# Posts on X before Jan 12, 2026, 7:12:31 AM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1768201951000-2010610829922869312/ ## On X ### [Jan 12, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2010557282648805735) > A common mistake I see more and more people doing is, now that you are able to build pretty much anything you want, that's exactly what everyone is doing. > > So, what you're doing is you're effectively replacing something like video games with Claude Code. > > I can't tell you how many days, weeks, probably months by now I've spent writing something completely from scratch without any dependencies, natively, all in order to just replace a $9/month subscription of someone else's software that has been worked on and refined and is backed by tens of millions of dollars and has the best and latest features all the time. > > Make sure that whatever you're working on is actually feeding towards your ultimate end-game goal, not just getting stuck in the loop of "oh, I can make this tool that will do xyz for me." Let me spend the next three weeks making it from scratch and exactly how I want it instead of paying a quick subscription fee and getting to use it right away. ### [Jan 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2010177893658440046) > this is both true and false given different goals > > if a coder's goal is monetization, they just code up a storm regarding high performing ui analytics - what kind of homepage design converts best, pricing page, conversion tracking, funnel optimization, etc > > if a coder's goal is unique/revolutionary/artistic design... yeah, they lose of course (given they have no innate artistic talent) Quoted post by flavio: ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @flaviocopes](https://x.com/flaviocopes/status/2010067069270892560) > Designers will be able to code > Coders won’t still be able to design [x.com/ryannystrom/st…]() ### [Jan 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2010169246379323641) > this is only true (rn) because of their speed advantage > > their code output quality is trash compared to SOTA GPT 5.2 xhigh but because of the speed and ~99% of coders not needing SOTA coding anyway, > > that's the only reason they will "win" 2026 > > unless OpenAI blows them out of the water with speed improvements without quality degradation Quoted post by Craig Weiss: ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @craigweiss](https://x.com/craigweiss/status/2010069639427178904) > calling it now: anthropic is going to win coding ### [Jan 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2010160954110292219) > ChatGPT's Atlas is getting really, really good. Really fast. ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009883568013750659) > do this if you want to be a year behind in terms of SOTA but feel cool and edgy while doing it > > also make sure you have at least 1TB of RAM > > no, your 512GB RAM macbook pro can't run either of these sub-SOTA open models in their full strength/acceptable speed Quoted post by Ahmad: ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @TheAhmadOsman](https://x.com/TheAhmadOsman/status/2009730047452623113) > i have fully dropped Claude Code for OpenCode > > i donʼt use Opus 4.5, > i use GLM-4.7 and MiniMax-M2.1 > theyʼre opensource and can be self-hosted > > nobody can nerf my models or rug pull me > nobody should be able to do that to your intelligence > > p.s. buy a GPU and run your LLMs locally ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009877017836302540) > another day, another post that on first quick glance sounds cool and worthy of bookmarking but the moment you think just a tad bit about it it becomes extremely retarded nonsense > > building the app was certainly the hard part 10 years ago > > NOW it's ~the easiest part, yes > > marketing/distribution only seems harder now because of the exact same reason why app building is child's play now Quoted post by Clay Hebert: ### [Jan 8, 2026 — @clayhebert](https://x.com/clayhebert/status/2009263511491297555) > Now that anyone can build an app, everyone finally realizes that building the app wasn't the hard part. ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009869529980236198) > This will only get worse btw > > I have two clients who analyze prediction markets based on job listings growth Quoted post by Barefoot Student: ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @BarefootStudent](https://x.com/BarefootStudent/status/2009646228548825264) > 40% of employers admitted to posting job listings with no intention of filling them, per Forbes. ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009827393905844682) > GPT 5.2 Codex is much worse than GPT 5.2. > > But GPT 5.2 is the \#1 SOTA coding model. > > I'm talking about both here in the sense of using them with X-High reasoning. > > This is from driving Opus 4.5, GPT 5.2 Codex, and GPT 5.2, each of them at their maximum thinking level potentials. > > Each of them for a week straight and nothing else. > > I just finished my testing yesterday and can safely say that I will be only using GPT 5.2 with X-High reasoning to do absolutely any kind of work but definitely especially programming work. > > You can see exactly when I used Opus 4.5 [Attached image](/x/media/e95d12d4d0284290c0ef27d1bc92b822df38b8fb257f332f1483784e9cc69bde.png) [Attached image](/x/media/56bb467e3b31f647466566ff844d8f8e4fe5910e9110a99759575aa6dda5b900.png) ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009620576957235335) > And so it begins Quoted post by Jukan: ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @jukan05](https://x.com/jukan05/status/2009616683607179726) > The new DeepSeek model reportedly has excellent coding performance—some say it’s even better than Claude or GPT. [Attached image](/x/media/c7053d6f0868f028265105e78a4ca0c5e7d6381f341fb1d35f7d32399f7403fd.png) ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009619174713348551) > Something changed today > > You can feel it if you’re tapped in > > 2026 will be the greatest or worst year for those currently not at either of those ends > > Only those that care will suffer, though > > It’s impossible for me to put this into better words, > > it’s all so clear yet so blurry ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009435067769344096) > so many times in 2025 where I would see chinese robotics and would think "damn, all we've got is figure and other slop, we're doomed" > > idk why I totally forgot about how boston dynamics has been in the game... what, 20 years now? > > i remember watching their first youtube videos when in elementary school lmao > > of course they're so demonstrably ahead of everyone else Quoted post by The Humanoid Hub: ### [Jan 6, 2026 — @TheHumanoidHub](https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2008330077101301946) > Boston Dynamics will begin production of the new Atlas robots at its Boston headquarters immediately. All Atlas deployments are already fully committed for 2026, with fleets scheduled to ship to Hyundai and Google DeepMind in the coming months. > > The company plans to add additional customers in early 2027 and also plans to build a new robotics factory by 2028 that is capable of producing 30,000 robots per year. [Video on X](/x/media/9e490e8d4e887de3c934b3282b0d2c7304e8a6d2cf2a05e7697ce7c94bf16335.jpg) ### [Jan 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009425572259352747) > the ironic part here is that levels is still correct about the "always happy and likeable in real life" part, even when it comes to the steroid "you need 5 girlfriends" gurus > > it's just that they're only happy and likeable in their own personal life, definitely never showing that to the millions buying their courses/advice > > "THE WORLD IS TRYING TO KILL YOU, YOU NEED MY ADVICE IMMEDIATELY" sells much faster than "hey friend\! beautiful day. lets get better." Quoted post by @levelsio: ### [Jan 8, 2026 — @levelsio](https://x.com/levelsio/status/2009314001155432552) > This guy [@iangcarroll]() makes $7M per year with his own bootstrapped business > > What I find interesting about people that make so much money on their own is that their physiognomy is almost always happy and likeable and friendly > > It's same with billionaires, most of them are actually very likeable and friendly, and maybe that's why they got to be so rich > > And it's completely the opposite what the internet gurus make you think rich people look like: tough guys on steroids with broccoli hair smoking cigars driving rented lambos > > Just a chill guy [Attached image](/x/media/5477ea0636c87646675a496cdc80b46d5a0e3fdf28306ac4c8f8a88a413ed903.jpg) ### [Jan 8, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009163443824390586) > imagine, when there was a bug, you had to > > -follow through classes/funcs/files/dirs/defs > -actually read the code line by line > -think about what for foo in bar for xyz in abc > > WORST OF ALL, > > imagine you think you found the cause of the bug, rewrite xyz, go through the testing, compiling, run it to try it out and... > > nope, that wasn't it > > LOL Quoted post by Adam D'Angelo: ### [Jan 7, 2026 — @adamdangelo](https://x.com/adamdangelo/status/2008961539836186773) > i can't believe we used to write all this code by hand ### [Jan 8, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009099821576229067) > I had plans to hire 2 this year to help me grow faster. > > Now I can confidently say I will never hire a software engineer ever in my life. > > Same applies to a personal (digital) assistant. A physical personal assistant is now much more worthy to me though. > > Same for anything related to graphics. > > The last bastion is ads/videos/viral content but I'm solving that (for my own niches ofc) this year. > > I