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[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

snapshot of my april 2026 ai coding workflow: https://t.co/SLPcONUhSd

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

https://t.co/1hu1mjWKhf

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

https://t.co/1hu1mjWKhf

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@bleuonbase @0xSero @thdxr opencode is the new neovim

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

think that was pretty much the last claude code feature i'd been missing in opencode

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

omg TIL you can actually fork conversations in @opencode!

hit ctrl-x g to open the message selector, then when pick an earlier messsage you get an option to fork the convo

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@doodlestein hell yea this exactly what i've been looking for

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@s_streichsbier same honestly, i switched back to normal codex

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@iannuttall spot on. codex does pretty well with background tasks if you make it run them in the bg using tmux @steipete style https://t.co/wHEQGFjMyP, but yea would be great if they supported them natively.

wdyt of sst/opencode? i've found it a lot more enjoyable than factory

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

Today, I let Claude Haiku run an army of codex subagents to fix a myriad of new linter issues that popped up after adopting next/eslint-plugin-next.

All you need is tmux and some creativity.

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

one overlooked downside of hosting things on heztner boxes: their ip ranges get blocked all the time because lots of people use hetzner boxes for nefarious activities

[eric provencher @pvncher]

My take with codex vs claude code

- Use codex if you have a detailed plan and want to walk away for 30 min. If you try and interrupt and iterate codex, you might as well restart from scratch
- Use claude code if youre not 100% sure where you're going and want to iterate

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@MaximeRivest it does! but dangerous, that's just begging to get lethal trifecta-ed (h/t @simonw)

can try this to keep that smart and fast feeling but stay a bit safer https://t.co/ViQt3bOl1k

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

there's a sci-fi horror story in here about an ai or corporation that needs to feed on ever increasing amounts of raw human anguish to survive

[Amin @eCom_Amin]

just paid a crying woman $500 for her mental breakdown video

it's about to do $300k in sales

here's why raw ugliness beats polished influencers:

we used to pay influencers $10k
for perfect videos
that got 1.5x ROAS

now we search tiktok for emotional breakdowns
about our problem
and license them for $500

the process:

search: "[your niche] ruined my life"
find: people genuinely suffering
license: their existing rants
add: "there's a better way" + product

it's 10x more believable
because it's real pain

examples printing:

hair loss guy having breakdown in car
licensed for $400
added our solution at end
$180k in sales

mom crying about stretchmarks
licensed for $600
added our cream at end
$240k in sales

dad furious about sleepless nights
licensed for $500
added our sleep solution
$320k in sales

the difference:

influencer video feels like ad
breakdown video feels like documentary

one is selling
other is sharing

tested across campaigns:

polished influencer content:
- 0.8% CTR
- 1.2% conversion
- 1.5x ROAS

raw emotional content:
- 4.2% CTR
- 3.8% conversion
- 5.7x ROAS

finding the gold:

search terms that work:
- "[problem] ruined my life"
- "crying about [problem]"
- "rant about [problem]"
- "[problem] breakdown"

look for:
- genuine emotion
- specific pain points
- relatable person
- decent video quality

avoid:
- obvious actors
- multiple takes
- perfect lighting
- any polish

the licensing process:

DM: "your video perfectly captures what our customers feel. can we license it for our awareness campaign? $500 for 90 days"

most say yes immediately
they made it for free
$500 is pure profit

then we add:
- simple intro slate
- "there's a better way" transition
- product demonstration
- clear CTA

the magic:

viewer thinks: "that's exactly how i feel"
then sees solution immediately
while emotions are high

it's not manipulation
it's meeting them where they are

you're manufacturing fake authenticity
i'm amplifying real pain

guess which one converts

stop paying for perfect
start paying for pain

the rawer the better
the uglier the realer
the realer the money

dm me "ads" and i'll setup your ads account using the same method that generated 10m+ in rev for me

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@0xKiryoko @donvito not easily but you can set it up using a proxy tool, check this out. i was able to use it through the proxy tool with my claude max plan. glm took more work, had to fork the proxy server to suppport zai but can share if you're interested

[Ben Tossell @bentossell]

@KirkMarple @FactoryAI ❤️

btw 2 proxy options here: https://t.co/05guWHVLp8

you should try droid exec (headless) to build a review bot - cookbook coming soon

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

it's ai slop, but it's my ai slop

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

if anthropic wants to get back in the race they need to go full gamification mode on claude code. if i got badges like "clauding at 2am" and "hit 5 hour usage limit twice in 1 day" every time i did i'd share them everywhere.

i'd even buy merch

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@eric_khun they need to go all in and gamify it completely, i want to show off "clauding at 2am" and "hit usage limit twice in 1 day" badges

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@eric_khun and it literally colors the text in rainbow when you write ultrathink!

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@thsottiaux ah gotcha thanks, i missed that distinction. so the tldr for getting the most out of the model is short system prompts, but provide as much context in user messages as possible?

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@thsottiaux the cookbook: https://t.co/ebwxdmB4Mc

[incanter of tations 🔦🥽 @ArghZero]

@thsottiaux now i'm confused, the openai gpt-5-codex cookbook consistently suggests taking a "less is more" approach to prompting codex which seems to contradict this. is there a goldilocks style just right amount of context to give it? how do you know out what the right amount is?