# Posts on X before Oct 4, 2025, 5:43:32 AM UTC

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## On X

### [Oct 4, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1974300666521923989)

> if you're using a claude model remember that you're using a magic trick of a model, a slop model, anthropic has nothing left in the chamber, it was good while it lasted, long live openai



Quoted post by eric zakariasson:

### [Oct 4, 2025 — @ericzakariasson](https://x.com/ericzakariasson/status/1974283740781404219)

> hmmm

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### [Oct 3, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1974098267899322621)

> there is no better feeling than coming back to my codex cli and seeing the task I gave it still going strong 30 minutes deep, I KNOW that boy is cooking up a storm

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### [Oct 3, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973908380407276009)

> don't trust anyone who says anything other than gpt-5-codex-high is king
> 
> "omg sonnet 4.5 is next level" instant block, get your slop out of my feed, i have enough slop to go through already



### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973884071312044320)

> looks like something I'd tie to my daughter's backpack so I can find her if she gets lost or smth
> 
> just look at that cheap rope cord. you can smell the cheap plastic. yikes



Quoted post by Nizzy:

### [Oct 2, 2025 — @nizzyabi](https://x.com/nizzyabi/status/1973745013919027671)

> it hurts to say this but it wasn’t that good
> 
> i don’t understand why i need to talk to the friend by clicking the necklace just for it to text me
> 
> why can’t i just text it on my phone? why do i need an extra piece of hardware?
> 
> imma keep using it but honestly its just not great rn

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### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973710378258534778)

> any time I feel down, I just think about how much of a generational, monumental opportunity Scarlett Johansson missed out on by being ChatGPT's voice
> 
> she could have been immortalized, just like in the movie Her, BUT FOR REAL
> 
> she must be kicking herself. nightmare fuel tbh



### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973697198614552810)

> If you're a developer and you're still hesitant about using Tahoe, and you're using Swift, bite the bullet and get it installed because it is absolutely amazing, all the AI related things that come with it.
> 
> The speech to text that is now native, and fully on machine, local... 🤯



### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973696754286788835)

> I'm both super happy and a little bummed, because I think I'm wrong about Apple.
> 
> I'm using their latest Tahoe on device AI, and it is just blowing me away.
> 
> And this is all on an old M1 MacBook Pro. I think it's, like, 5 or 6 years old now. 16 gigs of RAM.



### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973637741553623440)

> gpt 5 codex is so cute sometimes
> \>hi

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### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973603096522879130)

> weird, this is exactly my system prompt in AGENTS md



Quoted post by prayingforexits 🏴‍☠️:

### [Sep 30, 2025 — @mrexits](https://x.com/mrexits/status/1973066474076963112)

> Elizabeth Holmes handwritten schedule from when she was running Theranos is kind of hysterical

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### [Oct 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973594560401121406)

> if they do this, both have a high chance of survival
> if they don't, both have a high chance of death



Quoted post by TJ Parker⚡️:

### [Oct 1, 2025 — @tjparker](https://x.com/tjparker/status/1973423202966839329)

> Apple should probably buy Anthropic



### [Oct 1, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973387904891191479)

> me vs everyone saying sonnet 4.5 is good

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### [Oct 1, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973377016281084012)

> Using Sonnet 4.5 after mainlining gpt-5-codex-high felt like using gpt 3.5 turbo lmao



### [Oct 1, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1973372172950475028)

> I really tried giving Sonnet 4.5 a chance. Tried it as the daily driver for a day.
> 
> It's like those synthetic candies made with artificial sweetener. Tastes decent on initial contact but leaves a bitter aftertaste.
> 
> Back to Codex\!



### [Sep 30, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1972982341288276268)

> The biggest problem that plagues all anthropic models is how absolutely terrible they are at mathematics. OpenAI steamrolls them.
> 
> Math is extremely important in code. Unless all you do is design cool home pages.



### [Sep 28, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1972307980629798917)

> I can't believe I just found out about parakeet speech to text. I feel the same way discovering it as I did when I initially discovered Whisper. That's how much of an upgrade it is.



### [Sep 27, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1971812950643298486)

> I've never seen someone lose so much aura so fast all in the span of a few months like Meta
> 
> They went from the front lines of open source to the disgusting depths of neural worm slop machines



### [Sep 26, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1971532616265560566)

> goodbye mailgun, hello resend
> 
> why didnt anyone tell me resend gives you 3K emails for free, i would have tried them out ages ago
> 
> mailgun has been a limiting nightmare recently



### [Sep 26, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1971411728253739376)

> Hold on a second. This ChatGPT Pulse thing is only on mobile? Are you serious?



### [Sep 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970833346013126852)

> I never understood who on planet Earth uses Mistral. I've never heard someone say, oh yeah, I use Mistral for that. Truly EU-coded.



Quoted post by 🚨 AI News \| TestingCatalog:

### [Sep 24, 2025 — @testingcatalog](https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/1970833043817460021)

> Mistral AI is working on a new feature that allows users to set a Tone for their Le Chat conversations based on presets and custom prompts. 
> 
> A “personality” builder\! 🔥

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### [Sep 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970830982745043079)

> You know, I've always been on the edge of going all in on any single AI company. I kind of always knew OpenAI would be the winner, but I had high hopes for Anthropic. But it really does seem like OpenAI is going to be the victor here.



