Austin Blain

Lead Software Engineer, Husband to Brenna Jo, Songwriter, Walking the Narrow Path.

9w1: "The Dreamer",
SC: "Peacemaker",
INFJ: "The Advocate"

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@DavidVStewart Having a "build" on a Talents Editor is not the same as in game representation. Curious if "build" means they saved the build or used it in some way that "counts". I would imagine most people making builds are doing so looking at what level 60 will look like, not leveling plans.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@LibramThumper @Mortaine_MG Or am I think of SoM where they didn't initially have an RP-PvP server? Can't remember now 🤔

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@LibramThumper @Mortaine_MG For real.

2019: "No RP-PvP, too niche"
Us; "Please??"
2019: "Fine, here's Grobbulus"
Grobb: *Healthiest server*

SoD: "No RP-PvP, too niche"
Us: "Please??"
SoD: "Fine, here's Crusader Strike"
CS: *Healthy server*

Forever: "No RP-PvP Ruleset"
Us: "..."

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@TheQuestBroski I think I still want hear your opinions if you look like one of these people instead

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@JamieKaos I'm sure it was a choice so he didn't steal the thunder from the hard working Classic Team, but honestly it would have been great for him to do anything, even into the discussion on Lore than Evan & Josh did.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@jamonholmgren With how much open-weight has progressed in the past 8 months I wouldn't be surprised if it was closer to 6 months than 12.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

Feels like a relevant question to most people I see a lot of activity around (people dropping one sub, picking up the other).

Most people don't have a $1k/month budget so it's not an option to get multiple $200/month subs and a choice is required.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@theo @davis7 curious your current takes given Fable 5.1 and Astra dropping (And Grok 4.7 soon):

Given a $200/month software-focused personal budget which would you do:

1️⃣. $200 Claude Code Sub
2️⃣. $200 Codex Sub
3️⃣. $100 CC + $100 Codex
4️⃣. $200 Cursor/Grok
5️⃣. Something Else

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@catmanyau @Kavya_learns I mean, we could just reduce it to saying $1,000 and that is still much more than $400.

There is a nuance that with Cursor you can have Opus or Grok do Planning and have a wicked cheap model like Composer 2.5 Implement which has quite generous usage included (via "auto") 🤷‍♂️

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@leerob Been using Cursor since September 2023- stoked for you guys!

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@cursor_ai @SpaceX @SpaceXAI So... is this where we automatically get a SuperGrok Plus (or Heavy) with our Cursor Ultra Plan? 👀🙏

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@AggrendWoW @Kexman This seems great! Probably too late for this change, but could also keep the price the same but make the item have a quantity of uses akin to Mana/Wizard oils (but with a CD upon using it)?

Still a small grind to get it, but can use it N times before regrinding it.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@joshcorbettpods Americans watching our own country over the next 8 Days

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@joshcorbettpods It genuinely confuses my brain that I can only play a Tank Shaman in SoD. On more than one occasion I have had the thought: "I think I'll give Warden Shaman a try in retail..." before remembering it can only be a dream.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@MackStromme @somefinetweets Wow... I am the king of pressing send before discovering typos 👑

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@MackStromme @somefinetweets I somewhat with Mack here. I had a more vertical one and loved. I recently was gifted a MX 3, and I do really like it, but it is *noticeably* less ergonomic than mouses that are intended to be. I contrast, it barely feels angled at all.

Great mouse? Absolutely.
Eronomic? 4/10 🤷‍♂️

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@joshcorbettpods Accurate.

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@joshcorbettpods "NO CHANGES! WE DEMAND NO CHANGES- except this one over here, we like this one- BUT OTHER THAN THAT ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGES!"

[Austin Blain @AyeABee]

@pastor_plays @AlodarSylmor @BlizzardCS Guild Interface doesn't bother me that much since one can use WeakAura/Addon to have the old interface if such is desired.

The only one that feels too far to me is the Polearms for Druids. In SoD it is a great change, but feels like a line was crossed for adding that to Era.