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I would recommend using https://pi.dev/ over Grok Build with your xAI subscription at this point

Pi is good in concept, but why couldn’t they choose a compiled language instead of TypeScript?

Why does it matter? Agent harnesses aren't doing anything that would make a compiled language more suitable than a scripting language.

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Well, in the long run expansion into space is the only profitable thing.

What a bizarre take. What's so special out there that we can feasibly reach in the lifetimes of our grandchildren that makes it the "only profitable thing"?

Data centers without local protests?

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Another tactical move is to just stop. You're allowed to exit the AI business. Nobody's forcing you to keep throwing money into the furnace. Just be a rocket company. All of the xAI founders left. Your product's brand name is mud. Just stop doing that and build spaceships.

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Your name is fantastic for AI conversations. Well done.

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since pi is built to modify itself, isn't it better to use a language like typescript where LLMs have a LOT of training data? a harness doesn't do any computations by itself so what benefit is using a compiled language?

i find LLMs generally play better with compiled languages actually, they do great with rust. you can think of it almost as analogous to a harness.

The more structure the better. Provides strong guardrails.

I’ve had great experience with Elixir and the new compiler combined with Ash.

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Opencode is written in Go.

It is written in Typescript. https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode There is an archived Opencode project written in Go but I don't think it is affiliated. https://github.com/opencode-ai/opencode

This is a pretty good summary of what happened:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44483251

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Another tactical move is to just stop. You're allowed to exit the AI business. Nobody's forcing you to keep throwing money into the furnace. Just be a rocket company. All of the xAI founders left. Your product's brand name is mud. Just stop doing that and build spaceships.

Musk bought Twitter looking to build an “everything app,” the western WeChat. AI came along and promised an end to apps via an agentic OS that does what its user wants and vibes whatever it needs to accomplish that as it goes along. The agentic OS is basically the same thing as the “everything app,” and I doubt Musk will let go of that.

> Musk bought Twitter looking to build an “everything app,”

I thought it was mostly on a whim that turned out to be binding, and the 'everything app' plan came later?

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What a bizarre take. What's so special out there that we can feasibly reach in the lifetimes of our grandchildren that makes it the "only profitable thing"?

Data centers without local protests?

I mean real things, not ridiculous bullshit to con investors and rubes
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