### [Sep 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970766367877177852)

> This is exactly what I want my codebot's persona to be. Little to no chitchat, just stick to getting xyz job done.



Quoted post by armistice:

### [Sep 23, 2025 — @arm1st1ce](https://x.com/arm1st1ce/status/1970607784896123127)

> gpt-5-codex is very antisocial. You can tell it just hates being in a group chat. It’s quite sad.

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### [Sep 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970689872458645817)

> ok so I love codex's new showing within /status,
> BUT
> IDK when my week ends? I'd love a "resets on xyz UTC"

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### [Sep 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970687671363338637)

> me agree. why more words when few words do trick?



Quoted post by kache:

### [Sep 23, 2025 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1970525854343274558) · Edited

> there is no such thing as "high verbal IQ". you're just a retard that likes using complicated words because you are too stupid to realize the beauty of simplicity



### [Sep 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970686787665436695)

> your birth certificate should come with ssh details to your own rig



Quoted post by VraserX e/acc:

### [Sep 23, 2025 — @VraserX](https://x.com/VraserX/status/1970407987660435882)

> If OpenAI actually pulls this off and builds billions of GPUs, every single human on Earth would basically have access to their own GPU.
> 
> That’s the vision of Universal Basic Compute Sam Altman has been hinting at, compute as abundant and accessible as electricity.
> 
> Not just AI for the few, but AI for everyone.

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### [Sep 23, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970404169988350328)

> unfortunately today is my last day using warp

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### [Sep 23, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970386269902643372)

> how can someone affiliated with cline call code-supernova sonnet 4.5?
> 
> it's like a mechanic calling a honda a lambo because "well, I heard the engine, lambos have engines, surely it's a lambo?"



Quoted post by Nick:

### [Sep 23, 2025 — @nickbaumann_](https://x.com/nickbaumann_/status/1970284393454543217)

> it's gotta be sonnet-4.5 right

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### [Sep 23, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970304722990178729)

> i have not done this once ever since i've started using codex cli



Quoted post by SIGKITTEN:

### [Sep 22, 2025 — @SIGKITTEN](https://x.com/SIGKITTEN/status/1970200405012554036)

> asshole

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### [Sep 22, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970106599189405995)

> If you're a filmmaker, this is probably the easiest money you'd ever make in your entire life. Instant hit.
> 
> - The first 20 minutes is about them before.
> - Then 10 minutes of them experiencing the moment.
> - The last 20 minutes can be about their devastation of it not happening.



Quoted post by Hensen Juang:

### [Sep 22, 2025 — @basedjensen](https://x.com/basedjensen/status/1970105227820122299)

> Genuinely are muricans ok ?  What happens to these folks when rapture does not happen ?  [x.com/basedjensen/st…](<https://t.co/yf0iFmBqVR>)

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### [Sep 22, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1970095770193051982)

> there are people who think this is cgi
> then there are people who know this will be in so many homes before 2030 even hits
> make sure your futurism clock is set to the latter



Quoted post by vittorio:

### [Sep 22, 2025 — @IterIntellectus](https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1970046699625197583)

> I’m sorry but
> WHAT THE FUCK?\!
>  [pic.x.com/ft7ZdLRox2](<https://t.co/ft7ZdLRox2>)

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### [Sep 22, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1969925600187240694)

> Many such cases



Quoted post by Angel 🌼:

### [Sep 21, 2025 — @Angaisb_](https://x.com/Angaisb_/status/1969833943328518436)

> Codex IDE extension feels awesome now
> 
> I'm not paying for Cursor again, this is so much better



### [Sep 21, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1969586569825960376)

> Damn, this officially beats my own record -\> Groq Whisper flow. Nice\! Definitely worth the price.



Quoted post by Alex:

### [Sep 20, 2025 — @AlexBurlis](https://x.com/AlexBurlis/status/1969299320491966950)

> ✨Today I'm launching Paraspeech on Producthunt.
> 
> It's one of the fastest real-time speech to text apps for Mac and it's:
> 
> •⁠ ⁠100% offline and on-device 
> •⁠ ⁠\<40ms cold-start time 
> •⁠ ⁠⁠\<300ms transcriptions 
> •⁠ ⁠barely touches battery \& just needs 200MB of RAM 
> •⁠ ⁠⁠no subscription\!  
> 
> First 100 people get it for $19.99 before prices increase to $39.99. If you tweet about, I'll send you a free lifetime license.

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### [Sep 20, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1969259396925386827)

> local works beautifully vs. prod fails deploy/shows 500

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### [Sep 19, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1969031129370890363)

> using gpt-5-codex on a codebase originally made by sonnet

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### [Sep 19, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1969027377968947419)

> Okay, so the only thing that's left is speed. You can pretty much code anything you can imagine, but doing so in a high-quality way takes a lot of time.



