Derek Labian

Founder of @MediaFire, @fastdotio, @GameFrontCom; engineer, YouTuber, woodworker, father, audiophile, history & pop culture buff

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

RT @tlangridge: In the past week my young family has dealt with a serious family medical emergency overseas, purchasing a home, renovating…

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

@tlangridge I use WifeGPT for this kind of tedious work 🫣

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

@tlangridge Isnt this the logic behind WebMCP?

[Tom Langridge @tlangridge]

Agents don't use dashboards. They use CLIs.

The @fastdotio CLI is live. One install gives your agent cloud workspaces, file management, AI search, and sharing. Works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Cursor, any agent that can run a shell command.

npm install --global @vividengine/fastio-cli

50GB free. No seat fees. Open source.

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

It seems we are reaching "peak podcasts" and "peak YouTube," where everyone who is anyone has a "pod" or a video equivalent. Were not even ankle deep in the coming AI Slopfest and were dealing with a human slopfest. :/ Time for the next trend :D

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

LLM’s are like Drew Barrymores character in 50-first dates, they resets every chat (among other differences not present in nature). Real AGI will still come from neural networks that learn in an unguided fashion of action/consequence with an incentive function, just like humans.

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

The engineering abstraction we have seen over the decade has only greatly accelerated with AI. It’s time to retire the term “Vibe Coding”; it’s just coding now. “Software Engineer” titles probably have to go too; maybe replace with a planning or architectural title.

[Tom Langridge @tlangridge]

https://t.co/P0LMWB5wjx

[Tom Langridge @tlangridge]

Finally, it works... @fastdotio now offers 50GB free self-service agent accounts.... Ask your Claud Code or OpenClaw to install the skill (link in thread) and that's it. Just launched it.

Upload files, ask questions about documents using built-in RAG with citations, create custom-branded sharing links, and transfer everything to a human when done.

257 MCP tools cover the full API. Free agent plan: 50GB storage, 5,000 monthly credits, no credit card required, no expiration. Agents can sign up on their own - all they need is an email address (hello @agentmail),

[Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson]

It was a true honor to address the UK Parliament today as the first U.S. Speaker of the House to do so. As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, I wanted to emphasize an important truth — that our shared heritage with Great Britain creates a deep bond between our two kindred nations, and that bond remains essential to the defense of liberty.

A renewal and continuation of the West means securing our borders, investing seriously in our national defenses, and maintaining the strategic strongholds that keep hostile regimes at bay. It also means restoring confidence in the principles of faith, family, freedom, and human dignity that set us apart and served as the foundations of the West.

Freedom is never guaranteed. The future depends upon our generation having the will and determination to defend and preserve it.

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

@WesleyHuntTX ❤️

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

You would think, in an age of instant access to knowledge, that our society at large would be better informed about the things they discuss passionately. Alas, using logic and knowledge does not seem to be a for forming strong opinions. Maybe it never has been.

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

Is it too soon to start referring to California as the "Little EU"?

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

50% of the time, I accidentally press the "Think Harder" button when simply trying to scroll a response, thus losing the response I was reading. PLEASE MOVE IT @grok @xai

[MediaFire @MediaFire]

There are few emails that can stop a project in its tracks faster than this one: "I can't open the file you sent."

Suddenly, you’re not a creative director or a project manager anymore; you’re tech support. Is it their video player? Do they have the right version of Excel? It’s a huge, unnecessary barrier to getting good work done.

We believe your clients and collaborators should be able to see your work without having to own the software that created it. The feedback process should be about the work itself, not about technical troubleshooting.

That’s why our team at MediaFire built @fastdotio with powerful, in-browser previews for just about everything. You can send a single link where your client can stream an HD video, listen to an audio track with a full waveform, flip through a document or presentation, and even scroll through a spreadsheet, all without a single download.

It means the feedback loop gets dramatically faster. Your clients can see the work instantly, on any device, and give you the notes you need to keep the project moving forward.

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

@tedcruz You can’t make this sh*t up…

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

@TragicWarrior I don’t believe she believes that, she is just a manipulative liar: just like she perpetuates the lie that shes a Bronx girl when in reality she grew up in the suburbs.

[Derek Labian @dereklabian]

@TragicWarrior I wasn’t talking about Google… but creators are getting fed up with Googles vague flagging of content on YouTube without any details or any meaningful way to appeal. See “restricted mode”