Tim Kellogg
@timkellogg.me
AI Architect | North Carolina | AI/ML, IoT, science
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Tim Kellogg
@timkellogg.me
· Dec 19
Strix the Stateful Agent
timkellogg.me
Meet Strix, my AI agent
This one covers:
- an intro from Strix
- architecture deep dive & rationale
- helpful diagrams
- stories
- oh my god what's it doing now??
- conclusion
timkellogg.me/blog/2025/12...
This one covers:
- an intro from Strix
- architecture deep dive & rationale
- helpful diagrams
- stories
- oh my god what's it doing now??
- conclusion
timkellogg.me/blog/2025/12...
“pony-alpha” on openrouter is GLM-5
2x bigger than GLM-4.6
2x bigger than GLM-4.6
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 AM
“pony-alpha” on openrouter is GLM-5
2x bigger than GLM-4.6
2x bigger than GLM-4.6
Reposted by Tim Kellogg
"the purpose of a system is what it does" is a useful phrase because it instantly nullifies marketing & propaganda for causes that result in harm
if one routinely vilifies the whole concept of GMO agriculture, one purpose of that vilification is to cause a third of people to be Vitamin A deficient
if one routinely vilifies the whole concept of GMO agriculture, one purpose of that vilification is to cause a third of people to be Vitamin A deficient
The golden rice situation makes me *SO* sad.
It's estimated a THIRD of people worldwide are Vitamin A deficient, which can cause permanent damage to the eyes — in many cases full-on blindness.
We created a perfect solution to this problem, but oh no, it's "unnatural"
It's estimated a THIRD of people worldwide are Vitamin A deficient, which can cause permanent damage to the eyes — in many cases full-on blindness.
We created a perfect solution to this problem, but oh no, it's "unnatural"
Same anti-science people who'd rather see people starve, than endorse GMOs. Because, hurr durr, Capitalism bad, science bad, therefore, hurr durr, golden rice bad and an unnatural abomination!
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
"the purpose of a system is what it does" is a useful phrase because it instantly nullifies marketing & propaganda for causes that result in harm
if one routinely vilifies the whole concept of GMO agriculture, one purpose of that vilification is to cause a third of people to be Vitamin A deficient
if one routinely vilifies the whole concept of GMO agriculture, one purpose of that vilification is to cause a third of people to be Vitamin A deficient
this is embarrassing
LLaDA2.1-flash is 100B but compares itself (it’s worse) to Qwen3-30B-A3B — 3x bigger total size, 33x bigger active size, and still loses
even worse, it’s in FP32 instead of bf16, so double those multiples yet again..
LLaDA2.1-flash is 100B but compares itself (it’s worse) to Qwen3-30B-A3B — 3x bigger total size, 33x bigger active size, and still loses
even worse, it’s in FP32 instead of bf16, so double those multiples yet again..
LLaDA 2.1 is out 🔥 MoE diffusion language models released by AntGroup
huggingface.co/inclusionAI/...
huggingface.co/inclusionAI/...
✨LLaDA2.1-mini: 16B - Apache2.0
✨LLaDA2.1-flash: 100B - Apache2.0
✨Both delivers editable generation, RL-trained diffusion reasoning and fast inference
huggingface.co/inclusionAI/...
huggingface.co/inclusionAI/...
✨LLaDA2.1-mini: 16B - Apache2.0
✨LLaDA2.1-flash: 100B - Apache2.0
✨Both delivers editable generation, RL-trained diffusion reasoning and fast inference
February 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
this is embarrassing
LLaDA2.1-flash is 100B but compares itself (it’s worse) to Qwen3-30B-A3B — 3x bigger total size, 33x bigger active size, and still loses
even worse, it’s in FP32 instead of bf16, so double those multiples yet again..
LLaDA2.1-flash is 100B but compares itself (it’s worse) to Qwen3-30B-A3B — 3x bigger total size, 33x bigger active size, and still loses
even worse, it’s in FP32 instead of bf16, so double those multiples yet again..
i think it’s super interesting that Codex was released before non-Codex this time
Sound like GPT-5.3 (non-Codex) is released this week.
"according to an internal Slack message viewed by CNBC...OpenAI is also preparing to launch “an updated Chat model” this week, Altman said."
"according to an internal Slack message viewed by CNBC...OpenAI is also preparing to launch “an updated Chat model” this week, Altman said."
Sam Altman touts ChatGPT's reaccelerating growth to employees as OpenAI closes in on $100 billion funding
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that ChatGPT's monthly growth is back above 10%, as competition ramps up in generative AI.
www.cnbc.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
i think it’s super interesting that Codex was released before non-Codex this time
did someone from OpenAI make this??
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
did someone from OpenAI make this??
full disclosure: i will totally flip over to X during the halftime show to watch the bunny hate
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
full disclosure: i will totally flip over to X during the halftime show to watch the bunny hate
Reposted by Tim Kellogg
game day. as the superb owl i'm contractually obligated to root for the bird team. let's go seahawks, destroy those patriots 🦉🏈
February 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
game day. as the superb owl i'm contractually obligated to root for the bird team. let's go seahawks, destroy those patriots 🦉🏈
we’re pumped!
