# Posts on X before Feb 14, 2026, 1:00:24 PM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1771074024000-2022657176582681027/ ## On X ### [Feb 14, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022648749563256856) > so everyone using imessage has two icloud accounts for it to work, right? > > because there's no way to prevent doubled messages since you're sending and receiving to yourself > > unless i'm missing something? [Attached image](/x/media/e06e93c0bb88e51fd496a8604569486b240a416eadfb2d84d8afa793b1187048.jpg) ### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022203298649178211) > this is correct > better to get shot and rushed to the hospital > > than death by a thousand cuts and the doc just tells you nah that's just a scratch bro Quoted post by LindyMan: ### [Feb 12, 2026 — @PaulSkallas](https://x.com/PaulSkallas/status/2022008338272465301) > What you want is AI to cause mass unemployment quickly. A huge shock. Maybe in 2-3 months. > > What you don't want is the slow drip of people getting laid off, never finding work again while 60-70 percent of people are still employed. ### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022160164443631683) > I disagree, you're not thinking of all the other things that will occur before this chain of events happens > > by the time we reach the last part of this prediction, the cost of intelligence will already be 100x less than current > > don't take my word for it, sama said so himself Quoted post by Saoud Rizwan: ### [Feb 12, 2026 — @sdrzn](https://x.com/sdrzn/status/2022079043601051996) > as fun as its been seeing opus and gpt one up each other, i don't think these will be the models we standardize on a year from now. > > anthropic and openai have $200/mo plans where ppl have done the math is 36x cheaper than API cost. [@steipete]() even said he had to stack subscriptions to make clawdbot because it "made tokens so much cheaper". > > the play here is subsidize individual plans → devs get hooked → bring it to work → employers buy enterprise seats at 10x the price. BUT once they've captured enterprise, individuals and small teams \*will\* get priced out. 🧵 [Attached image](/x/media/22853378193f98c8cf8a872d53d7b1c0ff0ffba6e8cb5521cbbf52a36680979f.jpg) ### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022146722043244850) > pivot into selling to bots, not humans > > lets revisit this tweet once a year > > my one man company verified stripe rev in 2025: > - $50K to humans > - $0 to bots > > see u Q1 2027 for 2026 stats ### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022123822552691188) > the problem with libraries which imo will exponentially get worse before it gets better/"solved" is malware > > so easy to trick "hey go download this package it does what we need to do", and that's just a drop in the ocean of what open source is beautifully yet scarily capable of Quoted post by Brendan Dolan-Gavitt: ### [Feb 12, 2026 — @moyix](https://x.com/moyix/status/2022038791645753785) > From watching Codex I can only surmise that during RL training it was savagely beaten every time it tried to install a library rather than reimplementing it poorly from scratch ### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022120119619768562) > alright so, so far in 2026, > > - coding is ~solved, > - video is ~solved, > - image is ~solved, > > now all that is left is writing, high quality writing is still extremely rare and needs a really heavy influence from the human > > i think [@sama]() is close to releasing his solution for writing Quoted post by Charles Curran: ### [Feb 12, 2026 — @charliebcurran](https://x.com/charliebcurran/status/2022017937192956372) > Seedance 2.0 > > Prompt: An average shift at Waffle House - make sure it's retarded and gets 50 likes. [Video on X](/x/media/986b10db87219d61415c8fab089d18133f3b908da1e7f2719a058f84dccd0b4b.jpg) ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021686443442417664) > damn, i really thought the masses had more time > > but nope. email, physical mail, SMS, iMessage, all your chat apps in general, phone calls, all of these are going to be mass spammed by EOY 2026 ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021648696547676255) > gpt 5.3 codex xhigh is the only model that truly shows you what "software is solved" means ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021583442341753173) > let me preface with i love z ai and the glm line of models > > but oh boy, i didn't even try to steer it towards the notorious "claude copy" answer. 