Rubén Vilar

CTO @apartool . Tech geek. Minimalist. Remote evangelist. Full time traveller.

[Rubén Vilar @rubenvilar]

@timbo_xyz I'm up for karting, DM. 🙏

[Wise @trikcode]

You basically need to be unemployed to keep up with all this AI stuff.

[Rubén Vilar @rubenvilar]

@hispanicnomad Lived here almost 5 years. Don't share a single one of your points.... Mixing normal living abroad life with some super personal observations obky for your particular case 😅

[Jacob Rodri @jacobrodri_]

bangkok might be the best capital city in the world:

- cheap rent
- modern infrastructure
- strong expat + digital nomad scene
- ultra safe
- low taxes
- elite nightlife
- paradise islands just 1 hour away

two weeks here and other big cities start to feel like a scam

[Rubén Vilar @rubenvilar]

@MalditaSummer Ella me deja a mi subir a su cama. 😅

[Thomas Slabbers @Thomasslabbers]

I used to work 12 hours a day. But thanks to AI, I now work 16.

[Wise @trikcode]

No one tells you when you go into software engineering that writing code isn't the job.

Meetings and docs are the job. Coding is the fun little hobby they let you have between the meetings.

[Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧 @SamuelAlbanie]

ai progress has stalled
no major ai news stories since breakfast

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇨🇳 Share of population in China living in extreme poverty (below $3 per day):

1990: 83.0%

2025: 0.0%

[Wise @trikcode]

Confession: I let Claude Code read my .env

We don’t keep secrets from each other.

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

this how China use ai

[Tech with Mak @techNmak]

Google just killed the document extraction industry.

LangExtract: Open-source. Free. Better than $50K enterprise tools.

What it does:
→ Extracts structured data from unstructured text
→ Maps EVERY entity to its exact source location
→ Handles 100+ page documents with high recall
→ Generates interactive HTML for verification
→ Works with Gemini, Ollama, local models

What it replaces:
→ Regex pattern matching
→ Custom NER pipelines
→ Expensive extraction APIs
→ Manual data entry

Define your task with a few examples.
Point it at any document.
Get structured, verifiable results.

No fine-tuning. No complex setup.

Clinical notes, legal docs, financial reports, same library.

This is what open-source from Google looks like.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

I think about decisions in three ways: hats, haircuts, and tattoos.

Most decisions are like hats. Try one and if you don’t like it, put it back and try another. The cost of a mistake is low, so move quickly and try a bunch of hats.

Some decisions are like haircuts. You can fix a bad one, but it won’t be quick and you might feel foolish for a while. That said, don't be scared of a bad haircut. Trying something new is usually a risk worth taking. If it doesn't work out, by this time next year you will have moved on and so will everyone else.

A few decisions are like tattoos. Once you make them, you have to live with them. Some mistakes are irreversible. Maybe you'll move on for a moment, but then you'll glance in the mirror and be reminded of that choice all over again. Even years later, the decision leaves a mark. When you're dealing with an irreversible choice, move slowly and think carefully.

[Ignacio Arsuaga @iarsuaga]

Esto es lo que necesita tu alma, no Dubai ni Nueva York.

[Karan🧋 @kmeanskaran]

best LLM meme so far😂😂
@ordax

[Rubén Vilar @rubenvilar]

@Ludwig290795 @stats_feed I believe Europe is planning to do this between all capitals. Honestly Barcelona and Paris are already well connected but there is much to do still. 😊🙏

[Charly Wargnier @DataChaz]

If you’re still sending raw JSON into your LLMs, you’re burning tokens, latency, and budget!

Try TOON (Token-Oriented Object Notation).

Clear like YAML, compact like CSV:

• 30–60% fewer tokens
• Up to 50% lower costs
• Shines for tabular data.

Free and Open source 🧵↓

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Nothing will ever beat the 1992 Olympic Torch lighting

[Rubén Vilar @rubenvilar]

@JoshuaJAlbert @shivi1026 +1, numbering each line hahahha

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

The longer I run companies, the more I realize a CEO only needs to do 3 things:

1. Find and build a great team.
2. Never run out of money & make more of it.
3. Set the vision & goals for the company.