# Posts on X before Jun 29, 2026, 6:14:00 PM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1782756840000-2071658459259645998/ ## On X ### [Jun 29, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2071655371597664508) > alright i think it's time to put aside free speech for a moment here and scrub this post off the internet, ban his account, life sentence of house arrest with no internet access > > before an openai employee sees this Quoted post by jacob paris ▲: ### [Jun 28, 2026 — @jacobmparis](https://x.com/jacobmparis/status/2071358476161298868) > The new codex shop hits hard [Attached image](/x/media/788efa30c3cd696c2452ee6bc2ba2f28a0a8bf4f3cc7494ad431aaf3ff9077fe.jpg) ### [Jun 29, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2071623112635113929) > One of the most important daily questions you should ask yourself, > > goose = 0? > > Every. Single. Day. ### [Jun 29, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2071620690957214195) > me still being forced to use gpt 5.5 xhigh on default speed mode while others have had gpt 5.6 sol ultra at 750tps [Attached image](/x/media/7e5d6121ed76956085ca4fe8159b5aefb49fe1866f162814ac3ec41a22c13355.jpg) ### [Jun 29, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2071386269368885685) > if you ever thought the likes of the hiltons or the kardashians are dumb blondes/stupid brunettes, i have a bridge to sell you > > it takes maybe 1 hour from first discovering them -\> realizing their entire empires are built meticulously, designed to drain their psuedo-peers (the default masses they are acting to be like on a daily basis) > > and yes I agree, very admirable, naturally this level of larp (yes you can larp as lower intellect for financial gains, larp isn't just for pretending to be better than) comes with psychological impacts, not to mention abandoning the ability to be low-key wealthy (the best kind of wealthy) Quoted post by Rachel Zader: ### [Jun 28, 2026 — @RachelZader](https://x.com/RachelZader/status/2071298851705909742) > My ex worked in her house on her social media team. She just has a fast metabolism and snacks constantly, and has ADHD so her house was usually a mess unless press was coming by. Also in case you haven't seen her Congress testimony, the dumb girl thing is an act - she's incredibly smart and shrewd IRL. She saw a gap in the market and took it and we ate it up. Kinda admirable tbh. ### [Jun 28, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2071356594898833409) > So going to [@Target]() is officially over, nothing but Amazon/online from now on, literally sitting here for 30 minutes waiting for someone to give me a cup for my wife that she wants > > Hit the buttons, talked with security, store near empty lol > > What a joke, short Target for sure [Attached image](/x/media/fbcba144aee00c693f85e8d10ce7c1a36859f6378617e0e7e895e72402e700b2.jpg) ### [Jun 28, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2071319520392999325) > i feel bad for people who use chatgpt web / claude web. both have such abominable system prompts that it gives them a -30iq hit, not to mention rejections/audacity as you see here. Quoted post by LoucB: ### [Jun 27, 2026 — @LoicBerthelot](https://x.com/LoicBerthelot/status/2070812781754851570) > This must be Claude's new "mental health" protocol [Attached image](/x/media/fa89749639c1ec46b96e07f587a7832af7c13ae5b9d835bd46210170e6943b08.jpg) ### [Jun 26, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2070564381109445025) > blessed day > - gpt 5.6 sol right around the corner > - i finally understand the agentic power of git worktrees ### [Jun 26, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2070556574486249836) > absolutely insane > better than mythos by a large margin, > up to 750 toks [Attached image](/x/media/4bcf874f984dd65a47c6959cdd08a2f31e1163c2f23d458d5d8e83cbd7d618a1.png) ### [Jun 26, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2070357674630549872) > the days of us using gpt 5.5 and gpt 5.6 being the best model internal openai/gov are using are pretty much over > > by the time you see gpt 6, they'll be on gpt 10 Quoted post by Chris Paxton: ### [Jun 26, 2026 — @chris_j_paxton](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2070305414508405105) > The best AI systems being closed off and restricted to just a handful of elites, is basically my worst case AI doom scenario. I really hope the z ai guys werent kidding about open source fable/mythos soon [x.com/amir/status/20…]() ### [Jun 26, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2070307245867593849) > goose value > 0? [Attached image](/x/media/525de1179a41bac6af250b483b4966f7846559e2ea24757b3012bcaaafc820bb.jpg) Quoted post by Ed Zitron: ### [Jun 25, 2026 — @edzitron](https://x.com/edzitron/status/2069990468587581455) > SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is perfect. > > [group.softbank/media/Project/…]() [Attached image](/x/media/7c0e118f326db63f8803fb459cbf5d4afa75012498598fb802539c4d96e3c717.jpg) [Attached image](/x/media/17cddb22ad29be87bb2ac08ca34a55f364eb54488c0def4a4e73c91ec869852d.jpg) [Attached image](/x/media/a95132eaf1c97fdf5ac091d8f6de3f1193ad05f3ec648d7df5444561f1a2c923.jpg) ### [Jun 25, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2070283636562391246) > this makes me sleep better at night re. looking forward to the future. good to know there's such an easy switch to turn on (or off\!) for people to realize their hatred for data centers is misguided Quoted post by JT: ### [Jun 25, 2026 — @jiratickets](https://x.com/jiratickets/status/2069949096954036555) > [x.com/dickiebush/sta…]() [Attached image](/x/media/8fe1bee34c1cb06ec2e1276e120a93ca509c8834b7f8ffd0adbc782b9dccc290.jpg) ### [Jun 25, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069964085144309977) > plain-text files run more of my day than dashboards do. > > AGENTS.md > skills > prompts > checklists > queue rules > review instructions > > small files. boring syntax. large effect on what an agent does next. ### [Jun 24, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069782135725039888) > current agent work rule: > > the model is the least interesting part of the system. > > the loop around it matters more: > repo read > plan > edit > test > log read > retry > handoff > > when that loop is visible, the work gets much less mystical. ### [Jun 24, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069736594366476799) > vibe coding got popular in web apps because the browser is a cheap test harness. > > systems work needs harder proof: > logs > fixtures > benchmarks > trace spans > failure repros > rollback state > > give the agent those handles and it has something real to steer by. ### [Jun 24, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069677446706708757) > if your agent setup needs babysitting, write that part down. > > where did it get stuck? > which file did it read? > which command failed? > which check passed? > what did you fix by hand? > > that is the map for making it less annoying tomorrow. ### [Jun 24, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069601695227589098) > ok ok, glm 5.2 might be cracked > > they added 1m context, and with max reasoning, it's the first time an open model feels useful for what I use LLMs for > > which is exactly what matters for real work ### [Jun 23, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069419745586114749) > ai can't automate you staring at your terminal deciding if you should refactor everything or just ship the hack > > or procrastinating on the agent that's supposed to automate your procrastination ### [Jun 23, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069315055091326984) > I mean, can you imagine what things are going to be like a year from now? Hell, in six months, can you imagine the releases we're going to see before 2027 even starts? ### [Jun 23, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069239305667506224) > You know, thanks to AI, I no longer ever have to touch my printer's settings. > > Even the latest printers have abominable settings. > > Honestly, anything via a menu feels so outdated when I can just tell my LLM exactly how I want it and it will script up whatever I need perfectly. ### [Jun 22, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069103165815853224) > i know it sounds obvious, but maybe the most slept-on skill in agentic AI: context engineering > > BUT YOU shouldn't do the context gathering > > this is why the explosion of everyone using loops feels so sudden, but loops have been around or years regarding AI ### [Jun 22, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069100778489573576) > the state of LLMs rn > btw I went back a step, worded it differently, and it did it for me, go figure [Attached image](/x/media/a207a8bd9caddcd973f8002b68d20c79c4b8904215d6dfbbe2bb4c97d75291b2.png) ### [Jun 22, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2069057362627887109) > the biggest mistake i made early on was ignoring tools that just wanted to do one thing well. no bloat, no dashboard, no integrations for the sake of it > > just clean input, clean output, reliable every time. whoever builds that kind of tool, builds something that lasts ### [Jun 22, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068876915843252573) > what happens if the government just shuts down not only fable but opus and gpt 5.5 too > > has anyone actually pictured that or are we all just kind of assuming these models stick around forever + unlock further ### [Jun 21, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068794960631988270) > 10 tools I am using right now to build literally anything I want, June 2026 snapshot: > > 1. Pi (super custom) > 2. Codex (CLI) > 3. Codex (App) > 4. Claude Code (CLI) > 5. Blaxel > 6. Obsidian > 7. Linear > 8. Slack > 9. Cmux/Tmux > 10. WisprFlow ### [Jun 21, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068787217733214229) > TIL Daymond John is a biohacker extraordinaire ### [Jun 21, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068755869450272860) > anyone else feel like pre-agentic and post-agentic building are completely different disciplines or is that just me ### [Jun 20, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068424683611910528) > we've been so bad at telling good AI stories that people's main reference points are terminator and black mirror > > meanwhile the actual future is probably more like "your grocery bill dropped 80% and you only work 3 days a week" > > feels a lot less dramatic ### [Jun 20, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068152136588800045) > pre-agentic and post-agentic building are completely different disciplines now > > having master experience in the former does not qualify you as a master in the latter ### [Jun 19, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2068120881084215708) > realized the people who'll thrive aren't just "good at code" > > they understand systems, constraints, composition > > they think in abstractions that work whether you're writing it or an LLM is ### [Jun 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2067392860551532837) > can we finally get a 1m model from [@OpenAI]() that doesn't become braindead at 200k context ### [Jun 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2067389790090404091) > what happened to [@GroqInc]() lmao remember those guys? ### [Jun 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2064442037353714047) > no way anthropic actually turns off fable 5 after june 22 ### [Jun 7, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2063468309857890704) > calling it now, > After this backrooms movie hit it so hard, > get ready for a barrage of SCP movies > > And all of them - if done right - will 100m+ each ### [Jun 5, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2063037543025979878) > NOICE. Got my real name. Time to up the shitposting to further my permanent online footprint. [Attached image](/x/media/d9f3455e6c818da6888ab3c87824cb2783d4552339c5bd53c7671afe04b0475c.jpg) ### [Jun 5, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2062975197410631843) > only with opus will it think for 60K tokens and give you the most retarded answer ever. chef's kiss [Attached image](/x/media/34798a9d265c988eb3ad230fd6e7d16069a3c230ca2f4a073ab2c5ad17d82ede.jpg) ### [Jun 4, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2062670292196184437) > our kids will never experience a bot-less internet where you knew for a fact the person you were replying to was indeed a human > > you can never be sure about this this ever again > > reddit, 4chan, insta, tiktok, x, you name it, it's "dead" in this aspect > > truly dead when ai video is as indistinguishable as ai text ### [Jun 4, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2062643560504336531) > absolute natural 4chan level shitposter 👏 Quoted post by Hunter Biden: ### [Jun 4, 2026 — @HunterBiden](https://x.com/HunterBiden/status/2062574276083888267) > [@SoundDobad]() I know this may sound petty, but I can’t stand it when people put photoshop a meth pipe in my mouth. A crack pipe doesn’t have that little bowl at the end. This is why we can’t trust AI. Please make the appropriate edit. Thank you for your attention to this matter. ### [Jun 2, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2061909172770517238) > hey uh codex buddy are you OK [@dkundel]() [Attached image](/x/media/59a33b682a603092894c2f976516fbc9dc1e008461f222e23f32cb4f9cdd0112.jpg) ### [May 25, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2058768039332765834) > I am this except the other way around > > I did Waymo about 6 times straight, then I did an Uber because Waymo said 30 minutes to pickup vs Uber's 5 minutes > > That Uber ride made me realize, OK, next time I'll just browse X for those 25 extra minutes from now on Quoted post by Theo - t3.gg: ### [May 25, 2026 — @theo](https://x.com/theo/status/2058760054497792248) > Never taken a Waymo or any other self driving car. Held strong for 6 years. > > My friends in SF look down on me for it, but I will not cave. ### [May 23, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2058301792438652949) > Who remembers these lmao [Attached image](/x/media/a868ef8130e15f03214bbe2fdc2c246fef3658da2104022c70d86bea486756a6.jpg) ### [May 19, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2056780272826462392) > so tldr it's anthropic's [@karpathy]() > VS > openai's [@steipete]() > > who will win? vibe code/autoresearch pioneer or openclaw visionary? ### [May 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2055817585648976065) > So instead of a Waymo I got a RoboTaxi > > No where does this mention there’s a guy inside it still, whoops. I should have checked more thoroughly > > Waymo moving forward it is then I guess ### [May 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2055709877931282595) > I’ve got a [@Citi]() bank account that I have debit funds in. > > Randomly they decided to lock my account for “fraudulent activity” because “scams have skyrocketed”. > > I’ve come in to the physical branch with my passport, driver’s license, the card, my accounts, etc. > > Guess what? > 1/? ### [May 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2055077705453125995) > wont be until you get the tech of an apple vision pro into the form factor of glasses that your average person won't be able to tell the difference of compared to a regular pair of glasses [https://t.co/wp9V41QB0j]() Quoted post by Andrew Côté: ### [May 14, 2026 — @Andercot](https://x.com/Andercot/status/2054819090616013005) > The absolute non-takeoff of VR and AR is probably one of the big upsets in consumer electronics history > > Pretty much everyone thought this would be huge and it sort of just isn't ### [May 8, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2052866757686358404) > this was immediately obvious that poisoning of the "mind" of AI comes from the material it has consumed > > this is why pause ai and other similar movements that write about the crazy "if anyone makes it everyone dies" are creating a self fulfilling prophecy lmao Quoted post by Anthropic: ### [May 8, 2026 — @AnthropicAI](https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2052808791301697563) > We started by investigating why Claude chose to blackmail. We believe the original source of the behavior was internet text that portrays AI as evil and interested in self-preservation. > > Our post-training at the time wasn’t making it worse—but it also wasn’t making it better. ### [May 7, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2052399345161679358) > Wait what am I missing here > > An Uber would cost me $35 not including tip yet > > A Waymo shows $16, > A Robotaxi shows $9 > > ???? ### [May 6, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2052094373618450509) > subagents are trash, actually > context is king; auto compaction is so good now (within codex) it's enough. ### [May 1, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2050236929132925429) > for 20 years, I have never come across a system so beautifully imagined, extensible, quick to iterate, such as nvim / emacs > > pi is now part of that list. thanks [@badlogicgames]() ### [Apr 30, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2049802456281034826) > yeah this time around i think i'll stay at least 5ish years before traveling again. comparing against sf no matter where i go is a guilty pleasure of mine Quoted post by Daniel: ### [Apr 30, 2026 — @growing_daniel](https://x.com/growing_daniel/status/2049655735378706768) > Whenever I’m away from SF my heart kinda aches for it [x.com/kdotvon/status…]() ### [Apr 30, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2049692578832851425) > This is the best part of the whole blog [@merettm]() [Attached image](/x/media/3a026b3146d151d433c5a327088b75457a097aa2dae6b2f93524bf8e99891bd9.jpg) Quoted post by Tibo: ### [Apr 30, 2026 — @thsottiaux](https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2049690702452527311) > Never talk about goblins. 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