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It is time β†’ effect.institute. 2026, the year of 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝. I'm extremely proud of how this turned out. There are many chapters to add, but I do hope you enjoy what's there so far. Let me know what you think. 🫑
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I'm now having πš˜πš™πšŽπš—πšŒπš˜πšπšŽ make a motion graphic explainer for every non-trivial PR.
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It's pretty crazy that this is only going to get better and better over time. You can have it explain the most complicated parts of your codebase to you in whatever style you want: crazy motion graphics, a documentary, a game, an audiobook.
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So far on X, I've mostly seen these capabilities used for marketing and entertainment, but I highly recommend using it to teach you things.
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For everyone who has been asking what Effect is. This is it. This is Effect.
i’ve been teasing it all week, so here it is in time to ruin your weekend plans: Frontier Lab Tycoon every mechanic you might expect (swarm sandbox escapes, hyper-competitive model releases, safety audits, researchers Posting & getting dragged on Bird App, your new Decision Model immediately getting cloned, luddite protests, EA orgies: y’know, normal 2026 things) sold* at frontierlabtycoon.com or any other big box retailer where high-quality software is found Opus 5.5 + Sonnet 5.5 + @EffectTS_ + XState + Jev + god knows what else *it’s free
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Introducing πŸΈπš™πšŠπšœπšœπš πš˜πš›πš
hey @1Password you should have 2 KPIs: - avg credentials per workspace - avg time to fill a password please just optimize for that it's starting to get crazy how often i have to reauthenticate, unlock, or reopen the app because it's stuck
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No excuses.
Effect v4 is here. One ecosystem. Zero dependencies. The next chapter of Effect and the foundation for building reliable software and AI agents in TypeScript.
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Not pictured: @kitlangton suggesting we rename @humanlayer_dev to β€œskin mask”
*someone* on the Effect meetup panel β€œYeah we don’t really write code by hand anymore right? I tried today, it was horrible. I actually realized I became an Effect beginner again. I couldn’t write this service definition by hand. And I was like, oh yeah I see why people didn’t like Effect in the past. But now it doesn’t matter.”
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EFFECT MEETUP TONIGHT!
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Kit Langton retweeted
final day! thank you argentina where should we go next?
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A lovely day in Argentina!
day 3 in argentina the ending is crazy
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Playing football (the real one) with the @opencode team wasn't on my bingo card lol Had a great time See you guys whenever you come back
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Kit Langton retweeted
Gracias @__JOYBOY___ + @morangsantiago for being our Boca guides today!
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The prompt was simply: hey make a nice motion graphic video for OpenCode 2. Read my blog and the headline features. This grade of motion graphics will be fully commodified in < 1 week. This is a very strange inflection point. Weird times.
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Obviously not perfect. But this capability jump is ludicrous. (Opus 5.5)
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Kit Langton retweeted
our trusted pizza guides @valebearzotti @GuidooIrigoyen πŸ‡¦πŸ‡·
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Dax is about to make fun of me help
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Kit Langton retweeted
This sure is one of the posts of all time
kit finally finished the blog post he covers how OpenCode 2.0 is able to modify everything about itself in real time even during running sessions btw post whatever easter eggs you're able to find anoma.ly/notes/opencode-relo…
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