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15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Token prices have stayed flat because labs deliberately kept models smaller than expected in order to get more experimental cycles. — tap to centre the map on it Token prices have stayed flat because labs deliberately kept models smaller than expected in order to get more experimental cycles. Last stated 4 weeks ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce. — tap to centre the map on it The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hundreds of billions of dollars of AI value rest on about a billion dollars of lithography tooling that cannot be scaled quickly. — tap to centre the map on it Hundreds of billions of dollars of AI value rest on about a billion dollars of lithography tooling that cannot be scaled quickly. Last stated 6 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Not every token is worth the same amount, so AI will be sold by results and by the hour as well as by the token. — tap to centre the map on it Not every token is worth the same amount, so AI will be sold by results and by the hour as well as by the token. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You can bet your entire business on Nvidia shipping a better architecture every single year and your token cost falling by an order of magnitude — no ASIC team can promise that. — tap to centre the map on it You can bet your entire business on Nvidia shipping a better architecture every single year and your token cost falling by an order of magnitude — no ASIC team can promise that. Last stated 5 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Shipping ten times as much is not an advantage, because the moment you ship something you are stuck supporting it forever and every later feature has to interact with it. — tap to centre the map on it Shipping ten times as much is not an advantage, because the moment you ship something you are stuck supporting it forever and every later feature has to interact with it. Last stated 3 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Without good intuition for models, treat 100k tokens on smaller models and 200k on the frontier ones as the line past which the quality of your results is probably already degrading. — tap to centre the map on it Without good intuition for models, treat 100k tokens on smaller models and 200k on the frontier ones as the line past which the quality of your results is probably already degrading. Last stated 2 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nvidia's engineers can routinely get another 2x out of an AI lab's stack, and doubling the tokens a fleet produces doubles that lab's revenue. — tap to centre the map on it Nvidia's engineers can routinely get another 2x out of an AI lab's stack, and doubling the tokens a fleet produces doubles that lab's revenue. Last stated 5 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. Last stated a month ago
26 Jul 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. Last stated 5 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. Last stated 7 years ago
15 Oct 2019
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jan 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. — tap to centre the map on it Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Factory-built construction has not raised productivity: the countries that prefabricate most, Sweden and Japan, have had flat construction productivity for decades. — tap to centre the map on it Factory-built construction has not raised productivity: the countries that prefabricate most, Sweden and Japan, have had flat construction productivity for decades. Last stated 9 months ago
11 Dec 2025
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Brian Potter — holds since 2025-12-11 — tap for who they are
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Maxing out your token usage is optimising one node of the factory for utilisation instead of the end-to-end goal of shipping value that is stable and lasts.
Holds DH Dex HorthyRead this korrent →
Token prices have stayed flat because labs deliberately kept models smaller than expected in order to get more experimental cycles.
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce.
Holds
Hundreds of billions of dollars of AI value rest on about a billion dollars of lithography tooling that cannot be scaled quickly.
Holds DP Dylan Patel
Not every token is worth the same amount, so AI will be sold by results and by the hour as well as by the token.
Holds DA Dario Amodei
You can bet your entire business on Nvidia shipping a better architecture every single year and your token cost falling by an order of magnitude — no ASIC team can promise that.
Holds JH Jensen Huang
Shipping ten times as much is not an advantage, because the moment you ship something you are stuck supporting it forever and every later feature has to interact with it.
Holds
Without good intuition for models, treat 100k tokens on smaller models and 200k on the frontier ones as the line past which the quality of your results is probably already degrading.
Holds DH Dex Horthy
Nvidia's engineers can routinely get another 2x out of an AI lab's stack, and doubling the tokens a fleet produces doubles that lab's revenue.
Holds JH Jensen Huang
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Holds
AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck.
Holds MK Martin Kleppmann
Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone.
Holds
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Holds GS Grant Sanderson
AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.
Holds EM Ethan Mollick
AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people.
Holds
American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid.
Holds AV Austin Vernon
Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country.
Holds BP Brian Potter
Factory-built construction has not raised productivity: the countries that prefabricate most, Sweden and Japan, have had flat construction productivity for decades.
Holds BP Brian Potter