don't think I'll ever hire anyone for a role that is digital in any sense. > > Maybe it will make things harder in the short term, but it will at the same time grow the management muscle that is the only thing left of which humans should still be in the loop for. > > Even that will go, sure, but it will be the last, I think. Quoted post by Sahil Lavingia: ### [Jan 8, 2026 — @shl](https://x.com/shl/status/2009075226399891660) > Some of the best software engineers are losing their jobs to AI ### [Jan 8, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2009067247298617530) > wrong. > > for every 1 anthropic vibe, openai can afford 3. > > so it's more like: > > OpenAI: (1) Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence, (2) we're doing ChatGPT Health, (3) we're doing ChatGPT social media app > > Anthropic: (1) Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence > > OpenAI: (1) Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence, (2) we're partnering with Instacart, (3) oh and put yourself next to your favorite Disney character in our videos and images\! > > Anthropic: (1) Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence Quoted post by Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀: ### [Jan 7, 2026 — @peterwildeford](https://x.com/peterwildeford/status/2009011404750176463) > Very different company vibes here... > > OpenAI: We're doing ChatGPT Health > Anthropic: Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence > OpenAI: We're doing ChatGPT social media app > Anthropic: Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence > OpenAI: We're partnering with Instacart\! > Anthropic: Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence > OpenAI: Put yourself next to your favorite Disney character in our videos and images\! > Anthropic: Our AI is imminently going to do recursive self-improvement to superintelligence ### [Jan 7, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2008855042301006315) > "cringe and gay" used to be a quick way of shutting something down without discourse on 4chan > > nowadays you can call (for example) a recent (2018+) tv show/movie "cringe and gay" and it's just fact instead of derogatory > > idk just smth interesting i noticed ### [Jan 7, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2008785231063704030) > I mean, let's be honest. This is the kind of shit that hasn't even been in futuristic movies. That's how you know that Boston Dynamics is gonna win. > > When your actual product is better than anything anyone could have ever imagined. Especially when it comes down to a product, in this case, a robot, which has seen the life of millions of storytellers' imaginations. That's how you know it's gonna be a winner. Quoted post by Simon Kalouche: ### [Jan 6, 2026 — @simonkalouche](https://x.com/simonkalouche/status/2008423470527639693) > Figure robot just pooped its pants. [Video on X](/x/media/02c1e35f585a8b5b400a3efb686332e41a2ae96606792cefa6d05dd28b8643d9.jpg) ### [Jan 6, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2008346698712838486) > TLDR is speed is practically solved before EOY Quoted post by Amir Salihefendić: ### [Jan 5, 2026 — @amix3k](https://x.com/amix3k/status/2008138477859148231) > Opus 4.5 is incredibly impressive, but it's still trained and served in the previous compute paradigm. > > In 2026: > - 1GW-class AI data centers start coming online from most frontier labs > - Frontier models trained end-to-end on Blackwell/GB200 start landing > > On Blackwell, NVIDIA reports ~3.2x faster training vs Hopper and up to 30x real-time inference for trillion-parameter LLMs. > > Worth keeping in mind as you plan for 2026. It's going to be wild\! 🤖🚀 ### [Jan 5, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2008198297488592962) > even though gpt 5.2 xhigh is smarter than opus 4.5, the speed difference makes it much more useful > > think of it like this - > > which would you prefer, 1 150IQ employee, or 10 125IQ employees? > > you can parallel run claude codes because you can juggle the mental context quickly since by the time you get to nth claude, the first ones have completed > > with codex, yeah sure you can run many in parallel, but their completion timings are so volatile AND long, so it's a double whammy when it comes to trying to "stay in the zone" > > though as usual, the moment opus 4.5 speed is achieved on the gpt 5.2 (xhigh\!) models, i'll be back on codex ### [Jan 5, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2008137075795865904) > …unless you have a polymarket bot running using claude opus 4.5 24/7 Quoted post by Robin Ebers: ### [Jan 5, 2026 — @robinebers](https://x.com/robinebers/status/2008086828755403073) > don't believe anyone claiming the claude max 5x plan is enough > > this is like the third time i'm hitting my session limits > > not the end of the world but definitely doable, frequently > > 20x will still