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Looks like the author on this just copied from chatgpt. Who gave this drivel 6 upvotes?

Thanks now I'm craving biryani. Any recs for authentic lucknow biryani spots in SF?

We know for a fact that bees or dogs perceive color very differently. But in between humans, the perception of physical sensations can still be resolved when we consider near-identical genetics.

But it's way more fun when you apply it to abstract concepts like love, happiness, or fear!

"Wittgenstein's beetle" is the mind-blowing concept for today if you want to dive deeper into this rabbit hole :)

I think I was one of the first ones where Cursor autocomplete really hit last year in March. I was the only one working with AI at full speed. I delivered at least four projects in six weeks using AI. Some of them I was brave enough to open source and write about as well. I gave six presentations as well.

I learned a lot more about the nuances of why AI is good, where it should be used more, and where it should not be. The stance of Recurse Center now around AI is very clear and one of the most informative ones. AI is great but I do think the fundamentals of programming will be needed to be an effective programmer in the future. At a base level I understand programming to mean giving instructions clearly. This applies to other areas of my life as well and I often see non-programmers sometimes struggling with it. One element of coding, i.e. giving precise instructions, will always remain and that's so joyful because you can build all sorts of insane things with _just_ instructions and it's always beautiful and amazing.

About time, I'd say

Some factors to consider are promotions, pip, or just being fired

Exactly the engineers I've talked to are all so EXCITED

At a company like Anthropic, which is one of the fastest-growing companies in the world, there is more work than anyone can reasonably deal with

Yeah exactly, if you're seeing your own stock go up like the Anthropic employees are, it's gonna be hard to not work 12 hours

The Anthropic team looks to be eating all the usecases and application layer. I personally know of many figma + AI startups that are going to feel shaken up with this launch.

Anthropic has distribution on their side, their engineers are excellent (I have ran with them across the ggb in the past and they work 12 hours plus a day regularly.)

I think what actually might be slowing them down is the public releases and pr lol, not ideas or execution

Looks amazing. I've been trying different stacking PR tools and Graphite and this looks to be the most human-centric so far. I'll have a shot at using this within our team soon. Congrats on the launch!

ty! any CEOs or product people at SaaS companies that come to mind to reach out to? I've been trying to get this in front of more people, so far they're always mind blown when they see how the product works

Smart! That's what I do as well for customers when they ask me to build a vibe coding layer on top of their SaaS platform.

Takes very little time and tokens and I get to plug into their platform in seconds.

Nice ty for sharing I was going to build something like this for a customer.

I think just downloading all network traffic and giving it to claude code is the fastest and cheapest approach for 99% use cases.

Fixed https://nmn.gl/blog

I'm glad to hear that it resonates! And yes, being able to provide a guardrailed environment has been the biggest problem that we're solving.

Now every customer can get the power of Claude Code and vibe coding in a safe and controlled environment.

Ty fixed! Allow me to blame it on the lack of sleep as I'm in the current yc batch.

One way to solve it is to partner with the enterprise directly and work within their guardrails

Shameless plug: my company does it, live with Series B companies.

Nice vision, "alternative frontends" is something really useful for horizontal SaaS. We do this for over 2000 customers, from field workers to CEOs of public companies, and it's so satisfying to hear the great feedback when they tell me that they finally have software perfectly adapted to their workflows.

Nice post and I agree that making software with really simple UX for last mile cases is the solution to the SaaS-pocalypse and is something new that was not possible before AI.

I'm solving this from the other side of the equation: we work directly with the SaaS vendors to make vibe coding embedded into their platform. Working with some Series B companies right now, 2000 business users are now able to build any feature they want, within the guardrails of the SaaS vendor. (More info in profile if anyone wants to chat)

Exciting times!

Pyrite or fool's gold, lovely mathematical perfection and a great etymology to match!

I love when this comes up and also I see it play out in my life, where my GF prefers fast fashion whereas I buy something from brands I like and I wear it for long (some of the clothes in my wardrobe have been there for 12+ years.. I feel old.)

Also Sir Terry Pratchett is a gem of an author and you should read all of his books. I have read through maybe 25% of Discworld and it's the funniest fantasy series ever.

Oh yeah the SaaS-pocalypse is so new and there are so many different ways to try and understand and tackle it. Scary but exciting times!

Nice article Ben! I think the HN crowd would be more familiar by calling those "Entities" but I like the new perspective of all companies only handling two or three of them really well.

I think there is more nuance about it for the SaaS-pocalypse though. I have been talking to hundreds of B2B companies and customers are now vibe coding solutions when they need something that the platform doesn't support: a dashboard, a workflow, or an integration.

And once a B2B customer gets a taste of vibe coding... then it's just a matter of time before they start to think about replacing the entire SaaS completely. I have seen this play over and over again so many times in the last few months, it's honestly shocking.

I am working to find solutions to the SaaSpocalypse but don't want to derail from the main topic, there's more info in my profile if this has been something you're thinking about!

I've seen a lot of such systems come and go. One of my friends is working on probably the best (VC-funded) memory system right now.

The problem always is that when there are too many memories, the context gets overloaded and the AI starts ignoring the system prompt.

Definitely not a solved problem, and there need to be benchmarks to evaluate these solutions. Benchmarks themselves can be easily gamed and not universally applicable.

Interesting, why reverse?

It feels like there is no correct translation for it in English -- idleness carries connotations of laziness whereas a better way to think about it is being aware and present of the moment.

I have been practicing Buddhism for a while and it often is indescribably blissful to just sit in nature, feeling the wind in my hair and sun on my back.

Anyone can experience this door with just a little bit of practice and I encourage everyone to try.

What I've always interpreted this advice as as is to read out loud what I write and then eliminate the parts that sound weird or like a robot.

Source: Writing for more than half my life and HN has liked some of my articles in the past

I have a VERY similar story about me adding AdSense to a Club Penguin hacks, tips, and tricks blog.

But I think I need to correct you -- what you and I did wasn't dumb at all. It was quite innovative for our pre-teen brains. This was my first exposure to running a business and setting up a team and thinking like an entrepreneur. Just imagine all the ice cream and Pokémon cards we could have bought if it had worked...

I was aware of how google/facebook is like the panopticon big brother but I never connected the algorithmic feed to soma! Good insight.