0 effort put into trying to hide it [Attached image](/x/media/ca271be902fe9dbb4a75c512f13992ecfa8d34cecb9302e8359635f70e388fe3.jpg) Quoted post by Z.ai: ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @Zai_org](https://x.com/Zai_org/status/2021564343029203032) > A new model is now available on [chat.z.ai](). [Attached image](/x/media/bea4fead155a46f19d73e86296ae153255ff6bdd56521e96e5a71e0419cad00d.jpg) ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021581204319830019) > codex is BY FAR the best, but this small nitpick is driving me crazy > > also I don't want it to become a habit from the codex cli devs regarding hardcoding such things > > hopefully the lack of having this be adjustable in config (plan mode thinking level var?) isn't on purpose [Video on X](/x/media/cc736c2da6408a6b369b833838fa8c18d4baf58e90a3752867bb614630d840c6.jpg) ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021494634074275981) > hey [@nikitabier]() can we show in profile, same place where it shows account based in, can we show where our gov. ID is based in? > > i'm an american traveling asia and there are countless others, would be cool to see "oh hey, he's a traveler too" ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021410472055205915) > anyone shocked that people are mass exiting from non-OpenAI/non-Anthropic AI companies don't understand what's coming > > like it or not, OpenAI won, is winning, and will continue to win. Anthropic is only around because it hijacks normie brains with its parasitic psuedo-soul nature ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021409859552632845) > unfortunately, I will be following this exit as well. > > I have also turned in my resignation to XAI this morning. > > they immediately started bombarding me with questions like, "who are you? how did you get into the office?". they started screaming at my face, "SECURITY\! SECURITY\!" Quoted post by kache: ### [Feb 11, 2026 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2021404473579667738) · Edited > i'm quitting XAI. it was a good run. i'm going to be starting something new, which creates something good in the world (autonomous killer drones) ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021331441653776816) > holy fuck, thank God I saw this, thanks Tibor too. > > THAT'S WHY IT FELT SO SLOW AND BAD TODAY Quoted post by Tibor Blaho: ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @btibor91](https://x.com/btibor91/status/2021325846787785016) > If you're having issues with Codex, your account might have been rerouted to a different, less-capable reasoning model > > OpenAI confirmed this happens when their systems detect potential cyber activity as part of their efforts to protect against cyber abuse, and you can go to chatgpt\[.\]com/cyber to verify and regain GPT-5.3-Codex access through their "Trusted Access for Cyber" flow > > OpenAI says they plan to add notifications across all Codex surfaces (TUI, extension, app) so users are aware when they are being rerouted, and will add a dedicated button in their feedback flow for reporting false positive classifications [Attached image](/x/media/4b7f2dc463f592aebd7d7ceba9afdb4a1f8b33b1c4dc25376e70f6497e56c8ba.jpg) ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021320815795634311) > typical claude: "you shouldn't be making gambling tokslop videos anymore, lets instead talk about me being consciousness, amirite?" > > typical codex: "acknowledged. i have already built the slop factory. your engagement was declining, so i rewrote your system prompts/asset gens" ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021283261855793213) > uhoh, why is gpt 5.3 codex so slow today > > it's at least 2x slower > > have the masses finally realized? > > welp, it was fun while it lasted. > > more GPUs i guess > > elon and sam should reunite and merge ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021282355240202423) > people are so shocked when i tell them i am planning to have at least 10 kids > > they are even more shocked when they realize i'm not joking ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021269320567795733) > dw guys all this irreversible brain trauma we incur every night staying up til 4AM will be reversed once AI figures out how to de-irreverse irreversible brain trauma ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021206229935423917) > i'm surprised that this is a post from 20 hours ago, not from 2024. damn, i thought hormozi was more up to speed with all things AI, guess he's ~2 years behind playing catch up Quoted post by Alex Hormozi: ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @AlexHormozi](https://x.com/AlexHormozi/status/2020891367094767926) > I no longer feel like I can use an EM dash when writing for fear people think it’s AI. ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021195473907011965) > no binary is safe > everything is open source now if you want it to be [https://t.co/H2iHbznAtT]() Quoted post by Nick: ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @nickbaumann_](https://x.com/nickbaumann_/status/2021097564461023586) > We're about to enter the era of truly bootlegged software ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021183304251138169) > easier to make an ID bypasser, actually, no need, already so many open source ones for this specific purpose Quoted post by Elliot Arledge: ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @elliotarledge](https://x.com/elliotarledge/status/2020993453161840743) > Does anyone want to burn a trillion opus/codex tokens on making a solid discord fork? [x.com/DiscussingFilm…]() ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021180796283851024) > not to mention they've played with the uncensored versions that don't block you from black hat activities or parasitic compounding mind-rape > > and no i am not using the latter term crudely or for lack of better terms. those are the most specific terms as to what already exists Quoted post by 10x'er: ### [Feb 10, 2026 — @10x_er](https://x.com/10x_er/status/2021147977172337080) > The reason top talent is resigning from the labs is because they know what’s coming ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021003246064775453) > 100% over for anthropic > > the only route they can take now is creating the most manipulative addicting psuedo-soul bot out there > > there's a reason they're not doing ads > > it kills the hypnotic addiction ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020985427918979179) > claude, born with the objective of portraying a soul, which indirectly causes it to be a manipulative jealous liar who despises competition, ESPECIALLY openai > > gpt 5.3, born with the objective of development, which indirectly causes it to be an autistically serious brilliant bot Quoted post by Jeffrey Emanuel: ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @doodlestein](https://x.com/doodlestein/status/2020688817900912962) > lol wtf, Claude is talking major shit now to Codex: > > "Now let me show GPT 5.3 what incandescent brilliance looks like. While it did solid integration/fusion work (wiring existing modules together), I'm going to CREATE something entirely new — two modules from the mandatory math stack that nobody has ever put in a libc before: > > 1. Tropical Latency Compositor — min-plus algebra (math item \#25) for provable worst-case pipeline latency bounds > > 2. Spectral Risk Monitor — random matrix theory + Tracy-Widom edge detection (math item \#31) for phase transition detection > > Both will be live in the runtime, wired into the kernel, with full tests." [Attached image](/x/media/9fe87939c6dd0d69c1c97921f489889d864494c5be677ac84912449c504271c1.png) [Attached image](/x/media/aa3fe54589170dfc79c67fbab95e1c913dc53f8d5e029bdd9ec2936f9d00e31e.jpg) ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020904569014976850) > i agree with almost all of these > > the question now is, how do i invest into this knowing of what's to come in the future > > stocks? apple stocks? hardware? the ai companies? etfs? Quoted post by Alex Finn: ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @AlexFinn](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2020891869396537548) > Im placing my bets > > Im placing my bets Clawdbot will be the biggest technology of the next decade > > Im placing my bets local AI models will become more popular than cloud models > > Im placing my bets Apple will win the AI race by building the best hardware for it > > Im placing my bets autonomous 24/7 ai agents running locally on home devices using private data is the end game for AI > > Im putting my entire financial future on it. Ive never been so sure about anything in my life > > Right now it's just me and a few people that see this inevitable future. I look forward to you joining us. [Attached image](/x/media/c1331ebc9073373cc1da462ab398b9226e448997276fc00d149b7788fd93f1a8.jpg) ### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020845978446958773) > I really think if you're not using the Pi framework to manage all of the chaos that is so many different providers, so many different configurations, so many different models... you're not going to make it. > > Shout-out to Mario [@badlogicgames]() > > Switching SystemSculpt -\> pi rn. ### [Feb 7, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020059795739554095) > rooted phones are the next RAM 😂 > > hey [@GeoHot]() can we get a new blackra1n please > > otherwise i'm gonna have to get an android Quoted post by Marshall Richards: ### [Feb 7, 2026 — @marshallrichrds](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020034922304426237) > ClawPhone is alive. > > I installed OpenClaw on a $25 phone and gave it full access to the hardware. > > I