Kartik Budholiya

Building rebMap — live AI agent visibility for VS Code ⚡

Backend eng + ML researcher | 10+ years across 8 codebases

See exactly what Claude/Cursor/Aider edits

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

rebMap turns the boring terminal scroll into a live visual map inside VS Code:

• Pulsing circles (size = file changes, color = file type)
• Glowing movement trails as Claude/Cursor/Aider jumps around • Click any file → instant git diff
• Full session record + replay (auto-skips pauses)

No more staring at logs wondering “what the hell just happened?”

https://t.co/ArOXLI21ig

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

Haha yeah the rhythm has totally changed 😂

With rebMap I barely do the old-school constant checking anymore. I just keep the live map open in VS Code and glance at it every 30-60 mins while it grinds. Real-time visibility makes it way easier to trust the agent on longer tasks.
It also has session recording you can also check it later what changes were done and where.

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

Claude Opus 4.8 just dropped — finally honest about its limits AND can actually grind solo without me babysitting 😂 My new favorite coworker.
Go try it right now before it does your job better!

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8: it builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.

Available today at the same price.

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all you have to do is start posting

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@safishamsii @Graphifyy https://t.co/8U93imLOeg

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@safishamsii @Graphifyy free vs code extension, install now

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

New video out!
https://t.co/501AAS0sWS

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

🚀 Every Monday I deliver the freshest AI news straight to you!

This week: 3 AI Coding Agents just shipped — your terminal is NO LONGER the only place they live! 🔥

Watch the full roundup 👇
https://t.co/oNZB3YGHJg

Subscribe for weekly AI drops every Monday morning!
#AINews #AI #CodingAgents #Tech

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@itsafiz It is a free extension for VS code.
https://t.co/8U93imLOeg

https://t.co/132093EiwY

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@arpit_bhayani 😂 “Blame AI and move on” — the new “works on my machine.”

True fact: GitHub Copilot users finish tasks 55% faster, yet skipping git blame still ships bugs to prod. Own your code!

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@kezuflow @X @useopenstats Lets connect!

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

The new software engineer is no longer just writing APIs.

The future belongs to engineers who understand:
- AI workflows
- scalable systems
- automation
- product thinking
- business impact

Coding is becoming the baseline.
Systems thinking is becoming the differentiator.

#AI #SoftwareEngineering #Backend #SystemDesign

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@elonmusk This Imagine Agent Mode is impressive! Consistent characters across scenes/angles + cinematic storytelling = game-changing for AI visuals. Loving the progress 🚀

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

AI didn’t kill Backend Java/Spring Boot engineering.
It raised the bar.

Interviewers are no longer impressed by just CRUD APIs and annotations.

Now they look for engineers who understand:

• Concurrency
• Thread safety
• Transactions
• System Design
• Scalability
• Kafka / MQ
• Distributed Systems
• Async processing
• Performance bottlenecks
• Database optimization
• Reliability under load

Questions are shifting from:

“Can you build an API?”

to

“Can your system handle 1M users, retries, failures, concurrency, and scaling?”

In the AI era, code generation is easy.
Building scalable, reliable, production-grade systems is the real differentiator.

The engineers who understand architecture, concurrency, and distributed systems will dominate the next decade of backend engineering.

Backend is evolving from “coding APIs” → “engineering systems.”

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

🚨 Google I/O 2026 just dropped the AGENTIC BOMB.

Google didn’t just upgrade Gemini — they killed the era of “chatbots that answer.”

**Breakthroughs in 60 seconds:**
- Gemini Spark → Your 24/7 cloud agent that runs in the background, does emails, research, tasks while you sleep
- Gemini Omni → Physics-aware video gen/editing from any input (text, image, clip)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash + Antigravity 2.0 → Agents that code, orchestrate, and ship full Android/web apps

**Startups getting disrupted:**
- Generic video AI tools (Sora/RUNWAY clones)
- Basic coding assistants & no-code builders
- Simple chatbot wrappers & automation tools
- Traditional SEO/content grinders

**What you can STILL build (and win):**
- Vertical agents (legal, healthcare, finance, real estate)
- Privacy-first / on-device / enterprise agents
- Real-world agents (XR glasses, robotics, IoT)
- Multi-agent orchestration platforms on top of Antigravity

Tech life just changed: Your AI won’t wait for prompts anymore — it’ll act proactively.

Founders & builders: Are you pivoting to agents or getting disrupted?
Drop your play in comments 👇 or DM your thesis.

Who’s building the next billion-dollar agent? RT if you’re in the game.

#GoogleIO #AgenticAI #Startups #AI #Tech

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

Great choice @Hiteshdotcom!

For new developers aiming to build real enterprise-level apps, Spring Boot is an absolute must for the backend. It builds on the mature, long-tested Spring Framework that’s been powering large-scale, production-grade Java systems reliably for decades. Solid foundation for anyone starting strong in backend development! 💪

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@arpit_bhayani

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

Completely agree Arpit 🔥

AI isn't creating "super engineers" — it's ruthlessly exposing who actually built deep mental models vs who was just following tutorials.

The real system thinkers — those who understand trade-offs, architecture, first principles, and how complex systems actually behave — are pulling ahead like never before. Their judgment compounds 10x with AI tools.

If you're still treating AI as a code autocomplete, you're missing it.

Time to stop consuming and start **building real systems**. The gap is widening daily. Who's shipping something non-trivial this week? 👇

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@heyblake https://t.co/I5OQz5oAkU

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

rebMap turns the boring terminal scroll into a live visual map inside VS Code:

• Pulsing circles (size = file changes, color = file type)
• Glowing movement trails as Claude/Cursor/Aider jumps around • Click any file → instant git diff
• Full session record + replay (auto-skips pauses)

No more staring at logs wondering “what the hell just happened?”

https://t.co/ArOXLI21ig

[Kartik Budholiya @rebcoder_]

@gxjo_dev 8 years building their core routing system, yet equity math wins: unvested RSUs gone, buybacks & exec stock sales continue. Knowledge is valuable until the cap table says cut.