if you’re still writing loops that prompt coding agents you’re falling behind. you need to build a meta agent that infers what loops you would have wanted based on your vibe and then write those loops
This is a surprisingly useful pattern:
1. get agent to populate db with data that repros an issue
2. get it to optimise query
3. get it to experiment with 10 or so different indexes and measure impact
very similar to how non agentic coding optimisation work happens.
something ppl forget when they’re speaking publicly whether in interviews, podcasts, anything broadcast is to slow down. you basically need to talk at 0.5x. & i now realize i am so fucking guilty of this.
i default to 2x cuz i’m racing to get the thought out before it slips. but speed that feels articulate in your head reads as anxious on the other end.
the audience needs room to land each beat & the pause is where they decide you’re worth listening to.
cadence is effectively the message.
Some will already know this, but William Gibson collaborated with the Japanese workwear brand Buzz Rickson about 20 years ago to create a line of military-inspired garments. As far as I know, the line has stayed totally the same — same material, same details, same cuts — even as fashion trends have moved from full to slim and back to full again.
How great is it that you could have saved up and splurged on a really nice garment 20 years ago, and if you went to the same store today, it would be totally the same? There's no pressure to "update" your wardrobe. No feeling like you might miss out on the latest drop. If you lose the jacket, you can go to the store and get the same one, even two decades later.
There's something special about having that kind of confidence in your aesthetic. Also, not pressuring people to constantly buy buy buy. They purchase one nice thing and wear it for years. Should they decide the garment is not for them, guess what? They can sell it on the second-hand market for about 50% of what they paid because retailers are still selling the same thing.
That fashion model is very inspiring to me. Plus, the stuff looks great.
The videos below are from the wonderful London-based shop Son of Stag. You can also find at Self Edge, my favorite retailer for denim. They have locations in the United States and Mexico. Both stores specialize in this kind of clothing.
You can find both shops on Instagram at the handles sonofastag and selfedge.
The Art Nouveau style hotel Gran Hotel Ciudad de México in Mexico City. The beautiful stained-glass ceiling was designed by Jacques Grüber in 1899.
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BREAKING:
At the Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny says he prefers Opus 4.6 for vibe coding but turns to 5.3 Codex for gnarly engineering problems.
“Opus pa’ vibear, Codex pa’ lo heavy” - he said