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Financial Advisor turned → engineer | posting my road to FAANG 🌪️
NYC
Joined January 2025
My AI-stack on Sep 19, 2025 OpenAI Chat GPT-5: general things, questions, etc. Grok Code Fast 1: coding - super fast and smart enough for small work like features and functions. Codex GPT-5 Codex (with Codex CLI): architecture, documentation, big feature implementations, vibe
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It means something when a freaking Fox post Gavin Newsom
GAVIN NEWSOM: “Let’s restore, not just hope and optimism, but let's also stand up as we take back the House.” "Let's stand up for the rule of law, let's stand up for a system of checks and balances, and let's stand up for our democracy."
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It says everything
There’s not a single photograph that captures the current state of this country better.
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I used to almost hate California! For a whole year, I watched @GavinNewsom take hits and still stand up for democracy, fighting back against an authoritarian wave inside the U.S. I kept wondering, how the hell is California’s governor carrying that fight while NYC, the city
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Who wants this America back?
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@GovBillLee Education: Tennessee is 41st in education, NY is 18th. Crime Rate: Tennessee's crime index is above 100, NY's is below 100. Salary: Tennessee average is $54,000, NY average is $76,000. Health Care: Tennessee has 1,009 mortality rate per 100,000, NY has 665.
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I’m excited to be a New Yorker again! The same crazy feeling of opportunity and change as when I first came here🥳
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OK, now I should stop scrolling and get back to my job. It’s been a tough last few days. Congratulations to Democrats and democracy across the country. It’s been the brightest days of the last year. Continue to light it up 💙
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OK. Zohran Mamdani is NYC mayor-elect. More than 1 million people are supposed to flee the city. When do you think rents will go down?
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They’ll flee if Mamdani wins. I just tried to make friends with MAGA and be nice 😩
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My new favorite model is Claude 4.5 Haiku (low reasoning) blazing fast and can't see too much difference with 4.5 sonnet
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Made no progress towards FAANG. Took some rest and learned a lot about learning from Dr. Barbara Oakley. I feel like I can be five times more productive after applying what she discusses. Link ⤵︎
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It’s been just 2 months and guess what, they’ve made their own model and it’s a goat!
Cursor can’t really compete with Claude Code without having its own AI model. Claude Code gives you roughly 40 hours of work per week, while Cursor caps out at around 10. The only reasons Cursor is still in the game are vibe coders who aren’t comfortable with the terminal (yet)
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lol, I’ve just bought gerts .io What should I build there (and no, I'm not building a portfolio)
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