Shar

Software Engineer at @monogram_ai. Former @datadoghq, @Tumblr, Stanford CS

[Shar @spruisken]

Glad to be part of this team. Visual native AI just makes sense 🚀

[Eren Bali @erenbali]

It's time to get out of stealth 👋

Today, we are launching @monogram_ai and announcing our $40m seed round led by DST and Lux Capital.

Monogram is the first AI app that was built around a visual interface, from the ground up.

We created a technology that generates an entire user interface on the fly, in just a few seconds. Ask anything, and instead of staring at a wall of text, you get an interactive visual response.

[Shar @spruisken]

This captures it perfectly. Something always felt off chatting with ChatGPT / Claude etc. every thread felt like talking to a stranger. scattered conversations that don't build on each other. then they slapped memory on top but it never felt like *your* memory that you could configure how you wanted.

once you experience an AI assistant that actually feels yours, your memory, your conversations, your setup, there's no going back to the apps.

[kitze @thekitze]

to me it doesn't matter who owns openclaw

clawdbot was a concept, a revolutionary idea, a paradigm shift

the core of it can be rebuilt in an hour on top of any harness

it inspired me to own my ai assistant, conversations, and memory files.
i also went deep into self hosting and ownership because of it

i'm never going back to chatting with gpt or claude no matter what :)

[Shar @spruisken]

@openclaw Next step.. recursive self-upgrading

[Shar @spruisken]

@vboykis I like the core message about simplicity. The post packs a lot of wisdom in a pragmatic way. Some examples (e.g. push vs pull) do feel oversimplified and I'd have loved to see more focus on trade-offs.

[Shar @spruisken]

Before reading code, I find myself selecting files and using Command-L with Cursor to break them down in plain English. When editing, Command-K with speech-to-text is so much faster for me than typing—I’m speaking my edits, pasting them in, and barely typing at all. Composer is on another level. There are still some rough edges, but this demo is mind-blowing. You can see where this going..

[Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley]

In <8 min I built a basic Airbnb app using Cursor.

I use Cursor Projects to scaffold out snippets that I can use anytime I need new features.

Stop overthinking it and let the AI work for you.

This is next level building.

[Shar @spruisken]

@Altimor Would love to try this!

[Shar @spruisken]

@mckaywrigley This looks great! 👋

[Shar @spruisken]

@Daivinity @EFDevconnect @letsraave Stoked! Could I get 2 tickets?

[Shar @spruisken]

@0xcacti @drawnwren Interesting thread. I think your intuition is correct. You shouldn't receive less than you asked for. Perhaps you're dealing with bad ERC20 tokens as described here https://t.co/F5ovfZNuSH

[Robert Miller @bertcmiller]

.@NathanWorsley_ inspired an army to try to bait 🥪bots w/ bad ERC20s after publishing his article on Salmonella

In short Salmonella is a token that transfers less if you're not the owner, so 🥪bots way overpaid and got REKT for 100 ETH
https://t.co/dnsbql9XZ0

[Shar @spruisken]

@Deor 👋

[Shar @spruisken]

I was stuck on a problem at work. Made no progress for hours. The solution occurs to me right as I explain it to a colleague. Happens every time!

[Shar @spruisken]

@aaronzlewis Fantastic. Enjoyed "The Spreading of Threading" too. With the visuals, embeds and links to other media I feel the term "blog post" doesn't do it justice :) I'm curious what tools you use to collect and synthesize your inspiration when you write?

[Shar @spruisken]

It's amazing how relaxing a walk in the forest can be

[Shar @spruisken]

@Altimor Or alternatively hashtags. People could tag emails, Trello tickets etc. with "answer required", "project x", "deadline [date]", ..

You'd have to commit to a consistent tagging system across platforms.

[Shar @spruisken]

- Channels get overwhelming quickly. Context switching is exhausting.

- Difficult to minimize both false positive and false negative notifications.

- In theory there is so much company-wide knowledge available. In practice reading through it is a nightmare.

[Shar @spruisken]

Some frustrations with Slack:

- 1 line input field is constraining. Need space to think to give thoughtful replies.

- Sending messages is too easy. I often edit them afterwards.

- The fastest responses shape the conversation, not necessarily the best...

[Shar @spruisken]

@visakanv Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia

[Shar @spruisken]

@ArtirKel Very cool. A Github-like versioned history for websites. Would be great if you could also jump back and forth between versions. Found any other interesting diffs so far?

[Shar @spruisken]

I'd add that listening to an interview with the author often helps me get excited about reading the book. It's easier to convey passion through speech than through text.

[weisser @julianweisser]

@eriktorenberg Argument for books: repetition and more room for examples can increase comprehension.

Argument for interviews: they’re a forcing function for writers to make their concepts comprehendible in a compact format.

I often start with an interview then decide if I need more.