William Armstrong

Solutions Architect @Vercel. Helping early founders ship and scale, sharing what I see working (and breaking) across startups. NYC.

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

@DilumSanjaya Anyone into arduino's remember @pauljmcwhorter, the absolute GOAT! I spent hours in my basement watching his Arduino tutorials. Truly one of the best teachers online at the time.

https://t.co/DrLpGWYM1s

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

@ryantcwynar Opening their profile when they join the WiFi would feel like alien technology 😂 Working on it now

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Vibecoded my apartment’s Fire TV with Claude.

Each of my roommates now gets their own home screen: live scores for their teams, what they owe in rent + bills, and their own smart home controls, all pulled from the Raspberry Pi home server in our closet.

Ripped out the Amazon ads, rebuilt the launcher with an Apple TV–inspired design, and apps open ~70% faster.

My roommates now get reminded about rent every time they turn on the TV

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED!!

in an airplane 30k ft in the site, texting my AI agent @instinct 🙏, coding a Swift iOS app, and getting sent screenshots of the changes. never been a better time to be alive as a builder!

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Don't think that's supposed to happen

[Boyd @0xBOYD]

1.) Go to https://t.co/WWH6fBzTRi
2.) type “hello”
3.) type “play Minecraft”
4.) watch the agent’s reality implode
5.) ????
6.) PROFIT!

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

drop a use case to switch to dot. long time instinct user for reference

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Your dot is ready to meet you.

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

this would be such an epic startup marketing page image 🚀

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

got some takes loaded. road to 1 million

[Supertake @Supertake]

Introducing https://t.co/LJTrPJcUSB. Turn your best ideas into investments using frontier-level AI

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Modded out my home assistant dashboard to look like Apple HomeKit. 10/10 recommend!

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Jev came out at the perfect time. I've been building Jarvis as my personal agent using deterministic routing wherever I could to save on AI costs. Now I get LLM intelligence + deterministic speed + a fraction of the cost. Still fine tuning and wondering how people are integrating it into their personal agents?

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

I remember a few years back vibe-coding my first html site with the earliest gpt models. Soon, if not already, the purple/ ink gradient will be considered retro and become a staple of the early days of AI.

[Cognition @cognition]

Special delivery: Devin just got a Mac 🍎

Now Devin can:
1. Build & test apps on its own Mac VM with iOS simulator
2. Send a screen recording via Slack
3. Send a TestFlight link so you can start using it 📲

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

@sforrester0 just had it cancel a subscription for me without having to login to anything. I see the vision now

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

what use cases are people seeing for building your own agent from scratch vs. using agent platforms (Muse, Instinct, etc.)

the only argument I can see for agent platforms is no-code instant access, but less granular fine tuning.

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

@darel023 might be coolest portfolio of this decade!

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Whoever says New York isn’t a tech city, explain this…

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Vercel knows how to host an event! Went to eve’s eves last night and they killed it.

Talked to a ton of founders who BUILT agents that basically replaced some large AI companies startups today, in just one hour…

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

https://t.co/Lmb1lbUPP8

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Everyone is talking about building agents. Almost nobody shows you how.

Thursday at 10:00 AM PT, @nnmanojj and I are hosting a live demo where we build one start to finish.

Whether you're technical or not, you'll walk away knowing how fast it is to build an agent. We are also opening up the floor to answer any questions you may have about @eve agents and @vercel! Register with the link below.

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

My first month in NYC as field notes!

