Aaron Makelky

Wyoming teacher → SF tech. I test AI tools so you don’t have to.

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

This is a real party, and I’ll be there @sama

I’m not getting a Goblin tattoo though

[Sam Altman @sama]

GPT-5.5 is going to have a party for itself. it chose 5/5 at 5:55 pm for the date and time.

if you'd like to come, let us know here: https://t.co/OupLcJnf14

codex will help the team pick people from the replies. 5.5 had some good ideas/requests for the party, which we'll do.

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

Coveralls video is crazy…don’t do me like that @descript 🫣

[Descript @descript]

"But I'm not a developer, why do I need an API for my video editing software?" -@theaaron

"Hold my Claude..."- Descript's Teddy, Senior QA Engineer and API evangelist

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@ycombinator our attention span as a species is so cooked

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@irentdumpsters @MarniMelrose what type of writing? eg: long form, social copy, landing page copy

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

you wanted to know what the new @OpenAIDevs Codex plugin "Sites" is all about, so here you go:

It's got 2 skills, "Sites Building" and "Sites Hosting"

Full text of each in this gist

https://t.co/qS1BGaskkq

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@NotionCoach @ChatGPTapp one off questions (⌃ control + space), native voice, and GPT 5.5 Pro

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

agent amnesia sucks, here's how to prevent it in @descript's Underlord:

do your task as per usual, make sure you get a great output

then finish with: remember this task in Underlord Instructions when I prompt you with do [task name]

never repeat yourself again!

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@cy_0w0_ @NotionHQ Do you have AI facing databases? @rileybrown would day add tabs to your Notion pages that are for the AI only

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

reason #48 you should record your workshops:

multiple attendees left feedback saying they wished I had given them a glossary of terms or list of definitions for things we discussed over 90 min.

luckily, I recorded my audio and transcribed it all in @descript, so it took about 5 minutes to create one

I prompted Claude to create a glossary using the actual language from my transcript to define terms, not it's training data, which it could do with the Descript API

then had it alphabetize everything into the @NotionHQ site page with my workshop materials and sent the attendees requesting this a link straight to that block

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@KurtisCarman either parent can check them off

each one has a personalized list of things that have to be done each day in order to "unlock privileges"

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

vibe coding is the new parenting meta-skill

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

how is linkedin the only platform clearly labeling ai generated images like this?

@X should add a similar feature @nikitabier

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@KurtisCarman 4-9-12

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

if you struggle with follow up emails after people attend your speaking session: use @NotionHQ forms for a simple exit survey that includes feedback and:

-want me to contact you? Yes/No
-your email address?

then have the Notion Agent draft personalized reach out messages based on their actual responses and add them as drafts or send them in your email/Notion mail

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@jasondeanlee log into GPT in your in app browser, put the Codex chrome extension in your external chromium browser, or have Codex access GPT with computer use

none are "officially supported" but hacky ways to get Codex to use GPT 5.5 Pro

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@KurtisCarman example of what the admin sees:

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

wife and I have log ins

web app for tracking our kids chores, workouts, study time, etc

we set criteria they have to reach daily to "unlock" screen time or having a friend over

builds a database of everything they did over the summer so they can see their progress, wife can see things in realtime while at work

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@tonyseets @OpenAIDevs it's Wyoming...I'm just happy we have a website for this! 🤣

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

hey @OpenAIDevs Codex: renew my vehicle registration for me

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

this is the first Codex -> GPT app crossover feature I want to see @ajambrosino & @OpenAIDevs

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@kr0der native voice

[Aaron Makelky @theaaron]

@zeeg based on cost per task, it certainly performs "better"