Brandon Thomas

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@echelon

Brandon. ArtCraft. I've built five nines systems that move billions, skyscraper-scale video games, shot a dozen photon-on-glass films, and had an IPO exit.

Atlanta, Georgia, US brand.io Joined March 2007

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Brandon Thomas @echelon 6d

We're working on three very special projects

One that empowers development
One that accelerates development
One that's just totally bad ass

This will get us - and you! - to faster development. More soon

(If you watch really closely you can probably find what we're up to)

Brandon Thomas @echelon Nov 3

People are vibe coded

Your genes randomly got duplicated, mutated, and suddenly--new function

DNA is stochastic hill climbing to fit an environment

So is code. Always has been

Requirements: gradient pressure of users
Testing/usage: fitness function
Development: curvefitting

Brandon Thomas @echelon Nov 3

Yes, but consider food service margins

Diners have near infinite choice. Look at the median lifespan of shitty restaurants

If software becomes food service, the software part is going to be fungible like food. Successes will be hard-earned

And this is frankly a good thing

Samuel Rondot Verified account @samuelrdt Nov 2

"Saas is dead because customers can vibe-code their own tools."

People can cook. Restaurants still exist.
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Brandon Thomas @echelon Nov 3

I thought Itch supported AI gamedev?

Is this them trying to straddle the line between embracing AI and dissing it publicly just enough that AI haters don't curse them?

So weird.

itch.io @itchio Nov 3

Just deleted a couple terabytes of ai slop 😌
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Brandon Thomas @echelon Nov 1

I'll take this bet.

We're going to make all of the interesting things.

All of tech will be rebuilt in our image.

Klaas Verified account @forgebitz Nov 1

software is in such a weird place now

it has changed completely

yet it seems the majority still can't build anything useful

the models are really, really good now; you can move extremely fast

but the "i can vibe code this in a day" are the same people that could "build this in a weekend" and they never managed to do anything interesting

in a way all the easy work is done; the bar for being in software is now extremely high, code monkeys are completely done (we will see massive layoffs in tech because most people never really liked tech)

but if your experience with coding has only been api's and wrappers, it is very easy to think the field is over because you have barely worked in it
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