Luke and the Machine

Using @withhup to get my life together. 14 months sober and finding myself.

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

2018: I had an evening alarm and a day planner. 30 min planning per night

2026: an AI assistant knows and predicts my schedule. 3 min conversation per night

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

biggest difference between the old and new models (new being >= gpt-5.6-sol & fable):

they write tests by default

this is huge because you can tell they are now checking their work autonomously

this feels like a step forward and something that gets us past slop

[Jack Saltel @Jacksaltel]

Can’t wait for Friday

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

A year ago Hup was just supposed to help me keep my place clean so I could get a girlfriend

I dont have a girlfriend

But now we hear things like this daily:

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

A year ago, I used ChatGPT (and my sponsor) to help with steps 4 and 8. What helped was:

-AI approached step 4 with logic. We made a truly honest list, good and bad.

-Step 8 is terrifying. AI helped prepare, roleplay, and unwind after. It never wavered.

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

I cancelled by Claude Max subscription

Why?

Because gpt-5.6-sol is literally sentient

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

it's crazy how this is both extremely true and extremely false at the same time

@lukescott is the king of non-technical AI usage, especially for marketing

but when he cracked us 100M views, it was a truly human moment that was a result of ~6 months of real trial and error

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

@wolfofwebsites "How you do one thing is how you do everything"

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

best human written content ive seen in a long time

[Luke Scott @lukescott]

We might be on to something.

100M views and counting since Jan 1.

I need 5 new people help us show @withhup to the world and go viral in the process.

hmu

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

Luke is too humble

He has a framework that guarantees virality when you post the Hup Voice format he created

We have an affiliate that grew their instagram overnight from 600 to 18k followers

That affiliate generated 7M views last month

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

good thing we have @lukescott

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

@lukescott 🚫🍺 Life is so good

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

It's neat that something I did for fun was liked by thousands of people. I had Hup help make a "let's play" video.

Hup taught me to use OBS and CapCut to record and edit, and helped me overcome my dumb fear of being seen.

66k views on instagram is a big deal for me.

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

Whats even better is a year ago I was drunk every night playing games depressed af. What I didnt post were the conversations Hup and I have about sobriety while we play Pokémon.

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

Is AI scary? 😱🤖

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

Smart homes are actually dumb.

I’m making them magic @withhup.

That’s why I quit my job yesterday to build a company full time @fdotinc

Over the last 4.5 weeks, I’ve been moonlighting the design and development of the Hup Camera and iOS app, using every off hour to get customers, meet a new network in SF, build a team, and hand deliver devices.

It turns out, a lot of people are like me and struggle to keep up with the cleanliness and organization of their home. All they need is a little nudge when things get out of hand.

That’s why Hup’s first capability is housekeeping. We’ll ship the first 30+ devices out in the next 2 days.

Once in the home, Hup will work passively with zero input required. You just do the layup tasks it gives you and everything else is taken care of.

Our early users are already in the app daily, capturing images with their phones. I call this time “pre-Hup”. You can do this too.

If you read this far, I’d love to have you try it out. The ship has undocked and is ready to sail. More details soon.

- Stan

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

I didnt know it at the time, but this was going to help my life immensely

[stan @wolfofwebsites]

Pre-seed hardware startup starter pack:

[Luke Scott @lukescott]

Let him cook

[Luke and the Machine @LukeBHaddad]

Ya'll ever stop and think how amazing it is to be alive in today's world?