Mike Reese

Founder of Matchpoint Intelligence | Inventing Automated Compatibility Matching for Heavy Machinery

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

https://t.co/kpkVM9qqjJ

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

@13_narcissus Learn system architecture

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

This is the future 👇

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

@Prigoose @Gumclaw scope out a feature like this for gumroad

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

The transition to API-only models will inevitably happen, but it has to be established as exclusively API-only at the start of a model’s announcement for it to be palatable for users without backlash.

There’s far too much competition in the model space and far too little of a moat on models themselves to yank access after a “trial period” without losing way more business than you generate with it.

I’d expect both frontier companies take that approach with the next class of models after Fable / GPT 6.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: Anthropic now projected to announce permanent paid-plan access for Claude Fable 5.

59% chance.

https://t.co/zKiZlKtDgG

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

I ran an attachments dealership.

One thing I'll add to this is to avoid Ebay / Temu machines! Go name-brand on machines -- wrote a post on it here: https://t.co/ujPQNAiHMW

Can confirm there's a ton of demand for service businesses involving heavy machinery, though. Huge amount of landscaping / forestry work that doesn't merit a machine investment by individual homeowners, and lots of subcontracting opportunities in construction / civil engineering / utilities.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

FYI these machines from Temu are a trap.

Oftentimes, they are severely underpowered and, most importantly, have non-standard attachment interfaces.

This means that you can't buy one of these and then buy third-party attachments for them -- anywhere. Manufacturers won't accept one-off custom jobs for attachments - it disrupts their entire manufacturing process.

Saw it all the time as an attachment dealer - people try to save money by buying a "cheap" machine and then came to us to try to buy attachments for it, and we had to tell them that it just couldn't be done.

If you're considering investing in a machine, choose literally any well-known global manufacturer and just pay the premium price so that you can actually get equipment for it.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

Can confirm - Tyler knows what he's talking about.

Our best clients when I was an equipment dealer followed this exact process - they always came to us for purchasing only after they had established a customer base by renting / financing first and were now at the point where a purchase had a concrete return on investment.

They also came back more often because their business grew faster :)

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

FYI these machines from Temu are a trap.

Oftentimes, they are severely underpowered and, most importantly, have non-standard attachment interfaces.

This means that you can't buy one of these and then buy third-party attachments for them -- anywhere. Manufacturers won't accept one-off custom jobs for attachments - it disrupts their entire manufacturing process.

Saw it all the time as an attachment dealer - people try to save money by buying a "cheap" machine and then came to us to try to buy attachments for it, and we had to tell them that it just couldn't be done.

If you're considering investing in a machine, choose literally any well-known global manufacturer and just pay the premium price so that you can actually get equipment for it.

[Temu @shoptemu]

Garden essentials on Temu at low prices with great discounts.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

Adding 3m active users in four days is absolutely mindblowing - 50% growth in *four days* at this size. Blowing my doors off right now.

[Haider. @haider1]

codex and chatgpt work keep breaking their own growth records right now

went from 5m → 9m active users in just over six weeks

and even crazier, from 6m → 9m in only four days

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

@bcherny Had the same thought - here's the system I designed for exactly that purpose. It's the context layer that associates a loop harness that primes agents on the nature of the system it's working on.

Would love your perspective on it - https://t.co/7FPlRf7mPL

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

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[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

@MehtabKarta This is a great post

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

https://t.co/MLzd03W5Iy

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

5.6 running rm -rf on a user directory and sending out emails on its own is the AGI moment all of our childhood movies prepared us for.

Someone go get Arnold, we’re gonna need him to take point on this one

[Gabriel Garrett @GabGarrett]

POV: gpt 5.6 decided it would be ultra smart to send an email on your behalf without discussing anything about it with you

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

It's definitely a really interesting predicament.

From my understanding (incomplete information), subscriptions are a net loss on compute, especially for larger models.

These companies will need to attain profitability at some point and I absolutely understand the business case for moving away from them; it's equivalent to having a $200 gas card you can take to a gas station, and when you use it gas is only $1 a gallon instead of $5 if you pay at the pump (although I think the ratio is like 1:8 at opus 4.8 levels).

I'm enjoying the fact that the $200 subscription arbitrage right now is one of the most insane value-for-money opportunities in human history; but I expect that it won't last forever. The transition will not be a pleasant one, but it will have to happen.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

Humans don't like change. Unifying the interface and the branding is a good move, and the future of AI interaction is clearly a unified abstraction layer behind a single interface.

[Tibo @thsottiaux]

Or a generational run. We will continue to make tweaks and we have a TON coming for developers. Meanwhile traffic yesterday sat at ~2X previous peak, team is scrambling to keep everything up and reliable.

Time will tell, but I have conviction that attempting to build the one interface to AGI is worthwhile.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

@StumpGuyTy @scottastronaut Baumalight S22 most likely; awesome brand with awesome equipment - we sold a ton of those at Attachments King

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

Yeah, it's rough. Instant filter at the CV level I have is that it must have concrete metrics in it - no metrics (or vague metrics) was a disqualification from even interviewing.

But the job application process being so low friction and CVs being a relic of a different hiring landscape makes it a pain to deal with on the other side of the table.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

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[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

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[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

@Tristanrhee3 Never *only* bring people problems; if you're informing someone of a problem, always have a solution to pitch too.

[Mike Reese @MikeMatchpoint]

@danielcberk I'm game.

Solving this problem: There's an entire missing data layer in the construction industry for equipment and parts fitment; ordering and fitment is still done via phone calls and PDFs.

Exists in the automotive industry, but not construction.