feel unlimited to even the heaviest users though [Attached image](/x/media/f1f675445eeee006efa173641aa88387d4f3e59610ff1595641d9f01764df6e1.jpg) ### [Jan 4, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2007681101821817024) > this should put a smile on your face and remind you that it's not that you and I here are early - it's that things haven't even started yet for 99% of everyone else > > if you don't feel like your knowledge advantage is comparable to insider trading, then you either don't know enough or are not confident enough Quoted post by Sauers: ### [Jan 3, 2026 — @Sauers_](https://x.com/Sauers_/status/2007553303492866251) > I made a Reddit account and posted Greg Brockman saying Rust is "a perfect language for agents." This is on r/Rust. Do..... do they not know that AI can code now? I'm confused [Attached image](/x/media/3fd3345bb5b06be4895b02f352f950bab158f1fdacb95c2300267b9b81ede715.jpg) ### [Jan 4, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2007673944825008271) > if you can't smell the stench of Opus 4.5 that reeks off of this reddit post, > > your mental defenses are not up to par Quoted post by aditya: ### [Jan 3, 2026 — @adxtyahq](https://x.com/adxtyahq/status/2007440559091466287) > an Amazon SEV1 incident being handled like this feels unreal [Attached image](/x/media/83cadc14ad4ac1d7d64b8399027ed8681c1b44e76620cc87d523c42d2634dea2.png) ### [Jan 4, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2007620773675241761) > weirdly interesting to think that a select few people who grew up playing modern warfare 2 / halo when they were 10 years old... > > ...are now doing everything they played in those games, and more, in real life [https://t.co/Ox9krCh31f]() Quoted post by Visioner: ### [Jan 3, 2026 — @visionergeo](https://x.com/visionergeo/status/2007483999103672412) > ‼️‼️🇺🇸🇻🇪 BIG NEWS - The CIA quietly deployed officers to Venezuela beginning in August to monitor the movements and daily routines of President Nicolás Maduro, supporting broader U.S. intelligence operations, according to NYT. > > See the latest updates with us: [@visionergeo]() [Video on X](/x/media/5c10cc76a2abe91683147c5392ffe055738565b7927f2c1ad09a627b290a6f85.jpg) ### [Jan 4, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2007614608681644220) > 2025 was the year of wanting the most intelligent model > > 2026 feels like the year for speed now that all the frontier models' intelligence can do 99% of what people want ### [Dec 28, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2005299540812001333) > people are misunderstanding what "no juniors" means > > no HUMAN juniors. but juniors in general? more than ever. and they continuously learn as a hive mind > > no HUMAN seniors tomorrow, but tomorrow's seniors in general? > > more than ever, forever growing. Quoted post by amrit: ### [Dec 28, 2025 — @amritwt](https://x.com/amritwt/status/2005253771488800932) > if there are no juniors today then there will be no seniors tomorrow [x.com/cloneofsimo/st…]() ### [Dec 28, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2005295390430740802) > the only ai coding tools you should be using are either codex or claude code > > anything else and you're ngmi > > "bUt wHaT aboUt oPencoDe cuRsOr zEd megaMind 9000?" > > look into your eyes in the mirror and ask yourself that question > > codex/claude code are like black coffee at starbucks ### [Dec 28, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2005094198689890475) > Opus, gen with nano banana pro please > \>"That's not a real model — sounds like you're testing me or having a bit of fun." > > It's real, Opus. Web search and see for yourself > \>"Interesting — let me verify this is actually real..." > \>"It... actually worked?" > > Read the chat, it's great [Attached image](/x/media/691504ce56473eaadbd9a2bc5a061e58188f8214bb9d7228c753b77f3fa6584b.jpg) ### [Dec 27, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2004812107842552186) > things are already way ahead EOY 2025 than I thought they'd be at the start of the year. > > given exponentials and all that, seems like this year will even further outpace my already-insane (to the layman) expectations > > will revisit this EOY 2026 Quoted post by Greg Kamradt: ### [Dec 26, 2025 — @GregKamradt](https://x.com/GregKamradt/status/2004689800922853378) > If you’re paying attention, it’s overwhelming ### [Dec 26, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2004405392152187222) > im wondering if we can piggyback off the mental zombification and steer towards actually learning something, and i mean absolutely anything at all, instead of just full pure 100% filler slop > > maybe tung tung sahur can show different types of wood? > > AI cat ones teach about Ikigai? Quoted post by kache: ### [Dec 26, 2025 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2004370046244508070) > What's really surprising about how horrible the short