Vincent van der Meulen

co-founder @mainframe, prev: @figma @diagram (acq) @facebook. i like to run and buy books that i'll never read

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

of course that's your contention. you're a fresh believer in "the models are good at writing html, so it must be the ultimate format for everything"

you probably read that anthropic blog post "the unreasonable effectiveness of html", and had your mind blown because you've been sleeping under a rock for the last four years.

and now you're feeling all good about yourself because you just convinced your boss that an agent should create your launch video using html — right before a16z tweeted that the next frontier of visual ai is code.

that’s gonna last until next week...

[Jordan Singer @jsngr]

github checks

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

@jameygannon burma superstar + green apple books (open late) after

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@sheherenow_ @parkerhendo this tweet has a TAM of ~10 but i'm glad you and @parkerhendo already found it 😂

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

it's 75f in nyc and every idea is buildable in cursor/figma — no dead fish.

bret summer is here

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@geoffreylitt @mschoening perfect name

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@walden_yan two 🐐. enjoyed this!

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@sjwhitmore omg congrats!!!

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so many great hci ideas come from the '60s/'70s because ppl had no clue what programming was.

with ai, we again have no clue what computing should be. the earlier we admit that, the better.

not everything has to be conductor!

there are no rules; it's all made up.

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

@lucasmeijer thank you! i watched A love letter to Pi a while ago and loved your html based approach too :)

let us know what you think if you end up giving it a try!

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

@valenty_aj @cursor_ai we love @cursor_ai !!!

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@_DanielSinclair thanks Daniel!

let us know what you think when you have a chance to try it!

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

@krispuckett @usemonologue @mainframe you should!! (and let us know what you think!)

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

wedding planning in the agentic era™:

1. dictate todo list using @usemonologue
2. codex /goal "save my wedding using the google workspace cli"
3. watch 2-3 minute @mainframe video recap with your fiancée

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

will have to do a future post on the custom clis i wrote lol.

nobody should have to interact with wedding websites manually!

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@scotato @jsngr @sheherenow_ @mainframe yeah good suggestion!

generating in one shot leads to degradation unfortunately with most models, but will ship some bug fixes ASAP.

it's typically pretty good but this particular generation can be a lot better.

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

@sheherenow_ @mainframe sorry for the inconsistent voice in this one btw -- will improve!

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@sheherenow_ @mainframe wooh!! awesome to see :)

[Vincent van der Meulen @vinvan]

@yitong @usemonologue @mainframe saw your tweet earlier — /goal for personal tasks is underrated for real

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@dbabbs sick. also, Josh continuing to be the storytelling king 👑