repligate: you're building the right things if stronger models make them more exciting
repligate · x · 2026-10-26
repligate shares a heuristic for direction-checking: if your work becomes more exciting as more capable models drop, you're working on the right things. The counterpoint is building for the feeling of "being on the cutting edge" rather than because you want the thing to exist.
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