7/22/2025 Weekly what's up

What I’m reading

  • I thought that Reflections on OpenAI was a cool insight into how the company works. I love this sort of thing; need more insight into the day-to-day of how other companies operate.
    • “There’s a strong bias to action (you can just do things). It wasn’t unusual for similar teams but unrelated teams to converge on various ideas. I started out working on a parallel (but internal) effort similar to ChatGPT Connectors. There must’ve been ~3-4 different Codex prototypes floating around before we decided to push for a launch. These efforts are usually taken by a small handful of individuals without asking permission. Teams tend to quickly form around them as they show promise.”
  • Introducing Kiro seems cool, I like the push towards a more opinionated editor that prescribes a particular workflow. I do wonder, though, how much of this sort of thing is built using the assumption of model capabilities today? What do our tools look like 1 year from now, is this sort of scaffolding necessary?

What I’m playing

  • Deep into Death Stranding 2. Gives you tools much faster than the first one, and the combat is wayyy more fleshed out. Very easy (maybe because I just played the first one?), but enjoying it nonetheless.

What I’m watching

  • Kaitlin and I watched Burn After Reading last weekend and both enjoyed it. Kinda mean, very funny, classic Coen Brothers stuff. The conversation scenes with J.K. Simmons make the whole movie.