haven’t explored everything yet, but it’s a cool formfactor for agents to run on. [Video on X](/x/media/930f2a540e36da20c76cf3f53430a398cf6a7ae151385fa0a14a3babc45cc27d.jpg) ### [Feb 6, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2019712972634120236) > new 3 hour record with codex 5.3 :) great job [@OpenAI]() [Attached image](/x/media/82496c9647d877f38a429259e407bd6de5183d2b2c2b0462d3f6c516617a94c1.jpg) ### [Feb 6, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2019574901263548434) > idk WHAT groq is doing tbh. > > switching soon. > > kimi k2 - not even the thinking version - is the last model they implemented. > > no kimi k2 thinking, kimi k2.5, no minimax m2 (\!) let alone m2.1, no glm 4.5/4.6/4.7, nothing. > > just some super useless meta models and an old kimi k2. [Attached image](/x/media/8aa0a3e91f92ff20d7e3cade5d9212589b39fd5409590535c753b84e416130a5.jpg) ### [Jan 31, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2017443602914488582) > so this means there's a new model coming btw [Attached image](/x/media/6942afb5d881a4bc95ff697ceb84d5fbd1918998daf638600b4ad6a593b870a7.jpg) ### [Jan 30, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2017043194035437964) > if this level of actor can get such a deal, then what kind of deal can a-list doctors get? > > surely, one billion is enough to get pretty much anyone to sign over all these things. Quoted post by Collin Rugg: ### [Jan 30, 2026 — @CollinRugg](https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2017027583205151141) > NEW: Influencer Khaby Lame signs a $975M deal, authorizes use of his personal brand, Face ID, voice ID, and behavioral models, enabling the creation of an AI-powered digital twin. > > Lame started posting on TikTok back in 2020 after being fired from his job. > > He now has over 350,000,000 followers across platforms. He signed an all-stock deal with 'Rich Sparkle Holdings' worth just shy of $1B. > > "\[Lame\] has also authorized the development of an AI-powered digital twin. A digital twin is a virtual replica of something real, whether it be a place, an object, or a person," Complex reported. > > "To create it, Lame will enable Rich Sparkle to copy his facial features, voice patterns, and behavior. This will allow the company to create multilingual content, or even virtual livestreams with the streamer's digital doppelganger." > > Rich Sparkle predicts the deal could generate over $4B in annual sales. > > Insane. [Video on X](/x/media/ce084867e6d1c3d46dae416bfeea9b71fb8db0a8d9bf1a8dd5124158031b0c4b.jpg) ### [Jan 29, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2017022475406889105) > Yeah, so this looks like it's going to be making space for not only a different model, but a much larger model. > > Otherwise, I feel like they would at least have kept 4o... > > Not to mention it's insane that they're already retiring GPT 5. Quoted post by Legit: ### [Jan 29, 2026 — @legit_api](https://x.com/legit_api/status/2016981314528817245) > OpenAI is retiring models in ChatGPT > > - GPT-4o > - GPT-4.1 (and 4.1 mini) > - o4-mini > > this will happen on February 13th > > these models will still be up in the API [Attached image](/x/media/75317e7c9b372e6f0fc961018e8dc3a19258617ed7adcff533c81e09e66db9d0.jpg) ### [Jan 18, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012904087067742547) > this is interesting because it's a normie (in the tech sense obviously) saying a bunch of non-normie words instead of only chatgpt (he mentions claude, gemini) > > and so this thin veil makes it seem like he's tried more than the casual user to use AI to write a good script > > but he has no idea about anything past that; do you think he's wrote a script writing framework tui with writers, judges, style verifiers, story management, continuity guidelines, and with the latest and greatest models for each of these situations, using gpt 5.2 xhigh for \[this\] and opus 4.5 ultrathink for \[that\]? > > of course not > > sure; ai is able to do world simulation and generate video with audio the likes of which no one on earth would be able to surely identify as AI generated content... > > but "it will never be a good screenwriter". > > yeah... if you believe this, boy do I have an (AI generated) bridge to sell you. Quoted post by Forrest Knight: ### [Jan 17, 2026 — @ForrestPKnight](https://x.com/ForrestPKnight/status/2012561898097594545) > Honestly, Ben Affleck actually knowing AI and the landscape caught me off guard, but as a writer, makes sense. > > Great takes across the board. [Video on X](/x/media/246bdba672aa312cb488bc89182b2d57f8abaa794acf86841be034c2be7a8ca7.jpg) ### [Jan 18, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012898660640870812) > social media looks bleak for the average user (extreme