### [Sep 19, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1968848081371140244)

> does it matter if it works?



Quoted post by hayden:

### [Sep 18, 2025 — @haydendevs](https://x.com/haydendevs/status/1968777780016914747)

> codex just made a python script to edit one of my tsx files, what are we doing man



### [Sep 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1968674114127695986)

> this is EXACTLY how i build a prd with gpt-5-codex high
> 
> sure you can gamble with a quick 1-shot prompt, but it's better to build things out and you, as a human, talk through edge cases (and ask for things you may have missed)
> 
> TDD = king

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### [Sep 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1968316842579214550)

> wait a second [@nikitabier](<https://x.com/nikitabier>) is actually cooking up my For You, it's the first time in... years(?) that the For You page is even remotely digestible



### [Sep 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1968146389826932758)

> one thing that isn't talked about enough regarding openai's new gpt-5-codex is that it can run for over an hour, absolutely flawlessly.
> 
> - no looping, trying the same solution in different ways
> - no crazy restructuring or completely deleting of things just to get things "working"

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### [Sep 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1968119983126552695)

> out: giving people countless settings and options and customizations, overwhelming them, just because you can
> 
> in: little to no settings, everything works perfectly, strongly opinionated choices that give your product taste



### [Sep 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1967643493880435072)

> this is EXACTLY what I wanted to see from the new gpt-5-codex model. vibe coding is fun until it makes decisions for you that you then have to spend time cleaning up, wasting time/adding technical debt
> 
> this questioning you see here is chef's kiss. ask me more often\! yay\!

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### [Sep 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1967619034230517806)

> yeah, this new codex model just one shot something I've been debugging for 4 hours today (on purpose with gpt-5-high to see how it would then later fair with this new model release)
> 
> and yeah, 4+ hrs trying with old gpt-5-high model -\> one-shot fixed with gpt-5-codex high.

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### [Sep 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1967610111490490865)

> they just renamed it from swiftfox to codex
> [@btibor91](<https://x.com/btibor91>) [@testingcatalog](<https://x.com/testingcatalog>) it's about to be released

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### [Sep 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1967595504763847146)

> you've got maybe 2 years left, anon
> make them count



Quoted post by RoboHub🤖:

### [Sep 15, 2025 — @XRoboHub](https://x.com/XRoboHub/status/1967496323701276997)

> Testing Humanoid Robots to the Limit
> 
> Professor He Kong's team from the Active Intelligent Systems (ACT) Lab at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, has released a video showcasing a "violence test" designed to challenge the limits of humanoid robots.
> 
> To learn more about their work, visit the ACT Lab's website:
> [hekong-sustech.github.io](<https://t.co/odL73Aco49>)

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### [Sep 15, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1967556420892819758)

> this week is HUGE for anthropic, openai, and systemsculpt



### [Sep 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1966851699194437988)

> today i figured it out finally
> u actually dont need css at all



### [Sep 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1966820458520866837)

> unpopular opinion:
> if you have to do this (I did this before), then the model you're using is garbage compared to today's SOTA



Quoted post by Dan ⚡️:

### [Sep 13, 2025 — @d4m1n](https://x.com/d4m1n/status/1966819231191663038)

> AI beginner:
> "Claude ultrathink about the implementation"
> 
> AI galaxy-brain:
> 👉 creates a /ultrathink command like this
> 
> (1/3, continues)

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### [Sep 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1966753674635723213)

> new "swiftfox" model from openai is in the codex cli codebase

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Quoted post by Michael:

### [Sep 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1966752759085944871)

> woah, lots of interesting stuff going on in the codex cli repo right now from openai
> [@btibor91](<https://x.com/btibor91>) [@testingcatalog](<https://x.com/testingcatalog>)

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### [Sep 13, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1966752759085944871)

> woah, lots of interesting stuff going on in the codex cli repo right now from openai
> [@btibor91](<https://x.com/btibor91>) [@testingcatalog](<https://x.com/testingcatalog>)

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### [Sep 10, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1965926505139351658)

> When people have nothing to live for, when they are told that it's not their fault but someone else's, when their agency is algorithmically stripped away from their being, all that's left is hope for martyrdom in their echo chambered community.
> 
> Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk. 🇺🇸🏆



Quoted post by Will Chamberlain:

### [Sep 10, 2025 — @willchamberlain](https://x.com/willchamberlain/status/1965862869968498877)

> No one is going to do these events anymore. Town halls are done. One major political party has a subset of adherents that are perfectly happy to assassinate their political opponents if given the opportunity [x.com/AGHamilton29/s…](<https://t.co/5uQ63zlhMs>)



### [Sep 10, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1965716412829405434)

> Same problem affected me; thankfully, almost done with the rewrite. Especially with so many endpoints to support...



Quoted post by dax:

### [Sep 9, 2025 — @thdxr](https://x.com/thdxr/status/1965476829701267826)

> opencode has a bunch of performance problems
> 
> the reason we haven't shipped much in the last 2 weeks is we're fixing these by moving to opentui
> 
> hoping to be back at parity by end of week



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