Remon Oldenbeuving

Software Engineer @ Kilo Code

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@bentlegen @SlackHQ @SlackAPI We submitted on Jan 16th, and got approved on May 6th. Though first real feedback got returned on April 16th. For what it’s worth

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Good value for money

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@peduarte Yeah, just read great books that you want to soak up. If you feel the need to go with 900wpm it probably could’ve been a tweet

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@DanHollick @JordanAmblin Do it! I just helped a friend set up his new home with Unifi, and it’s smooth 💅

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@paw_lean @k_l_litty @vercel Let me know if you need anything from me! We also have a shared slack channel

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

Last week, we finally found what was causing slow cold starts on https://t.co/YXrwqTHBEW. Feels good! Thanks to @vercel for helping us debug this issue 🙏

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@jacobmparis @k_l_litty @vercel Nah, just in the source code of the function (we’re using NextJS)

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@k_l_litty @vercel We found that calling `dotenvx.get(KEY)` during a cold start takes about a second. We also tend to fetch these keys during code start, so we had about 40 encrypted variables that each took a second to decrypt. To fix this, we now call `dotenvx.config()` at boot.

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

A true @DanielLockyer moment

[Sid Sijbrandij @sytses]

Speed run joining Kilo Code’s engineering team! We’re building the open-source AI coding platform and are currently generating 5T tokens/mo. We are looking for experienced engineers who can ship what takes an entire team at other companies. Apply by Monday to join me at focus week in Amsterdam starting October 27. Link in the comments. Please share with people who can get code done.

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@ingapng @figma Crazy achievement! Amazing 🤩

[Sid Sijbrandij @sytses]

6 months ago I founded @kilocode to empower developers to pick the best model for the task at hand. We launched our application within a month and have since grown to become the best AI coding orchestration application. Over the last 5 months token usage has grown 1000x, from 4 billion to 4 trillion tokens a month! In September Grok Code Fast was responsible for 46% of those tokens despite only launching 4 days before the month started.

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

A month since the release of Grok Code and it’s STILL the most-used AI coding model out there

Grok Code stands alone as the #1 coding agent breaking record usage across OpenRouter and Kilo Code, with leading adoption no competitor can match

Grok Cade Fast 1 is the fastest, most capable AI Coding model and most heavily used

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Grok Code usage has skyrocketed to 2T tokens in less than a month, while the runner-up barely hits 350B

Grok Code is still the only top player in AI Coding space on Kilo Code and nothing is even close...

The chart's red section is all Grok Code

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@jachands @Kilo_Code Thank you for flagging! I'll push a fix

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@peduarte Congrats man!

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@peduarte This tweet triggered my PTSD

[Brendan O’Leary @olearycrew]

And 100B more tokens ran through @Kilo_Code than the rest of the top 20 apps COMBINED. Let that sink in.

[Ryo Lu @ryolu_]

stay grounded, keep cooking

the ai hype cycle is wild, and we all feel some anxiety — every week there's some new model that's supposedly gonna change everything and everyone's scrambling to keep up

but here's the thing: the fundamentals don't change. good design is still good design. solving real human problems, finding the ideal systems, making the best tools are still what matters.

same with competition: know what they're building, but don't watch too closely. the anxiety comes from thinking you have to chase every trend or copy every feature or you'll get left behind.

most trends are just noise. most competitor moves are just reactions to other reactions.

focus on what's always been true: understand your systems and users, solve real problems, build quality stuff with care. stay grounded in your values and let the technology serve your vision, not the other way around.

the best builders aren't the ones following every ai paper on twitter or obsessing over what others ship. they're the ones using whatever tools help them build the best thing for people.

make your own best thing. everything else is distraction.

[Remon Oldenbeuving @R51]

@thomaspaulmann Conquering the world, one by one! Great job guys! 👏