Building @OpacityHQ. Previously @nuanced_dev, @GitHub. MSc Software Engineering @UniofOxford.
Joined May 2010
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I don’t think services are devaluing, like some predict, as a result of generative AI.
Just because a service is relatively easy to replicate or vibe-code does not inherently reduce its value.
Instead, the opportunity cost experienced by humans becomes more poignant than ever.
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Fundamentally, I want to focus on creating and building what comes next, not what already is.
I’m happy to pay for software I find valuable and want to use, and enjoy and appreciate.
Especially b/c value of time and tokens is higher and broader when building what comes next.
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And even if that vision of what comes next doesn’t materialize the success you think it can, the learnings from building what comes next will still be more valuable than the time spent building a replacement of something that already exists. So why waste the time and tokens?
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I think one thing that is understated is that the hard parts can feel harder with more delegation.
Not only are you attempting to solve hard architectural ideas, you also are constantly solving it in a project in which you don't have the same deep familiarity that we did say a couple years ago.
It's like you're always on your first day, but you're given the task of refactoring the universe.
At least that's something I have noticed that makes me feel a bit angsty
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You heard it here first, MVB - "minimum viable brand". Great conversation between @drewwilson and @NotoriousUSB with some special behind the scenes peaks into what we're building!
Jun 11
We shipped a minimum viable brand this week, on purpose.
@drewwilson and @NotoriousUSB talk through the reasoning:
What a full brand system actually costs a company at our stage, and why we put that time into the product instead.
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Jun 11
Here's the full convo between @NotoriousUSB and I on why we scoped the new @OpacityHQ brand to its essentials, the "minimum viable brand", and what an over-built brand could cost a company at our stage.
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As an engineer, we often talk about the problems with “pre-mature optimization”. It’s no surprise that a similar idea exists on the design side with over-polishing a brand. Stay tuned for the full convo!
Jun 10
excited to share some of our thoughts on the @OpacityHQ brand
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Jun 10
Everyone's talking about AI-generated HTML.
But have you tried giving your sites a zero-config API for saving data, file storage, AI, websockets, etc?
We did this at Shopify. Runs on a single VM that costs $200/month, and it's changed the way we work.
We call it Quick 👇🧵
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rewinfrey retweeted
Jun 10
Every designer knows the trap of over-polishing the brand before the product is even launched. We chatted about why we did something different this time. Full conversation coming tomorrow.
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Jun 10
Introducing: our new brand.
A new look for the next evolution in software development.
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Meet the new Opacity.
A new look for the next evolution in software development. Visually design, build, and deploy stable software at scale, all from @OpacityHQ.
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I am completely offended you think no one uses neovim plugins. there are literally dozens of us
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I work with magicians
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May 26
Launching our new paper on arXiv: we trained the largest multilingual food model ever built.
4.1M recipes. 7 languages. 1,790 ingredients. 300 dimensions.
All of human cooking compressed into 2 megabytes.
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Some amazing things coming down the pipe! So lucky to be a part of this crew 🙌
May 18
As @NotoriousUSB said, “We’re banding back together to fix the internet” :D
The @OpacityHQ team has been at this a whole internet thing a while. Shout out to @KaikdbyKai and @OffscreenMag!
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May 15
Thanks to everyone for coming out to the @OpacityHQ Design Meetup in SF! @Claude_Memory won the Neo!
And great to hear everyone's reaction (like @LizTheWhizard and @davidishim) to what we're building!
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May 12
I'm joining Carnegie Mellon's CS Department (and HCII by courtesy) as an assistant professor in Fall 2027!
I'll be recruiting PhD students next cycle. If you're interested in AI systems or human-AI collaboration, list me in your application. Stay tuned for more about my new lab!
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