Sacha Faust retweeted
We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models. A few thoughts, tips & tricks:
Writing. Something I've had success with: Ask your LLM to explain something in ASD-STE100, it's a controlled language specification originally developed for aerospace maintenance documentation. LLMs well-versed in this language and it comes with heavy constraints on clean writing style that I often find a lot more readable. Sometimes I've tried to soften it a bit e.g. ask for "80% of the way to ASD-STE100" because the spec is quite stringent. But even better:
Diagrams / images. Instead of writing, ask your LLM to create a diagram. These can be a lot easier to process, parse, and understand. But even better:
Web pages. Ask for output "in HTML" to get a beautiful, interactive webpage. LLMs are getting really good at frontend and can create beautiful experiences, animations, etc. But even better:
Explainer videos. The output format I am most bullish on is fully custom / bespoke explainer videos generated on any arbitrary topic. Experiment with things like "Create a 3b1b style video explainer on X. Use my ElevenLabs API key for audio narration". (you'd need an API key for the latter or you can ask your LLM to find you decent free alternatives that use your local compute). This is actually starting to work!
In summary:
- As LLMs get better, they will do more and more of the legwork autonomously, and a lot more of our work will rise up the abstractions into oversight and understanding.
- Luckily, LLMs can help here too because as intelligence and code are increasingly abundant, you can ask for large, custom, discardable software artifacts (e.g. web apps, video explainers) that would have never made sense to create before. Push the boundaries here and you'll be surprised.
Sacha Faust retweeted
I built this as a side for personal use. But, it turned out to be so much more and so much better than I ever hoped, I am releasing it as a product for everyone.
It's called Situation Deck (SitDeck) and it's a free OSINT dashboard with 180+ live data sources. It puts the entire world and almost everything happening in it on one screen.
Here's what it is, why it exists, and why/how I'm giving it away for free.
Announcing SitDeck.com:
A free, real-time, AI-powered OSINT dashboard w/ 180+ data feeds, 55+ widgets, 70+ map layers, alerts & more.
Conflicts. Earthquakes. Flights. Nukes. Cyber threats. Elections.
All live. All in one place.
Monitor the situation. For free.
Sacha Faust retweeted
If you've been burned by Claude Code default sub agents using Haiku models
There is a very easy workaround to permanently prevent Haiku
Remap the alias via env vars in ~/.claude/settings.json:
{
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"
}
}
"Demis Hassabis' Advice: Skip Internships, Master AI"
Google DeepMind's CEO advises undergraduates that getting unbelievably proficient with AI tools is now more valuable than traditional internships for leapfrogging into a profession.
#IPTVX users, you can create a custom playlist based on YouTube movie suggestion videos and the ones that are in your IPTV provider. github.com/sachafaust/iptvx-…
It will
1- Scrape a YouTube channel's videos for movies
2- Look in your iptv provider to see if it’s there
3- If there, validate that the stream is healthy
4- Create a playlist with the movie
You can share the playlist however you want . I just share them over Google Drive and add them to #IPTVX
I haven't coughed up the money for Super Grok yet, but @Google Gemini Pro 2.5 for deep strategic planning and ideation is by far my favorite one. The clarity of the insights, data reference, and overall final output is just outstanding! It's empowering and scary at the same time.
Wow, the future is here, @ouraring. You have the best virtual assistant I've seen. From a simple question, "My ring requires daily charging," to a replacement being shipped in about 3 minutes. The flow makes sense; the agent asks for permission to access the account, then debugs remotely and sends me a new one.
Sacha Faust retweeted
“It’s not about replacing jobs. It’s about reducing the number of people who think they need one.”
Been enjoying a few weeks of break and playing more with LLMs. Sharing a basic CLI tool that sets up a critique and revision flow across multiple LLMs and personas.
Imagine asking Mark Russinovich for a technical strategy, then having Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, and Sundar Pichai review it. This setup also works great for generating attack scenarios from recon data sets.
Nothing fancy—just a simple CLI to run and iterate on ideas. Fun little vacation project I’ll keep using. All made with zero coding effort using smart prompts and Cursor.
There’s a growing collection of personas here, or you can just use plain models across Grok, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.
Repo: github.com/sachafaust/critiq…
Try it out and let me know what persona combos you’d experiment with!
This is gold @thedorbrothers "it's not about replacing jobs it's about reducing the number of people who think they need one."
Sacha Faust retweeted
Over the course of 3 days scientists pumped 10 tons of cement into an abandoned ant hill. After weeks of digging, the colony’s intricate & impressive structure is revealed. This one
[From: Ants! Natures Secret Power]
xitter.cf/i/status/1540344343332…
I'm a bit concerned about @grok on @telegram. Will it be on by default? Is there a way for all parties to consent to have a chat flow through @grok? I love both, but together. I would uninstall @signalapp if that ever happens there.
Sacha Faust retweeted
Organizational psychologist and @Wharton professor @AdamMGrant explains how eliminating "time confetti" and defending quiet hours increases deep work and joy.
"It's just the idea of setting a boundary and collectively committing to it that seems to be important."
"We're taking these meaningful blocks of time, and we're slicing them up into these like tiny little dots of confetti."
"One thing we do know is blocking out uninterrupted time is meaningful."
Sacha Faust retweeted
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink tells WEF attendees:
"Substituting humans for machines is going to be far easier in those countries that have declining populations."
Sacha Faust retweeted
Influenders
@realDonaldTrump @elonmusk @FearedBuck @MKBHD @xQc @lexfridman @TheFigen_ @ianmiles @benshapiro @MattWalshBlog @jordanbpeterson @PBDsPodcast @GoogleDeepMind @Totemko #Veo3

















