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@sqs

CEO & Member of Technical Staff @ampcode, founded @sourcegraph

San Francisco

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@sqs
6h
Amp now has GPT-6 Astra. It's very good and uses your linked ChatGPT sub. Amp's `high` mode is gpt-6-astra medium (not xhigh, why in thread). In other Amp modes soon. BTW: customize your Amp dial at ampcode.com/settings/dial or pick any GPT-6 Astra effort level in Raw Models
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@sqs
9h
orbin' factor: how many orbs you have running at any given time orbin' number: how many people you've said "it's orbin' time" to orbin' time: right now, always
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@sqs
20h
Your orbs now have their own high-res interactive Linux desktop. Good for native app dev. Next up: computer use, but on orbs. ampcode.com/news/desktop
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@sqs
Sep 3
Amp's "Orbs have the best implementation, Cursor comes close (but way more expensive)." Amp as the better AND cheaper option? What is the world coming to?
khoiracle
@khoiracle
Sep 2
After a week with @cursor_ai cloud (with poteto poteto poteto) and @AmpCode's orbs, I'm ashamed to admit that I was wrong. Cloud agents are amazing, I'm spawning more VMs than I can count, but I can come back to them anytime, or check on them during my commute. Orbs have the
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@sqs
Sep 3
will be speaking at frontiers by @paradigm in SF oct 12 about the crazy things you have to do to build an agent that people want to use - apply at paradigm.xyz/frontiers-2026 if you want to join
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Georgios Konstantopoulos
@gakonst
Sep 2
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Excited to share Wave 2 of Frontiers by @paradigm Speakers! Frontiers is our intense annual conference & hackathon for those beyond the edge in SF, Oct 12-14th 2026. - @johannes_hage of Prime Intellect - @_patrickogrady of Commonware - Sam Herring of Nous Research Apply to
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