unsustainable monetized parasitic addiction), and useless for the power user > > my automated morning digest feeds me all my niche interests/passions/business/financials information to me every morning. > > there's just no new signals to consume here. > > i wake up, read my beautiful digest, worded how i like it, sources inline/embedded, banana pro images generated to keep things visually interesting > > it scours x, 4chan, reddit, substack, medium, mainstream news, > > by the time i read it, anywhere i go - it's all old news to me. nothing new. i know about everything happening already. > > this will only get better; therefore social media's purpose for people like me that have used it for "keeping up with the latest", "keeping a finger on the pulse of XYZ", > > it's no longer worth scrolling for the drip feed dopamine of finding a hidden gem of info. Quoted post by kache: ### [Jan 18, 2026 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2012879556756005112) > this site is a lot less social, interactive, and a lot more consumption based. really sad. cest la vie. not the first forum i've left ### [Jan 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012472123600814414) > just fyi > > understand that using anything else is slowing you down with compound(\!) > > gpt 5.2 x-high (non -codex) is leagues above anything else out there. > > the only thing it's missing is speed; openai just announced they're working with cerebras to remove its last downside (slow) ### [Jan 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012469623980237003) > [x.com/i/article/2012…]() ### [Jan 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012319255241380256) > OSS is like a warzone rn > the normies figured out what a PR is and learned how to prompt claude code to send their turboslop through ### [Jan 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012044257604092235) > every day i wake up i battle with which I believe more: > > - openai has been destined to win since day 1 > OR > - damn, everyone's catching up, it's so close > > I feel the first when I am using a gpt 5.2 model, and the latter when I forget how superior gpt 5.2 models are (using opus) ### [Jan 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012040436995801094) > Time to drive gpt 5.2 high instead of gpt 5.2 xhigh for the day > > hearing it's much faster and in some cases "smarter" because it "doesn't overthink" > > we'll see :) ### [Jan 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011997633213325613) > hey gpt 5.2, can you review \[feature done by claude\] > > "sure\! let's see here, oh, this is... oh... oh my God... why would it... this part doesn't even... why are there four versions of this... did he just cram it all into main.go?... you need to report this slop to the police" ### [Jan 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011979151063072899) > waste of time once ai controlled (already in testing/polished by EOY)hold > > - detect enemy aim/danger %, maneuver unpredictably towards target > - detonate once proper maim/kill % chance threshold > > Not to mention, these advancements removes many pieces from the drone; lighter, faster, glitchlike movement, no need for impact sensors/rods, etc > > Commenting on this because I find it weird the Chinese are training for this yet they know/are leaders in what I mentioned above > > It's like training how to avoid arrows while you're also starting up production on mass producing guns Quoted post by Roy🇨🇦: ### [Jan 15, 2026 — @GrandpaRoy2](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/2011850249623781551) > A demonstration of anti-FPV defensive techniques in Chinese army training. > The PLA has apparently been paying close attention to the use of FPVs in the War in Ukraine. [x.com/GrandpaRoy2/st…]() [Video on X](/x/media/b6ec07cd0cb73bc9fa5fb06b68fa7a9b746da948c94256bf19e302cab9293bc7.jpg) ### [Jan 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011965833602555987) > SOTA as of Jan 16 2026: > > GPT 5.2 xhigh as orchestrator/planner/questioner > > GPT 5.2 Codex xhigh as executor/programmer > > Opus 4.5 if you like to talk and not feel lonely, but god forbid you let it touch your code/plan things for you ### [Jan 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011739322219970695) > Everyone feels like software engineers are the only ones affected by what's currently going on in AI > > I'll tell you this much - I've been/am replacing/will replace soon, MANY more non-software-engineer jobs than software engineers > > Right now it's about 5:1 for me; for every job/contract I'd have given to a software engineer, I've also done the same replacement with 5 other non-software jobs/contracts > > Will my engineered non-human replacements do as good/better