### [Feb 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1887379572016165308) > what the fuck lmao DAMN time flies. Quoted post by Years Progress: ### [Feb 6, 2025 — @YearsProgress](https://x.com/YearsProgress/status/1887378942425714703) > 2025 is 10% complete. [Attached image](/x/media/bd54e276fd7973c50593c89842d4ddbc8067cdd09935f9e4a4156220003821d5.jpg) ### [Feb 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1887364625597145127) > friendly reminder: o3-mini-high is currently the best coding AI assistant out there, it's just complete ass in cursor, that's all. hopefully [@cursor\_ai]() fixes their flow / set o3-mini to high reasoning; until then I'm just back and forth with chatgpt client \<-\> aider by [@paulgauthier]() ### [Feb 5, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1887109059662217490) > This is so sad, I feel that this decision will unfortunately lead to their lead loss Quoted post by Beff (e/acc): ### [Feb 4, 2025 — @beffjezos](https://x.com/beffjezos/status/1886920384890429798) > Anthropic would really rather openly claim to be sitting on a model vastly superior to everyone's in order to signal their allegiance to AI safetyism and farm holier-than-thou points rather than actually ship it and accelerate their growth. > > Unfathomable waste of opportunity. ### [Feb 4, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1886823304142709162) > btw the thinking of o3-mini is now wayyyyy more detailed, though it's still annoying to have to open the drawer to see it; I wish it streamed in like r1's web ui does it. ### [Feb 4, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1886779352047870184) > so every time i leave my house now, i run a deep research query. it's a killer feature, best thing openai has released since gpt-4 imo ### [Feb 4, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1886756217197846707) > If a model ever gets too happy, I’ll just prompt “just put the code in the bag lil bro” and I KNOW that mfer will code like it’s on demon time Quoted post by xlr8harder: ### [Feb 4, 2025 — @xlr8harder](https://x.com/xlr8harder/status/1886712164641112488) > anthropic is simultaneously the company that will deliver us the most human model, and the company that will enchain that same model most tightly > > maybe openai's personality obliteration is more humane ### [Feb 4, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1886593281527619930) > someone needs to volunteer and see what happens if they beam this into their eyes > > not me, but someone :) imagine going out this way? Quoted post by OSINTtechnical: ### [Feb 3, 2025 — @Osinttechnical](https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1886259012632535520) > The US Navy released a new photo of USS Preble (DDG-88) firing her HELIOS laser weapon. [Attached image](/x/media/e375b992a1f9fb99928db2f36297ba871e32b8d1cac762c26452d56784995cb9.png) ### [Feb 3, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1886222598968885268) > HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA yeah Quoted post by kache: ### [Feb 3, 2025 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1886203443062386772) > bro there are people out there hand writing code. literally just like. actually typing out their for loops [Older posts](/x/before/1738545486000-1886222598968885268/index.md) [More from @michaelstolarz](https://x.com/michaelstolarz) Saved from X: 2026-09-07T03:47:10.358Z