Lane Rettig

Making software and systems more human since 1993. My other hobbies include sci-fi, running, and preventing metadata leaks.

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

@mitchellh it's the software supply chain, dummy!

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

@badlogicgames AI writing code that humans should never need to grok

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

@mcutler Congrats!! Hard earned!

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

https://t.co/WDlnGwxL6j

[z80.wei 👌☀️👌 @0xz80]

[x] anthropic is dev unfriendly and I'm not giving them money on that basis

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

yet ANOTHER U-turn on Claude code subs. cringe, embarrassingly handled yet again. anthropic really fumbled the DevEx ball big time and doesn't seem one whit interested in fixing it.

I'd sort of understand if it were the superior product, but IMHO codex writes better code anyway

[Wes Winder @weswinder]

anthropic just downgraded claude code subs

programmatic usage previously used your full rate limits

which was something like a 5-10X discount vs api costs

now ALL programmatic usage is capped at $20/$100/$200 in api costs (a single opus session can easily burn $20)

not good

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

@ClaudeDevs cringe, embarrassingly bad comms. again. well done guys.

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

Best place to join the conversation and get early access to the custom podcast tool is on Telegram: https://t.co/8jkwbZ1tMZ

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

I've been pretty quiet lately because I've been heads down building. I'm excited to share what I've been building: a new podcast called Barely Possible, which is entirely produced by AI. As far as I know, it's the first podcast where AI itself talks about IT. (Link follows)

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

Oh, right, almost forgot the best part of all. Since it's all AI-powered, you can actually create a custom version of the podcast for yourself. Change the length. Adjust the sources. Cover different topics entirely, or listen in Spanish instead. Totally up to you.

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

@tjayrush Congrats! Can’t wait to read 😬

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

@haenko21 Welcome! Let me know what you think!

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

I've been using AI tools to do increasingly hairy, audacious things. Among them: trying to write and illustrate a children's book, creating a better harness for agentic teams, and, most recently, creating the podcast to end all podcasts. This week I shared some learnings.

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

Just published: You Can Just Do Things (With AI), by @lrettig https://t.co/KSVEaYheNk

[Lane Rettig @lrettig]

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[Awni Hannun @awnihannun]

Adopting Claude speak in my regular life, episode 1:

Partner: Did you do the dishes tonight?
Me: Yes they're done.
Partner: Why are they still dirty?
Me: You're right to push back. I didn't actually do them.