Thomas

CS, AI @uoft. Worked @uoft, @softchoice, @WolfAdvTech. Building @AlphaStoneTech. ~$2K MRR. 3x hack winner, HTN as solo 🏆. Korean-Canadian. 2014 immigrant. 21.

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

FreeCodeCamp released a documentary covering TreeHacks 2026

Aside from the project I worked on, there are many other cool projects in the video. Go check it out!

[Marc Lou @marclou]

AI is so good at backend, but so bad at UI/UX.

Any recent models one-shot my new features, but I'd have to spend another 10+ prompts to get the design right.

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@gdb This

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

Generally agree with his points

https://t.co/3SuACE6ZrD

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

what is this bug lol
i simply asked gemini abt flowers

[Theo - t3.gg @theo]

Feels like a good time to post this one.

@ThePrimeagen posted a video about the AI economy. I wanted to clear up some common misconceptions about the issues AI companies are facing.

tl;dr - it's not just money, it's about compute.

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@jeffwsurf Wow ..

[swyx @swyx]

you have to give @MicrosoftAI props for training all these in-house from scratch and getting ALL of them to near-SOTA.

Mustafa built a full fledged neolab inside Microsoft in 2 years, that now MS fully controls from chip to model to harness. Absurdly impressive.

[ARC Prize @arcprize]

Anthropic Opus 4.8 is new SOTA on ARC-AGI-3

Score: 1.5%, ~$10K

ARC-AGI-3 analysis notes:
* Opus 4.8 read the environment an abstraction *above* Opus 4.7, as objects & systems, not pictures
* Opus 4.8 succeeded on early levels, but still committed to a wrong sub-goal

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@pjcookland @atmoio Yup

[EC-10 Condemned @pjcookland]

@atmoio The only problem with the visual neuron analogy is that is itself an oversimplification. In the human CNS there are feedback loops from 'higher' areas of processing BACK to the 'lower' areas of visual processing. So, it is quite literally NOT just simple scaled up.

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

me reviewing the training run that ran successfully overnight

[University of Toronto @UofT]

Geoffrey Hinton, University Professor Emeritus and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics, granted an honorary degree by Harvard University #UofT
https://t.co/6ktD0iuJfv

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@huntermanley @NASASpaceflight How was the piazza?

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@huntermanley @NASASpaceflight Lmao love this

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@robertgraham wow insane to think abt

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

Never seen explosion like this
Hope everyone is well and root cause analysis goes well

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

NASA is aware of the anomaly that occurred tonight at Launch Complex 36 involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. 

Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets.

We will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available.

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@blueorigin .. wow

[Grady Booch @Grady_Booch]

AGI is closer than you think.

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8: it builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.

Available today at the same price.

[Thomas @thomasLe_e]

@theo i found codex app improved a lot recently