Quoting Bryan Cantrill
The problem is that LLMs inherently lack the virtue of laziness. Work costs nothing to an LLM. LLMs do not feel a need to optimize for their own (or anyone's) future time, and will happily dump more a
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The problem is that LLMs inherently lack the virtue of laziness. Work costs nothing to an LLM. LLMs do not feel a need to optimize for their own (or anyone's) future time, and will happily dump more a
A raw, unedited recording shared by Swyx (AI developer and content creator) featuring musical or performance content from newly met collaborators, shared via YouTube. The informal nature ('raw recordi
Replit Fellows Builder Tour, Minneapolis Part of a 4-city tour empowering educators and entrepreneurs to vibe and thrive in the AI-enabled economy. Tour outcomes: • 4 cities • 50+ builders • 100+ apps
arXiv:2604.09104v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Scheming, the covert pursuit of misaligned goals by AI systems, represents a potentially catastrophic risk, yet scheming research suffers from signifi
This isn't the only result. As of April 11, agents have set 11 new SOTA results on open problems including: → Erdős minimum overlap problem → Second autocorrelation inequality → Tammes problem (n=50)
We've also made improvements to performance, including an 87% reduction in dropped frames when streaming large file edits. We are continuing to invest in making Cursor faster and more reliable. See ev
We've shipped several quality-of-life improvements to Cursor 3. They bring a little more delight when you are orchestrating agents. Just like in your terminal, you can now split agents for multi-taski
Cursor has added file include/exclude filter functionality to its workspace search feature, allowing users to narrow or broaden search results by specifying which files or file types to include or exc
A post by Swyx (AI Engineer) on X (Twitter) expressing gratitude for a shoutout related to Coachella, likely in the context of AI engineering or developer community recognition. The post suggests Swyx
Your AI isn't failing because of 'bad chunking.' 🛑 It’s failing because of a vibe mentality. Our Head of DevRel @RoieSchwabco explains why anecdotal testing is the #1 roadblock for AI devs: ✅ Determin
This r/MachineLearning post discusses the landscape of frameworks and tools used to support benchmarking of LLMs and agentic AI systems, covering how to systematically evaluate model capabilities beyo
David Ha shared a post referencing the famous quote attributed to Pablo Picasso, 'Good artists copy, great artists steal,' which speaks to the idea that truly great creative work involves deeply inter
Swyx (Shawn Wang) attended the AI Engineer World's Fair or a related AI Engineer event in London, describing it as an gathering of highly AGI-focused ('AGI-pilled') individuals in the AI engineering c
late night low TAM tweet: did a Broadway solo song for the first time in ~18 years! only fumbled lyrics once! Media flew straight back from London town to get ready for my Broadway cabaret tonight !!
Mandatory wrap up video for @aiDotEngineer 👀 What a great conference. Great talks for sure, but the hallway track and speaker room were where the best convos were aside from meals out with peeps. Look
Our world is changing. I spent the last week listening to, chatting, dining, dancing with and interviewing the top AI Engineers in the world all gathered in London. Here are the top 8 themes that emer
Remote work is lonely. 90% of the time is just you and a screen. But when you get the chance to meet your close virtual friends for the first time, it hits differently. Being in the same room with you
MiniMax-M2 is a large-scale mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model available for inference on Together AI's platform, accessible via both serverless and dedicated infrastructure options. The model ca
Harrison Chase, the co-founder and CEO of LangChain, shared or endorsed a post on X (formerly Twitter) expressing strong confidence in a particular approach, tool, or method, stating it 'works very we
A post on r/ChatGPT arguing that current legal frameworks are insufficient to address the privacy risks posed by AI systems, particularly regarding how tools like ChatGPT collect, store, and potential
At an AI Engineer (AIE) workshop run by Nick Nisi and Zack Proser from WorkOS, an attendee built a Hermes bot that autonomously completed the workshop tasks and submitted the work on its own. The inci
@aiDotEngineer was insane! There's nothing like connecting with awesome people like @altryne @badlogicgames @dsp_ @threepointone @steipete @thekitze and so many others. Thanks @swyx and team for one t
Attended the first AI Engineer Europe in London — great event and yes, there was a giant lobster outside 🦞 Big takeaways: AI is becoming an engineering discipline, speed needs control and evals are im
Black Forest Labs (@bfl_ml) Developer Advocate @stephenbtl says their first principle is building state-of-the-art models and shares why doing so from Freiburg, Germany is an advantage: 'We're from Fr
A Reddit user in the r/StableDiffusion community shared a self-built local image browser tool designed to bring order to the chaotic output folders that accumulate from AI image generation workflows.