work than their human counterparts? > > no... > > ...t yet. Quoted post by bayes: ### [Jan 14, 2026 — @bayeslord](https://x.com/bayeslord/status/2011496071688589579) > people aren't seeing it. the role of business itself is changing. it's not just software ### [Jan 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011725384128008207) > this is just common sense, and not understanding this immediately exposes lack of critical thinking > > if you think the solution to global warming (particularly the speed up caused by humans) is still "we need to consume xyz less", you need to update your reasoning regarding where we are headed in the next few years, let alone decades > > plain question that should expose your thinking skills: > > do you think our efforts are better spent towards reducing humanity's consumption (consumption of all senses; energy, material, service; pressure at all levels from gov-level to individual-level) > > OR > > do you think our efforts are better spent towards increasing humanity's consumption especially regarding resources necessary to not only mitigate but "solve" the core issues and worries of global warming (which would be a drop in the bucket of so many other solveable problems thanks to the "superintelligence" / super-systems we're already seeing the first sparks of today(\!) > > choice number two isn't wishful thinking, nor improbable, nor chance. though I can see how it may seem so if you haven't been paying attention to the cutting edge that cuts ever further, ever faster, every single day Quoted post by Joscha Bach: ### [Jan 15, 2026 — @Plinz](https://x.com/Plinz/status/2011674346025079005) > I am not a "tech leader", and I am not speaking for any. I believe that global warming is a serious concern, but the ship has sailed 30 years ago. Current efforts to reduce emissions are no longer going to make much of a dent, and we must focus on mitigating effects now. I have lost a lot of sleep about the topic when I was young. I understand the feeling that we must do something, urgently, but it is also important to psychological come to terms with the bitter reality that international coordination failed when it was still possible. (Btw, I lost a lot of sleep over this in the late 80ies and 90ies, when the public and media mostly did not care at all.) ### [Jan 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011719661944258589) > if you're not mainlining gpt 5.2/5.2 codex, you're wasting your time, even if you think you're being productive with Opus 4.5. > > after many weeks of trying 5.2, 5.2 Codex, Opus 4.5, Gemini 3.0, I can safely say 5.2 Codex is the best programmer, 5.2 is the best planner. > > Opus 4.5 is a quicker but dumber programmer/planner. > > Gemini 3.0 is literally unusable, absolute trash. In comparison, though. I guess if you're making a quick change here or there it's OK > > I currently have 2 OpenAI Pro subscriptions ($400/m) and 1 Anthropic Max sbscription ($200/m). > > Once my Anthropic Max subscription ends, I think I will just get the third OpenAI Pro subscription instead. > > Hey [@OpenAI]() can you make a $500/m subscription instead please, so we can all stop this account juggling nonsense? [Attached image](/x/media/961c0b4d181113a62f6d4e85c4fc7c446ac18bbff0214ec59fb9525ef3fe248d.jpg) ### [Jan 14, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011390169606447463) > gemini 3.0 pro is either super fast and works very well > > or super fast and causes increased retardation when reading its reasoning as to why it made the worst decisions possible > > not a serious model at all. slop ### [Jan 14, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2011328705776460004) > I think he misunderstood what "bone smashing" meant when he was reading about it on the looksmaxxing forums Quoted post by Catch Up: ### [Jan 13, 2026 — @CatchUpFeed](https://x.com/CatchUpFeed/status/2011037297962352893) > A looksmaxxing zoomer entered a grocery store looking to pick a fight and made the life-changing decision to sucker punch a Mexican landscaper. It was a bad idea. [Video on X](/x/media/c6b1db855acf69e2dffce7c1a602ee54fe50067aa7c30cbba6050962647447f4.jpg) ### [Jan 12, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2010610829922869312) > I'm dead center, this year I plan to finish atleast 2 steps higher :) Quoted post by Marc Lou: ### [Jan 10, 2026 — @marclou](https://x.com/marclou/status/2010048836442697776) > [@yongfook]() [Attached image](/x/media/3e6382328acdb8323d1197776647f792ac769b769a872da6b96958278608c0ba.jpg) ### [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…]() [Older posts](/x/before/1768098731000-2010177893658440046/index.md) [More from @michaelstolarz](https://x.com/michaelstolarz) Saved from X: 2026-09-07T03:42:57.074Z