Anthropic just showed a 24-minute workshop on how to actually prompt Claude.
Taught by the people who built it.
Free. No signup. No paywall.
I've watched $300 courses that don't cover what they teach in the first 8 minutes.
Claude Code built me a landing page last night. Start to finish a couple hours. I set up the VPS, shared the architecture, gave the agent the permissions it needed, then just watch it run. much fun is happening. 🔗 https://t.co/bbrSS4xIUc
#claudecode#agentic#builderlife
we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.
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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.
first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.
we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.
i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.
a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.
we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.
to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.
to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.
jack
【Hun Manet’s First International Interview: Border, Ream, and the Board of Peace】
Cambodian PM Hun Manet sat down with Reuters from Washington ahead of tomorrow’s inaugural Board of Peace meeting. It’s his first interview with international media.
He called the border ceasefire “fragile,” said Thai forces remain deep inside Cambodian territory, and urged Thailand to restart JBC demarcation work now that their February 8 election is over.
“This is not an accusation, but it’s a statement of the facts on the ground.”
He also addressed Ream naval base, rejecting the idea that Cambodia has anything to hide, and pushed back on the framing of choosing between the U.S. and China.
“Each relationship with any country is not mutually exclusive. We are sovereign countries.“
@PravitR If had time machine would go back to the a year before he was born and gave his mum free contraceptive pills. This opportunist guy always try to make him cook by provoking people with unreliable speech.
@sstrangio Benefiting from PTT’s legacy stations to launch a fresh brand. But higher risks in biz too - if quality flops, consumers has choice to choose other competitors. TotalEnergies & Caltex are on spike.
At 11 a.m. this morning, Thai armed forces, accompanied by heavy machinery such as excavators, entered An Ses area in Cambodian sovereign territory, and even laid barbed wire, despite strong objections from our forces. It is also worth noting that Cambodia recently arranged a visit by foreign military attachés to those locations on July 30, 2025, clearly demonstrating that these areas are part of Cambodian sovereign territory.
This act constitutes a flagrant violation of the ceasefire and poses a grave threat to peace and security along the border between the two countries, as well as to the wider region. Cambodia calls on the international community — particularly partner countries that have worked tirelessly to help achieve this hard-won ceasefire and wish to see it fully and effectively implemented — to demand that Thailand immediately stop its aggressive actions and strictly respect international law, especially Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Cambodia has strongly condemned Thailand for what it describes as a serious violation of the ceasefire agreement, following a cross-border incursion by Thai armed forces into AnSes area in Cambodian territory and under full control of Cambodian Armed Forces after Ceasefire. The video shows that Thai Armed Forces violate Cambodian sovereignty.
Here is key takeaway. The border conflict is driven by elite power struggles, not just territorial disputes, threatening regional stability. #ASEAN#Cambodia#Thailand
https://t.co/n2TLIBk6G8
The image shows the damage of Preah Vihear Temple caused by shelling from the Thai side in recent times. When they told to the world do not damage the World Heritage and here are the evidence.
Source: Sip Bunsip #UNESCO#Cambodia#Thailand
They always contest this temple, Preah Vihear. They lost 3 times at ICJ and chose violence over peace. Why Thailand why bomb the temple ?
#ExposeThailandLies
@TravelsCharlie@jacobincambodia You supposed to apologize for criminal crimes against humans in the 1970s that the American dropped the bomb in Laos and Cambodia killed millions of innocence.