[蛋黄堡 @Hamburgerai]

很喜欢这种把旅行照片收进田野笔记里的方式。
照片留住现场，旁边那枚略微缺墨的彩色橡皮章，只刻下最值得记住的轮廓。
树、穹顶、海岸都没有被讲满，反而像旅途中随手盖下的一页，安静，又很有地方感。

prompt：
请将我上传的每一张照片分别制作成一张独立的「橡皮章旅行田野笔记海报」，每张照片单独输出，不要多图拼贴。

整体采用4:3横版构图，将画面划分为左右两个区域，但不要绘制明显的分隔线。

左侧约占画面58%，忠实保留原始照片。准确保持主体身份、地形、建筑、植物、人物、空间关系、自然光影、真实质感和原有色彩氛围，仅进行克制的艺术出版物级摄影调色，并加入极轻微的细腻胶片颗粒。为适配版式可以自然裁切，但不得拉伸、扭曲、移动、替换或重新绘制主体。

右侧约占画面42%，使用温暖的米白色旧纸作为背景。纸张具有细微纤维、天然颗粒、轻微使用痕迹和哑光触感，同时保留大面积未经印刷的纸张留白，让空白成为版式的重要组成部分。

分析原始照片，从中提取最具地点辨识度的主体轮廓、建筑结构、地形走势、植物姿态、道路、水岸线或其他关键视觉关系，将其压缩成一枚小型多色橡皮章图像。

不要逐项复制照片中的全部内容。只保留能够让人一眼认出原始地点、主体和场景关系所必需的最少信息。删除人群、车辆、密集窗户、重复建筑、细碎植被、装饰构件和无关背景。

章印位于右侧纸张区域的中下部，整体只占右侧区域高度的约30%—38%，周围必须保留充足留白。章印不能放大成普通插画、完整风景画或品牌Logo。

根据原图构图决定章印的组织方式：

- 标志性建筑：保留最有辨识度的外轮廓、屋顶、穹顶、拱门、塔楼或主要结构。
- 山地聚落：将建筑压缩成沿地形排列的少量阶梯状色块。
- 海岸风景：保留山体走势、聚落层级、岸线和少量断续水纹。
- 城市远景：保留主要天际线、一个标志性建筑及一两层远山。
- 自然景观：保留主要山体、树木、水岸或道路的方向关系。
- 近景遮挡物：如果其对原图叙事重要，可作为前景章印轮廓保留。

从原始照片中提取2—4种专色油墨。优先使用炭黑、深绿、砖红、赭黄、灰蓝、灰褐等经过降低饱和度的颜色，但不得强行套用固定色盘。保留原照片最有辨识度的色彩性格，仅允许一个小面积颜色作为视觉强调。

每一种颜色都要呈现为分别手工盖印的效果：

真实橡皮章雕刻纹理、手工刻痕、粗细不均的排线、轮廓缺口、断裂边缘、干燥缺墨、纸张透底、颗粒状油墨、压力不均、局部重影，以及约1—2毫米的轻微套色偏移。

不同色层之间允许出现自然错位，边缘不能数字化平滑。印迹应像真正刻制后压在旧纸上的橡皮章，而不是套用滤镜的照片、平滑矢量插画或线稿Logo。

根据照片中的地点、主题和视觉意象生成文字：

地点英文名称
No. 编号
三个简短英文关键词
西元年份

文字放在章印下方或邻近留白处，使用小型、克制、略带机械误差的打字机字体。排版应像旅行者的田野记录，而不是广告标题。确保所有文字拼写准确，不添加无关标语、品牌或装饰性文案。

整体气质像建筑师、旅行作家或自然观察者保存的田野笔记：安静、克制、触感真实、地域明确、带有手工误差和收藏感。照片负责记录现场，章印负责留下记忆中最值得辨认的部分。

Avoid：明显的中央分隔线、圆形印章、中文红色印章、邮票齿孔、蜡封、贴纸拼贴、旅游纪念品模板、平滑矢量Logo、通用城市图标、完整复制所有建筑、密集刻画、儿童手工感、卡通风格、3D渲染、塑料质感、光滑数字渐变、过度饱和、过多文字、装饰堆积，以及重绘或改变左侧原始照片。

[William Armstrong @armstrongships]

Checked out @cursor_ai cafe yesterday. Saw some great vibes, coffee and coding!