Szymon Boniecki

Co-CEO @monterail. Software should be beautiful. Can’t do anything on my own.

[Andrew Lynch @andrewglynch]

if a toddler puts a sticker on you, that’s a sign of great respect in their culture

[Tim O'Reilly @timoreilly]

@satyanadella Amen.

[Mark Soares @marksoares]

Took a bit of effort but Bitle v.01 is operational; Bitle is a self powered, standalone ESP32-based mesh relay node for @jack's bitchat, a decentralized messaging protocol; it can operate indefinitely on solar, or ~25-50 days on the battery; the case is weatherproof and meant to be installed in adverse conditions. It should extend the range of bluetooth outdoors anywhere from 300-500ft.

Bitle implements the bitchat binary protocol over Bluetooth LE, establishing GATT server connections with bitchat devices and acts as an intermediate node to extend the mesh network range. Bitle handles noise protocol handshakes for secure communication, processes encrypted user messages, and forwards them through the mesh network.

It's designed as a professional mesh relay that enhances bitchat's decentralized architecture by providing additional routing nodes without requiring user interaction or appearing as a peer in the messaging interface.

I envisioned its utility as a ground node for remote areas, like hiking trails, camping grounds etc (hence the name Bitle - "Biddle" or "beetle") where signal may be weak and communication critical. Most importantly, although signal/wifi may be abundant, bitchat isn't really about being a failsafe to online comms - it's about choosing to communicate without centralized infrastructure; peer to peer - a device like Bitle seems instrumental to this. It should be possible to make a grid of these quite cheaply and establish an ambient mesh network that anyone can communicate through while being offline. The bulk of the size of the device is in the battery/solar/case/power board - it would be significantly smaller if it was built into a lightbulb or any plug-in device.

[Monterail @monterail]

The Vue.js ecosystem just got an upgrade!🔥

Vue.js Plugins Collection is here! Built by Jakub Andrzejewski @jacobandrewsky.

It's the first open-source, up to date list of more than 80 Vue.js plugins ready to supercharge your Vue apps!

Enjoy it 👉 https://t.co/cQ8AFqokxo

[jack @jack]

19 years

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

@johnrushx Nova

[scott belsky @scottbelsky]

no need for another hot take on deepseek, but a few (quickly jotted) somewhat related convictions that are still quite resilient…

(1) the next generation of products that will transform our work and lives will be made using orchestrations of various models and superior interfaces that conform to our needs and knowledge (see the "cognico" IMPLICATIONS article that posits the future role of orchestration engineers and designers, etc). the era of excitement around ONLY a couple mega-model players (awesome, but not the only games in town) was myopic, and may be remembered as the prodigy/compuserve era of AI. most importantly, the value of AI will accrue the most to the industries and people that use this new tech the most effectively (and as @GavinSBaker said, lowering costs "will increase the ROI on AI").

(2) the underlying models will be increasingly commoditized, increasingly client-side, and (to compete) will become increasingly specialized and move "up the stack" to provide more fine-tuned and personalized capabilities to developers and end-users. i am still bullish on our market leaders, but expect that they will increasingly take this route to stand out and capture margin in the process.

(3) I have long considered technology USAGE to be a game of interface layers, where the layer at the top wins. existing applications/incumbents (and especially operating systems) have a golden opportunity ahead if they leverage AI (agnostic between models, give users choice), hyper-personalize experiences ("personalization effects" are the new network effects), and focus relentlessly on UX ("wrapper" is also packaging, which matters!). existing workflows that become consistently better and refactored are seldom replaced, we only endure the friction of switching when the benefits exceed the costs.

(4) with the above context, lots to get excited about with high-performance open source LLMs running locally, but this is a small part of the larger picture of image/video/multi-modal models, and endless use-cases for cloud-based real-time data, cross-platform preferences profiles, and the list goes on. as we enter the world of AR and process (or generate) vision in real-time, as new immersive entertainment and gaming experiences emerge, as our AI partner in every part of work and life must process what we see and leverage all sorts of data in so many discrete places, this will all require high-performance hybrid (cloud and local) models working together in extraordinary ways. In short, we're gonna need more compute, infrastructure, and power after all. ;-)

(5) let us not forget, as anything becomes ubiquitous, people crave scarcity and meaning. I expect we'll see more uses of craft and high-touch customer service to compete across industries, more world-class storytelling as brands, artists, and storytellers engage us emotionally to stand further apart from AI being used the "flood the zone" with content, and we'll see a resurgence of SMBs with surprisingly great businesses. while all of these new tools and possibilities are exciting, there is tremendous opportunity in leveraging our uniquely human capabilities to serve humanity in profound ways that computers cannot. while the science of business is scaling, the art of many businesses is the things that don't scale.

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

Best with the best

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Claude 3.5 is the first AI to crush the Lem Test, no other model does it.

From a 1965 book by Stanislaw Lem about two rival constructors of robots. One creates a robotic poet & the other challenges it to write an impossible poem, which it does (the English translator did great).

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

Heartwarming! The best parent you will ever get is…

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

@ludwiczakpawel 😀

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

It’s been a while since I had a jaw-dropping experience on mobile. Thank you @browsercompany!

Arc is now my default on desktop AND mobile

[Josh Miller @joshm]

a little Sunday surprise for you...

meet @browsercompany's 2nd product:

🔍Arc Search🔎

it's a default browser for your iPhone
...that BROWSES FOR YOU

the origin story is a bit unusual so I wanted to give you the full backstory:

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

@jordi_vendrell I’m a huge fan too

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

@elamadej good blouse

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

Meanwhile

[Aaron Levie @levie]

What everyone outside Silicon Valley thinks everyone in Silicon Valley is working on

[The Wolf of Franchises 🍟 @franchisewolf]

Today, KFC in Japan will sell 5-10x more chicken than any day of the year.

Millions of Japanese citizens will line up for their bucket of Christmas Eve fried chicken.

Here's the story behind this annual tradition:

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

Happy holidays everyone

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Software recession has ended.

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

My best performance this year was during a 5-hour flight with a 2-yo last week. @dflieb @waitbutwhy

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Noticing a trend here.

[Ben Thompson @benthompson]

The most extraordinary weekend of my career

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

Great match.
👏🏻 @KishanBagaria Love your work!
@TextsHQ is one of my most frequently used software everyday.

[Kishan Bagaria @KishanBagaria]

excited to announce https://t.co/VnglkebPRv is now part of @Automattic (the company behind @WordPressDotCom @Tumblr @DayOneApp @PocketCasts @WooCommerce)

if you’re a user, nothing changes for you. expect more features and mobile apps sooner

[Szymon Boniecki @szymo]

Yes. Hopefully SMEs become the biggest AI beneficiaries 💪🏻

[Aaron Levie @levie]

A clear playbook for enterprise AI startups is to replicate and automate the processes that large companies normally try to outsource, but small companies can’t afford. If this works, the benefit will be millions of businesses having access to services never before possible.