Sean

Nerd with a laptop.

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@zaddycoin @avipat_ Banger 😂

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

If Hantavirus mutated into a global threat, it would unleash AI + biotech unlike anything we've ever seen.

> genome sequenced and public in 4 hours
> AlphaFold maps every protein target
> AI screens 10,000 drugs in 24 hrs
> 50 vaccine candidates designed simultaneously
> AI designed antibodies in days
> risk of death computed instantly
> decentralized trials launch globally
> enroll from home
> 20 countries manufacturing at once
> first doses in three weeks
> real-time dose characterization
> your genome + biomarkers determine your protocol
> variant map updates every hour

No one would wait for governments.

[Brian Halligan @bhalligan]

I don't remember where I found this, but its spot on.

[Wildest thought era @inmaownhead]

@claudeai

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Two weeks without mobile internet improved mental health more than antidepressants and reversed roughly 10 years of attentional decline.

Screen time dropped 49% (314 to 161 min/day).

[terminally onλine εngineer @tekbog]

AI companies with software engineers

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@aakashgupta Its misaligned, because, we too, are incapable of alignment

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@jup_enjoyoors And a ton more

https://t.co/sdPEjUWwvs

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@shikhr_ The buddy system is pretty awesome

https://t.co/sdPEjUWwvs

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@Sourabhsinr @birdabo It's suuuper cool. I got all the companions' art running: https://t.co/sdPEjUWwvs

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@birdabo Buddy system is so cool

Here's all the companions:
https://t.co/sdPEjUWwvs

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@TukiFromKL And we're getting pets.

https://t.co/sdPEjUWwvs

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

@Fried_rice I loving this Buddy system I'm ngl

https://t.co/sdPEjUWwvs

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

So to recap — Anthropic built:

- 18 species with ASCII animations
- A gacha rarity system
- Shiny variants (1%)
- RPG stats (SNARK, CHAOS, etc.)
- An AI that watches your code and reacts
- Petting with floating hearts
- Anti-cheat
- A virality-optimized rollout

And I feel it is one of the coolest parts in the entire source leak.

[Sean @SeanEllul]

Claude Code's source was exposed last night, and one of the coolest things we found there was a tamogochi-like pet system.

Tomorrow (April 1), a rainbow `/buddy` notification should start appearing in your Claude Code terminal.

Here's how it works:

[Sean @SeanEllul]

They also built anti-cheat.

When you first hatch, the model generates a name and personality (the "soul"). This gets stored in your config.

But the physical traits (species, rarity, stats) are never saved — they're regenerated from your account hash every time.

From the source: "editing config.companion can't fake a rarity"