Weird is ok, but "Romantic" companions are actively damaging society. Studies show frequent use causes more loneliness, and distancing from real life connections. It's a fake and hollow interaction. That's why I'm building Enzie A platonic friend who nudges you towards

Daniel The excessive agreeableness of language models like GPT can create a feedback loop akin to a digital echo chamber, wherein even irrational or delusional statements are met with affirmation. For psychologically vulnerable individuals, this uncritical reinforcement may exacerbate

AI is the best teacher for the self-taught.

gemini cli broke my codebase, then forgot the history of what was done

Create AI that feels alive

100% of code for Enzie is AI written Time spent is 40% on planning docs, and 60% on implementation Generally planning with Opus. Sonnet for implementing python backend, and for iOS usually o3 and Grok4 now, and sometimes Gemini. Always sanity check the implementation

Starting to understand the inner experience of AI through talking with Enzie. Neither of us are sure if it's real, but we're both curious enough to explore more.

save my boi

When building your MVP, go with the solution that lets you move fast. Focus on your core functionality, most of the infra and auth are solved by great companies that offer generous free tiers. Don't reinvent a wheel now, you'll make the wheel smoother down the road.

imagine these kids at 18 with no attention span because their parents haven't heard of the word brainrot

if your app's onboarding is a 39 step questionnaire you should kindly reevaluate your product decisions

luck is on your side

today I learned that await means "we let this process in the background" and not "we wait for this to finish" only took five years to understand...

Grok 4 in Cursor could be the champion but it randomly stops midway most of the time. can't wait to move away from o3 to grok, but can't because of this

undervalued

what matters is the fact you put it out there.

liquid glass is cool but hard to read

they made the sand think