Tommy Collison
@tommycollison
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I tweet about great books & ideas. Also building Cursor. "It is not on you to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist." —Pirkei Avot ציוני
Joined February 2008
Learn how to use Cursor Agent with 10 tips: 1. Plan mode 2. Context menu 3. Custom commands 4. Images 5. Duplicating chats 6. Context visibility 7. Usage visibility 8. Keyboard shortcuts 9. New chats 10. Checkpoints And an extra bonus round!
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.@anysphere's Cursor named as one of the best inventions of 2025:
time.com
Find out why Anysphere Cursor is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.
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cafe cursor coming to new york october 21 soho, rsvp to come
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"...my favorite Enterprise AI service is Cursor. Cursor is an AI coder, and every one of our engineers, 100%, is now assisted by AI coders, and our productivity has gone up incredibly." https://t.co/HhjW3B2MXz
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Cursor can now write detailed plans before starting complex tasks. This allows agents to run for significantly longer.
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Some news, as the kids say: I've joined Anysphere, the team behind Cursor! Excited to help expand the frontier of what’s possible in coding.
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In other words, the current safety data may understate the benefits of automated vehicles; as they are rolled out more widely, fewer of these accidents should happen.
Not only do Waymos get into fewer crashes than human drivers, the overwhelming majority of those crashes appear to be the fault of another driver.
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And I’m not even saying this as some sort of Classics snob; one of my literary delights this year has been reading all 30+ Bosch novels and spin-offs. They’re (probably) not going to make a list of contemporary classics, but they’re fabulous yarns.
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To the extent that reading has “goals” — I’m coming around to the idea that it’s better to read and re-read the same ~250 books over a lifetime, rather than flit, dilettante-style, on to the next one.
@DanielSLoeb1 very true and often *re-reading great books*. And I've often found the books that you read at 20 hit you very differently at age 30 or 40.
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The flexibility of custom agents at the speed of SaaS. A look at how to build AI agents without the high barrier to entry ⤵️ https://t.co/Z168CcnsCn
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Explore the pros and cons of custom built vs. ready-made AI agents. Find the right fit for speed, cost, and long-term business advantage. Read the guide.
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Ok I've decided to be more intentional about searching for my sweetie. Please tell me about your friends who are passionate, sincere, and kind. (Link to my introduce-me doc in next tweet)
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This, but for all the great books:
reading shakespeare for the first time is crazy because you go “oh that’s where that comes from” every other page
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A POTUS on the roof. Sounds crazy, no?
POTUS is on the roof of the White House— asked why he’s up there, he shouts back to us through his hands: “just taking a little walk”
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Want to help me set up a friend of a friend? (RT for love!)
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Help me find my friend a husband! 27, beautiful, smart, “ray of sunshine who makes people feel deeply seen.” Former beauty pageant, 5’8”, ivy grad, outgoing and open, creative yet rational, healthy & active, successful in a career she loves. NYC. Ghibli photo. She's looking for
Can we give my friend a round of applause. She's 27, looking for a life partner, and dating with *agency*
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Neat job alert:
We at Stripe are looking for someone to work for us as a sort of internal journalist, finding interesting stories within the company and writing about them. Seems like a great job for a good writer with a sense of what’s interesting. https://t.co/ubMU00BNQv
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🎉📚 Exciting news! My new book — Clearing the Air — will be published in the UK in September. 50 of the most common questions I get about how we tackle climate change. 50 short, data-driven, honest answers. If you'd like to read (or listen), you can pre-order here:
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Karen Diamond, the 82 year old woman severely wounded in the antisemitic firebombing attack in Boulder, Colo., earlier this month, has died of her injuries.
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