My mom passed away last night with 10 family members by her side.
She was the first in our family to escape the Soviet Union. She arrived in California with nothing, hustled as a single mom of 4, and achieved the American dream in every respect.
She was crafty, resourceful, and could make humor out of any situation.
Here’s a photo of us when money was tight: I asked to be Aladdin for Halloween, so she dressed me up as a Russian gypsy and thought I wouldn’t notice.
April 20, 1950 - June 21, 2026
Tianhang is finally on twitter
He was formerly a founding team member and head of RL at Qwen, and leads model training here at FRL / shortcut
He will be posting more on twitter now
Probably the most cracked person i've ever met. Excited for you to see his work soon!
My entire AI stack is now Chinese 🇨🇳
87% cheaper. same revenue
swaps by task:
1. reasoning / backend brain
Opus 4.8 → Kimi K2.7
benchmark gap: ~8% · price: ~11x cheaper
2. code generation
GPT-5.5 → Qwen 3.7 Max
benchmark gap: ~18% · price: ~7x cheaper
3. agent loops + tool calling
Sonnet 4.7 → GLM 5.2
benchmark gap: ~3% · price: ~5x cheaper on input
4. cheap volume / bulk processing
GPT-5.5 mini → MiMo V2.5
benchmark gap: ~6% · price: ~12x cheaper
5. image generation
GPT-Image-2 → Wan 2.5
benchmark gap: ~5% · price: ~8x cheaper
6. video generation
Sora 2 → Kling 3.0
benchmark gap: roughly equal · price: ~6x cheaper
[ result after 30 days: ]
operating costs dropped 87%, output quality dropped 4% on average, revenue unchanged
the most important that these models will be not banned in a month and i can run them locally
nobody will steal my data and i can learn them as i need
full article drops tomorrow with:
> exact routing logic per task type
> the 2 cases where I still pay for American
> the migration playbook anyone can copy in a weekend
VERY IMPORTANT to get migrated now, while it's not too late
How to be a successful European man:
1. Get at least two master's degrees by the age of 36
2. Pay minimum 56% income tax, round it up if it's less
3. Let your wife have a boyfriend
4. If your boss requires work in July and August, quit
5. Sell your car. Driving is far-right and bad for climate
6. When on a date, always split the bill
7. Constantly repeat that America is collapsing
8. If you have a spare bedroom, give it up to a refugee family
9. Never tip
10. When in doubt, blame the US