form video that is actually zombifiying all of our families is that there is a small group of maybe 100 people max that are responsible for it, and if they all stopped, a great deal of child and elderly suffering would stop ### [Dec 25, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2004190108216705276) > we need to generate more web software that generates react websites which sell how-to-generate python courses which teach you how to generate web software that can generate python websites so that you can generate react SaaS websites so you can charge $9/mo to help people gene... Quoted post by ludwig: ### [Dec 25, 2025 — @ludwigABAP](https://x.com/ludwigABAP/status/2004177597945757698) > More slop, faster. Accelerate slop. Build more things that don’t matter. Ship slop faster. As a matter of fact, don’t even write the slop. Let it be generated. Generate everything. More web. More react. More python. More web software. [x.com/github/status/…]() ### [Dec 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2003977398610809097) > i used to make a lot of separate single use apps for my workflows > > now i just make a skill > > i am no longer an anthropic basher regarding their agent supplementations ### [Dec 24, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2003721831296172411) > honestly i couldn't have imagined us being where we are in regards to open models at the end of 2025 with the power level that is [@minimax\_ai]() 's M2.1 > > which means that I will be exponentially more shocked next year, this time. > > lets see if that proves true. retweeting in 1 year. ### [Dec 22, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2003131930716631468) > every day I refresh Groq's model page to see if they added a new model. MiniMax M2? M2.1 now? GLM 4.6? Now 4.7 just released? > > nope. still only offering kimi k2. ### [Dec 22, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002893369723531396) > this is true because since Q4 2025, with Opus 4.5 / GPT 5.2, a complete normie with 0 coding experience can easily fine tune a model or even make one from scratch > > now imagine if a normie can do that, > > imagine what the top minds of the world that created these models can do now Quoted post by bayes: ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @bayeslord](https://x.com/bayeslord/status/2002562032416272608) > “timelines” don’t matter anymore. we’re in it. the machine is off to the races. ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002792395109527750) > How quickly have we gone from complaining about a model's intelligence to "yeah it's AGI but it's way too slow" > > Intelligence is ~solved soonish; what's next after speed? What happens when there's GPT 6 with Groq/Cerebras speeds? > > Intelligence -\> speed -\> ...financial gain? ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002750814142767348) > omg this is patient 0 btw > i wonder where he is now. someone needs to check in Quoted post by Ariel: ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @ArielKwiat](https://x.com/ArielKwiat/status/2002722668559380510) > LLM psychosis before it was cool [Attached image](/x/media/6dcfa4452f7bfdcbf536468f89f1132050bd5d93ba2143ab927fc6d548054bf5.jpg) ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002704570972328011) > I went back to using GPT 5.2 X-High instead of the new GPT 5.2 Codex X-High > > The Codex version feels much dumber, at least for the work that I am doing. GPT 5.2 -just gets it-, while the Codex variant needs to be handheld althroughout. ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002655756508917912) > The only thing stopping me now from completely dropping Claude Opus 4.5 and going 100% GPT 5.2 Codex X-High is speed > > I've always been one of the "I don't care about speed as long as it's the smartest SOTA model"... > > but after fondling Opus 4.5 for a few days... I miss the speed. ### [Dec 21, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002560646114840838) > How did this work out last time, ~250 years ago? Quoted post by Helmut Brandstätter MdEP: ### [Dec 19, 2025 — @HBrandstaetter](https://x.com/HBrandstaetter/status/2001945719327043989) > We Europeans have our laws. You will have to learn to acccept them [x.com/undersecpd/sta…]() ### [Dec 20, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002419453653627194) > plan mode finally in codex btw [Attached image](/x/media/a72088004cd55eda2f5f748e3067f9699be647bc9aa36ed8e67b5a64dac5a32c.png) ### [Dec 20, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002414390482809073) > Unlike trying to do creative writing with LLMs, coding is something that, for the most part, has a particular answer, if not an exact answer. > > Programming will be "solved" much sooner than creative writing getting to the point where you will preferably read AI-generated fiction. Quoted post by Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧: ### [Dec 20, 2025 — @SamuelAlbanie](https://x.com/SamuelAlbanie/status/2002336809356046697) > update to That Graph [Attached image](/x/media/9b729a68abcfe4a808bfacb8a5e72ce3760355d181db5c7fdc974977a93f0c89.jpg) ### [Dec 20, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2002362392173551648) > Vibe code with opus 4.5 ultrathink > > Fix its tech debt with GPT 5.2 Codex xhigh > > Double check any missed tech debt with GPT 5.2 xhigh ### [Dec 19, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001928652540530910) > I regret having tasted the speed and niche configurability of Claude Code + Opus 4.5. > > I know GPT 5.2 / GPT 5.2 Codex are smarter (xhigh versions), but damn it are they slow. > > By the time they are done, even though their output is perfect, I forget the direction of development. ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001758927013503292) > when codex cli \<-\> atlas interoperability pls [@ah20im]() [@thsottiaux]() Quoted post by Claude: ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @claudeai](https://x.com/claudeai/status/2001748046175183284) > Using the extension, Claude Code can test code directly in the browser to validate its work. Claude can also see client-side errors via console logs. > > Try it out by running /chrome in the latest version of Claude Code. [Video on X](/x/media/aee70beb4c11a413fdbbc1d88c087832c2cb968b080ca853f6614e2b5ba73366.jpg) ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001584634250068259) > imagine mogging Dia Browser with: > > - a 14 second clip > - of a vibecoded chrome plugin > - it does your entire product's vision > - executes it all flawlessly in a tab Quoted post by Matt Stallone: ### [Dec 15, 2025 — @mattstallone](https://x.com/mattstallone/status/2000702961962418257) > I shipped a feature to [@posthog]() this week, except I don’t work at posthog and posthog didn’t approve it [Video on X](/x/media/6a92a132c9b1ad234452a903dd20b32a86295e28ba2e0b09fdbb4259dabeac76.jpg) ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001541240496763321) > one of my biggest issues with codex has been solved ever since gpt-5.2 xhigh. > > before: first prompts produced the highest quality results, but continuations felt rushed, guessed, non-important > > now: every prompt feels like the first prompt experience. i rarely /new anymore. ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001538270136778928) > nvim and codex is all you need to be cool these days > even cooler if you use codex headless > > feels like the same cool as using nvim in the 2010s and having a super riced out config and obscure plugins no one knows about but are secretly productivity gems > > cool \!= money though Quoted post by alex fazio: ### [Dec 17, 2025 — @alxfazio](https://x.com/alxfazio/status/2001302744963936684) > preferring nvim over vscode > \> cool > preferring cc over cursor > \> not cool > explain this. you can't ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001535174992187888) > how has no one created a degradation benchmark yet? > > check how it performs at different times throughout 24 hours? on weekends? "lazy/holiday EU months"? > > I know there was a paper released roughly about this in 2023 but we're due for a way more tried and tested version now Quoted post by Taelin: ### [Dec 17, 2025 — @VictorTaelin](https://x.com/VictorTaelin/status/2001431627231080867) > No there's no way this is the Opus 4.5 I used a few days ago. > > This thing is brain dead. It is completely moronic. > > I can't accept this is the same model. ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001533645274910776) > and now, tomorrow they're releasing Opus 5.1 > > it's just going to be called Codex Max 5.2 X-High > > and yeah, still slower, but again - you're trading off speed for dozens of IQ points. Quoted post by Michael: ### [Dec 17, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001170208103559331) > you can use claude opus 5 RIGHT NOW. > > no, not opus 4.5. > > opus 5. > > the only downside is that it's much slower. so if you're fine with trading speed for intelligence, go ahead and use opus 5. > > they named it weird this time though, "gpt 5.2 xhigh", and only available on codex cli ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2001532951318917581) > crazy how I can bet on literally anything on gamba sites ("will jimmy steal sarah's lunch from the breakroom again this saturday?") > > but i can't somehow bet/invest on xAI/SpaceX lmao > > [@elonmusk]() isn't X the everything app? can one of those everythings be investing in non-public? Quoted post by @levelsio: ### [Dec 18, 2025 — @levelsio](https://x.com/levelsio/status/2001448146270920986) > [@ChrisJBakke]() Yes please [@elonmusk]() let me invest in xAI [Older posts](/x/before/1766037616000-2001532951318917581/index.md) [More from @michaelstolarz](https://x.com/michaelstolarz) Saved from X: 2026-09-07T03:42:59.938Z