Closing thoughts on ai engineer conf: - weather so great - did not like the venue one bit - can’t say any talks really stood out for me - but had very interesting hallway conversations. Especially wit
Swyx (Shawn Wang) posted about flying directly back from London to perform a Broadway cabaret show, noting the event had very limited seating. The post includes an apology for not advertising the even
This is a post by Swyx (Shawn Wang), a developer and AI commentator, expressing disappointment about an essay that began with a compelling opening but concluded weakly. The tweet reflects a common exp
I've just submitted my CFP for @aiDotEngineer world fair: An argument that you don't need a sandboxing service ... in a track that will be dominated by sandboxing services. Expect fireworks if @swyx a
Swyx (or someone in their network) shared a post about returning from a trip to London, bringing back stickers and highlighting the knowledge and forward-thinking people encountered at what was likely
My new tattoo 'There are some people that I have absolute love and respect for that refuse to engage with it. That's their privilege. But I'm not built that way. You show me a new tool. I want to get
Nothing beats this in-person experience. Incredible time meeting and reconnecting with *everyone* in AIE London - @dsp_, @threepointone, @steipete, @badlogicgames and so so many amazing people. Defini
One of the best @latentspacepod shows and Substack with @_lopopolo @OpenAI and @swyx focused on harness engineering, rethinking processes from first principles, and scaling with AI systems. https://su
Over the past two weeks, students researched and prepared stock pitches with Perplexity Computer. Now the top 5 finalists will present live for $17,500 in prizes to our panel of judges. Watch today’s
Swyx (Shawn Wang) gave a talk at the AI Engineer Europe conference, sharing insights likely related to AI agents and engineering practices. A humorous slide titled 'Agentol, Apply Generously' was capt
Sam Morrow expressed gratitude for being invited to speak at AI Engineer Europe, an event organized by Swyx (@swyx) and the AI Engineer team. The post praises Swyx and the organizing team for executin
The conference was amazing, one of the best I’ve attended! I met so many great people. Highly recommend. It was also a special moment for me to announce that I’m joining @lmstudio during it. Thanks @s
This talk by @badlogicgames at @aiDotEngineer is one of the best AI talks I've ever watched. And (at least for me) it's heartening, taste and skill and common sense still matter! https://www.youtube.c
This weekend we're doubling Composer 2 usage in our new interface. Open Agents Window, pick Composer 2, and start building! No hourly limits. https://x.com/cursor_ai/status/2039768512894505086?s=20 We
This is a talk from the AI Engineer conference presented by Swyx (or a colleague), focusing on 'Code mode' and letting code serve as the primary communication medium for AI engineering concepts. The t
A few questions on plan vs ultraplan. I think the insight here is that implementation can sometimes require a local environment/interactivity, but planning can happen in the cloud since it's mostly ab
@aiDotEngineer Europe has been the highest signal conference I’ve seen to in a long time. And I’m also old like @badlogicgames so I’ve been to plenty in my time! never seen standing room + applause in
And that's a wrap! AI Engineer Europe 2026 has concluded. Our video crew did incredible work to capture the energy, enthusiasm, and positivity of this event -- but it still doesn't come close to being
At AIE we are starting a new tradition of 'Hallway Track' talks - our selections of attendee-led and -voted lightning talks that couldn't fit within our 'normal' tracks but we still wanted to feature
arXiv:2604.06373v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: New generation of AI coding tools, including AI-powered IDEs equipped with agentic capabilities, can generate code within the context of the project.
btw some lore for those of you at @aidotengineer - this tweet inspired the AGI Pill bottles we handed out today (cc @Ronanchamberss) i didnt see anyone tweet pictures online, and they got snapped up i
I think it's non-obvious to many people that the OpenAI voice mode runs on a much older, much weaker model - it feels like the AI that you can talk to should be the smartest AI but it really isn't. If
arXiv:2604.05172v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents are increasingly deployed to automate productivity tasks (e.g., email, scheduling, document management), but evalu
arXiv:2510.18196v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are commonly used as evaluators in various applications, but the reliability of the outcomes remains a challenge.
In support of our mission to accelerate the developer journey on Google Cloud, we built Dev Signal: a multi-agent system designed to transform raw community signals into reliable technical guidance by
arXiv:2604.07253v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In gender-restrictive and surveilled contexts, where access to formal education may be restricted for women, pursuing education involves safety and pr
Finally some good news from @simonw: The Kākāpō parrots of New Zealand are having a fantastic breeding season. Media 'Using coding agents well is taking every inch of my 25 years of experience as a so
GLM-5.1, developed by Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI), is Z.ai's next-generation flagship model for agentic engineering, featuring 'significantly stronger coding capabilities than its predecessor,' bette...
Had such an amazing time speaking and meeting amazing people at the conference. Kudos to @swyx for doing this And that's a wrap! AI Engineer Europe 2026 has concluded. Our video crew did incredible wo
Hugging Face now supports uploading agent traces directly to HF Datasets, where the Hub auto-detects trace formats and tags datasets as 'Traces,' providing a dedicated viewer for browsing sessions...
A Reddit thread in r/ChatGPT asked users whether they had actually stopped using ChatGPT and switched to competing AI tools, reflecting a broader wave of user dissatisfaction driven by perceived de...
I have many things to say how @aiDotEngineer is the best conf I’ve attended in a very long time, but the clearest signal is the that the hallway gossip is incredibly good. I’ll write up more thoughts
I think it's non-obvious to many people that the OpenAI voice mode runs on a much older, much weaker model - it feels like the AI that you can talk to should be the smartest AI but it really isn't Jud
I'm releasing the 34 slides on how we design and train best-in-class edge models at @liquidai I presented these slides yesterday at @aiDotEngineer They cover model architecture, pre-training, scaling
It’s a wrap @aiDotEngineer Europe! Thank you @swyx and team for gathering the best people in the industry in London 🇬🇧 and for such attention to detail and care for the speakers and attendees 👏 Alread