Nate / Nate is on Nostr

"5d912b5bc2df28510666a169e8e40a9aa8f895f4433e1b9df0b976be4371798322ab4c037bbee8756e18b4c59b1dd95878a9511ddc5e2442a7797c1ae291c4e8"

Last Notes

2026-07-21 09:48:11 UTC

- reply

Kimi K3 is downloadable. That doesn't mean you can run it.
You can use Kimi K3 on Moonshot AI’s website today, much as you can use ChatGPT or Claude. On July 27, the Chinese company says it will take a second step: publish the model files that let other companies run and adapt K3 on their own systems.
#naddr1qv…l4aa

2026-07-21 09:48:11 UTC

- reply

Executive Briefing: How Microsoft, Bayer, and Discovery Use AI on the Data You Can't Upload
You have a file you would never paste into a chatbot. We all do: a contract, a board deck, a client record. AI could obviously help, but you also know you can’t send it to a model provider, so the work stays manual, or it doesn’t happen at all.
#naddr1qv…46sk

2026-06-05 16:42:56 UTC

- reply

You Can't Trust One Token Number Across Your Tools. Here's the Guide to a Dashboard That Keeps Codex, Claude, and ChatGPT Honest.
As of this writing, the biggest single day I have ever run through Codex is north of 860 million tokens, counted exactly. By the time you read this the number will be higher, because I keep giving the computer more to do.
#naddr1qv…s0u2

2026-06-05 16:42:56 UTC

- reply

Opus 4.8 scored 81 in my benchmark. I still wouldn't default to it. (The full breakdown + Nate's Community Slack)
Claude Opus 4.8 is excellent. The harder question is where it should replace your current workflow, where it should be a specialist, and where turning the reasoning dial up can make the work worse.
#naddr1qv…9429

2026-06-01 16:42:33 UTC

- reply

Why I’m moving this Substack from daily coverage to deeper weekly work
I make this Substack thanks to readers like you! Learn about all my Substack tiers here
#naddr1qv…5wrt

2026-05-30 16:42:16 UTC

- reply

Your Prototype Graveyard Is Leaking Secrets. The Prototype Classifier + Demotion Audit Decide What Stays
Product management has always been a rationing job. Most ideas would not get built. Engineering time was scarce. Coordination was slow. A roadmap was partly a strategy document and partly a rationing system, and product managers helped decide which customer problems, executive priorities, technical constraints, and market bets deserved the company’s limited ability to make software.
#naddr1qv…9592