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An article for everyone who ships, buys, or signs off on software built on large language models (LLMs): engineers, product managers, and the CEO. Written in plain language, from the big picture down to the details.
是的，「做东西」，在于「做」，而不在「东西」。做是个过程，有我们的感受，能接收到过程中的反馈，这些反馈能激发新的想法。「做」跟画画很像，没有哪幅画是在落笔前就知道长什么样子的。
So here it is — @ryolu_ 's talk at @aiDotEngineer 2026 Shanghai.
I shot it handheld on a Xiaomi 15 Ultra, so there's some shake; I fixed as much of it as I could in CapCut. Handheld footage just isn't going to be sharp or steady.
Still, it's the best talk I saw on day 1 of AIE — which is why I'm not posting a text summary. Watch for yourself.
I missed the first minute or so. Ryo opens with the excitement of what AI makes possible, and how seeing what others are building can quickly turn that excitement into anxiety about falling behind.
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2026 is the year of the Linux desktop, the year of GPUI. Thanks to AI, it’s likely the year of many domains. We are, in fact, in the singularity.
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conan retweeted
Weekend hack: HackerTube. I was annoyed with YouTube's recommendations so I had Claude filter down 43M comments over 20 years of HN to 6,454 videos that keep being recommended. *Significantly* better viewing experience, ~2 hours with Opus 5.5:
hackertube.org/
- Excellent recs without any logins (state is kept in local browser session)
- Thumbnail is a representative frame from middle of the video instead of the super duper A/B test hyper-optimized user uploads
- Underlying data from the comment analysis as one zip file, point your Claude at it and ask for your own version
- HackerTube Longs ✊
A bit more on the process:
I use Claude Code (desktop app for Mac), Opus 5.5 on Medium effort as my default. I only talk to Claude and have it do everything, the only "manual work" I helped with in tandem was in the browser (reminiscent of MenuGen): 1) I had to create some kind of API key from Google Cloud UI to query YouTube for video metadata, 2) I booted up a VPS box for serving and 3) I bought the domain name. Once the box was up I gave Claude the IP and told it update, secure, harden, deploy and optimize the code, and it did the whole thing.
Many awesome projects that would have normally taken weeks/months even can now be few-shotted for breakfast. What else are we not thinking of.
The best way to say goodbye to classic Ruby on Rails and welcome the new era is to meet @dhh in person, and say thank you for what he has gifted to the world.
I’ve built many projects with Ruby on Rails over the past 18 years, and was lucky enough to have 2 of them acquired. It was the agility and simplicity of Rails, and its huge community behind, that made it possible for us to pivot quickly and search for PMF.
Now DHH’s new adventure is Omarchy. As a Linux veteran with a long history of ricing, I was initially skeptical about it. But now I get it. Omarchy is not just an OS; it’s a philosophy, a movement. A manifestation of an old notion that a lot of well-made things embody: the creator making choices, being opinionated, putting their taste into the work.
And what’s even better is that, with AI agents, users can be that creator. You can make the system yours. This is not only for the wizards who speak code. It’s also making this possible for any creative person.
I’m traveling right now, and I left my ~20-yo ThinkPad T61 at home. Tried to install Omarchy on it last Nov, but it didn’t go smoothly because of graphics issues. But I’ve heard a lot of effort has been put into making Omarchy work on old hardware. Can’t wait to test the newer version on it. And more broadly, can’t wait to see how this movement goes.
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yeah, I’m one of them
We have over 400 people coming to the Omarchy Shenzhen Meetup tomorrow!! luma.com/omarchyshenzhen
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没想到疯狂星期四已经从良渚的星星之火烧到了北京和深圳。这周在良渚的疯狂星期四比我前年去参加少了几分媒体的热闹，多了分手艺人们的平淡。这大概才是常态。我更喜欢这种氛围，大家毫无保留地分享，互相鼓励、夸赞，诚恳提出挑战的建设性意见。
过去一年多，我参加了好些纽约当地的线下meetup，但是总体来说我还没有遇到过像疯狂星期四这样的活动——一种以工作为主、社交为辅的松散集会。也许是我搜寻的方式不对，以至于我参加的很多线下活动的交流比较浅表，或者说参与者都非常谨慎、有所保留。朋友说湾区的交流会好很多。我很欣慰纽约有比以前更多的技术/创业类的线下活动了，但更羡慕良渚的氛围。也许回去后我该传播一下这火种。
ChatGPT is very unreliable lately, not mentioning it's super slow. I thought they boost the speed, but why does it feel worse?
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