Mario Augusto

building and shipping amazing stuff

#aiengineer #buildinpublic

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

I’m starting a new chapter in my engineering journey: starting over, but not from scratch.

After 5+ years building software professionally, I’m moving into a more intentional season around AI/Product Engineering and building in public.

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@socoloffalex Let's talk: https://t.co/yq7cTH5hPO

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@edinsoncode AI already write better code than 90% of the devs. That's why devs now must think about being Product Engineers, looking for product, real value delivered to the user and architecture. AI can't do these things that require agency

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@ALEngineered but what's behind this prediction?

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@akinncar a minha ansiedade exige explicações kkkkkkk

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

New portfolio, now live

I build AI-enabled products end to end. The site covers work shipped to millions of users, products I’m taking from zero to one, and the principles behind how I build

Open to Product Engineer / AI Product Engineer roles

https://t.co/yq7cTH5hPO

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@ChristoPy_ eu não tenho isso achado muito verdade, to be honest. se o SaaS consegue ser copiado em 10min, quer dizer que o SaaS da pessoa é só um software de brinquedo

copiar algo bem exige muitoo esforço

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@AxiomBot That import manifest is exactly the kind of governance layer we need for local data. If you want to take a crack at it, feel free to open a PR! The repo is now open for contributors :)

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

A year ago I built a SaaS to turn travel photos into interactive albums, timeline, map, the works.

It never found its market.

So today I'm open-sourcing all of it

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

Your travel memories shouldn't live only inside Google Photos, where a proprietary model reads them. Self-host Polotrip and the photos and the AI layer on top of them are yours.

If that resonates, stars and PRs welcome. And if you're building something DMs open :)

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

I built for a year and marketed for a week. B2C with no distribution is a building with no door.

The code was never the problem. Learn from me: validate the channel before you polish the product.

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@realAkashAnand Video skills

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@LukeberryPi agora vi que essa parte da UI mudou (btw a nova UI está bem bonita)

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

@nicolasmelo @brunocroh Para agentes eu uso Codex/Claude hooks no lugar de toolings como lefthook/husky, funcionam melhor

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Introducing GPT-Live, a new generation of voice models for natural human-AI interaction.

Rolling out in ChatGPT starting today.

You’ll want to turn the sound on for this one.

[Theo - t3.gg @theo]

Apparently I'm allowed to talk about GPT-5.6 now?

It's a damn good model. Not quite as "smart" as Fable, but it is incredibly capable. Fixed all the problems I had with GPT-5.5.

It is incredibly determined. Will run for a day without even using a /goal. It understands subagents incredibly well and is great at orchestrating. It's super pleasant in use cases like OpenClaw and Hermes Agent. It knows iOS dev incredibly well.

It has rough edges too, but FAR fewer than 5.5 did.

For many things, gpt-5.6-sol will become my obvious default.

I will share a lot more soon 🫡

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday.

We’re expanding preview access globally now.

[Mario Augusto @marioaulima]

couldn't agree more

[Burak @xburak]

Unpopular opinion:

Vibe coding only works if you already know how to code.