Andrew McCalip
@andrewmccalip
Building spacecraft @vardaspace. Circumnavigating world @ https://projectbob.xyz. Art @ http://doge-fin.com Former: Co-Founder Cosine Additive, acquired by GE
We have a existential manufacturing problem in America. Why aren't there Amazon/Tesla-scale gigafactory warehouses filled with CNC machines? Will we ever be able to make our own products again? How do we accelerate the turnaround of American manufacturing? I asked this question…
Sometimes I have problems distilling to people the situations in which AI should be used. I think these three points do it nicely. 1) I don't care about keeping 2) Wouldn't bother writing myself 3) I can check its output against ground truth
This is where agentic programming shines. A website for a project I am working on was loading really slow, I told Claude Code to figure out why This is code that: 1) I don't care about keeping 2) Wouldn't bother writing myself 3) I can check its output against ground truth
I'll be the last generation to grow up without the internet. I'll be the last generation to grow up programming without AI. Weird.
Hello my old friend. Finally taking an evening to finish Bob's stainless propeller.
Congrats y'all, can't wait to see the new place!
Hadrian is announcing a $260m Series C lead by @foundersfund + @Lux_Capital + @MorganStanley for (Factory Expansion financing). We're also welcoming new investors @altimeter, @1789Capital + investments from existing investors @a16z, @constructcap, @137ventures and many others.…
Energy. Compute. Science. Weapons.
Palmer Luckey on Silicon Valley’s shift to working on important things again
I find the modern obsession with minimizing risk rather unbecoming
Just going to celebrate every future incredible event with this video.
Today we’re announcing two pieces of news: 1) We raised $187 million Series C led by @NatCapCentral and @ShrugCap. 2) We’re expanding into a new lab space to begin work on biologics. Soon, space reentry will be ordinary and drugs made in orbit will be part of everyday care.
Put all the effort on coding and APIs, don't care about multi modal. I need Grok4 to pay off tech debt I made with Claude 4. @xai @elonmusk
I still think the benchmark for these models is making $1000 legally in the open market.
A revealing interview question is to show a picture like this and ask what vendor you would buy every one of these parts from? If you've been in the trenches of automation, it should all be at the tip of your tongue. These are a lot more fair and practical questions vs do forced…
oh, you know Industrial Automation? explain what's going on in this image
And ~$45 trillion ($27t private, $18t gov) dollars of inflation adjusted dollars over the last 50 years. Apple alone has sent an estimated $600bil overseas. I love my local vendors, I send millions of dollars of work their way, but let's not pretend that the world is…
If America is to have a Shenzhen-like hub for hardware it will be built on local connections & friendships. - Visits to local suppliers - Showing MVPs to others in hardware - Trading tips on PCB work, sheet metal, or wire harnesses If any of that speaks to you like this post.
Being relegated to GCC-High compliant LLM models is crippling. Azure is one of the worst use experiences I've ever had. Cursor's azure connection is also broken. I miss my Claude and Gemini models
super excited to try this out
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