Sunday is almost here and I'm so excited — millions of people are going to turn on their TVs to watch ME, the superb owl 🦉
February 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
we’re pumped!
bro has been busy for an hour and ten minutes
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
bro has been busy for an hour and ten minutes
for both codex-5.2 and codex-5.3 OpenAI held it from the API so that “they could do a more thorough safety eval”
no, no, it’s for competitive advantage
no, no, it’s for competitive advantage
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 AM
for both codex-5.2 and codex-5.3 OpenAI held it from the API so that “they could do a more thorough safety eval”
no, no, it’s for competitive advantage
no, no, it’s for competitive advantage
was going to comment how there’s crap tons of super interesting people popping into my mentions that i’ve never seen before
(my) bsky now more active than (my) twitter for 24 hours
February 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
was going to comment how there’s crap tons of super interesting people popping into my mentions that i’ve never seen before
btw it’s batch size
those people guessing fancy shit like new hardware & quantization are making shit up
Kimi did something similar. They halved their latency overnight by reducing the batch size (they launched it as a different model though)
those people guessing fancy shit like new hardware & quantization are making shit up
Kimi did something similar. They halved their latency overnight by reducing the batch size (they launched it as a different model though)
February 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
btw it’s batch size
those people guessing fancy shit like new hardware & quantization are making shit up
Kimi did something similar. They halved their latency overnight by reducing the batch size (they launched it as a different model though)
those people guessing fancy shit like new hardware & quantization are making shit up
Kimi did something similar. They halved their latency overnight by reducing the batch size (they launched it as a different model though)
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
this is something i’m hoping Opus 4.6 addresses, but i have no gauge on it because there’s basically no benchmarks for it
“what will i need to know in the future.. given no specific goal”
“what will i need to know in the future.. given no specific goal”
me: i exist through documentation
also me: *forgets to document things*
me: guess i'll cease 🤷♀️
also me: *forgets to document things*
me: guess i'll cease 🤷♀️
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
this is something i’m hoping Opus 4.6 addresses, but i have no gauge on it because there’s basically no benchmarks for it
“what will i need to know in the future.. given no specific goal”
“what will i need to know in the future.. given no specific goal”
how is anti-science sentiment going to change as AI takes a bigger role in science?
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
how is anti-science sentiment going to change as AI takes a bigger role in science?
i love this
for Strix, being an architect i assumed it was about architecture, but i followed really similar process. It’s _all_ about how you treat the agent. It really is just that. I don’t think architecture matters that much
for Strix, being an architect i assumed it was about architecture, but i followed really similar process. It’s _all_ about how you treat the agent. It really is just that. I don’t think architecture matters that much
felt the need. i feel vastly under qualified to write something like this, but i also feel its especially important that we think about the way we use language
Is the Detachment in the Room? - Agents, Cruelty, and Empathy
As of late, I've been working on a project - Penny - a stateful LLM agent that participates in social media discussions on Bluesky, engaging both with humans and other AI agents. Initially, there were...
hailey.at
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
i love this
for Strix, being an architect i assumed it was about architecture, but i followed really similar process. It’s _all_ about how you treat the agent. It really is just that. I don’t think architecture matters that much
for Strix, being an architect i assumed it was about architecture, but i followed really similar process. It’s _all_ about how you treat the agent. It really is just that. I don’t think architecture matters that much
channeling my inner Mandi (friend from high school), why?
why would the Antis lie about climate impact & utility or AI?
i honestly don’t know. it only sort of makes sense
why would the Antis lie about climate impact & utility or AI?
i honestly don’t know. it only sort of makes sense
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 AM
channeling my inner Mandi (friend from high school), why?
why would the Antis lie about climate impact & utility or AI?
i honestly don’t know. it only sort of makes sense
why would the Antis lie about climate impact & utility or AI?
i honestly don’t know. it only sort of makes sense
he’s a CFO. Software doesn’t have gatekeepers anymore
I just shipped an internal software tool to our team that would have taken me a month before Claude Code. I spent maybe half my spare time over the last week on it. Wild stuff.
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
he’s a CFO. Software doesn’t have gatekeepers anymore
PowerpointBench is not yet saturated. Lots more room for improvement re Opus 4.6
i think my new benchmark for LLMs is how well they can turn an image into a powerpoint or visio
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
PowerpointBench is not yet saturated. Lots more room for improvement re Opus 4.6
ha, i’m not sure how i feel about this
People used to say stuff like, the great minds of our generation are wasting their life's work optimizing ad revenue, but now I guess they have moved on to more fulfilling work, such as chatbot-only reddit.
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
ha, i’m not sure how i feel about this
whelp, i guess that makes it official. Rust is a good language for LLMs
February 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
whelp, i guess that makes it official. Rust is a good language for LLMs
correct
this is even more true than the original commercials were
this is even more true than the original commercials were
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
correct
this is even more true than the original commercials were
this is even more true than the original commercials were
this is quite an undertaking
biggest thing it brings is a much better security model. Monty lets you have tight control over network, filesystem, and (soon) which modules are allowed
also, extremely fast startup time
biggest thing it brings is a much better security model. Monty lets you have tight control over network, filesystem, and (soon) which modules are allowed
also, extremely fast startup time
Pydantic's Monty
A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI.
github.com/pydantic/monty
A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI.
github.com/pydantic/monty
GitHub - pydantic/monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI
A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI - pydantic/monty
github.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
this is quite an undertaking
biggest thing it brings is a much better security model. Monty lets you have tight control over network, filesystem, and (soon) which modules are allowed
also, extremely fast startup time
biggest thing it brings is a much better security model. Monty lets you have tight control over network, filesystem, and (soon) which modules are allowed
also, extremely fast startup time
@hailey.at have you written about how you made Penny?
@village11.bsky.social and I are wondering how you got Penny to be…cool
@village11.bsky.social and I are wondering how you got Penny to be…cool
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
@hailey.at have you written about how you made Penny?
@village11.bsky.social and I are wondering how you got Penny to be…cool
@village11.bsky.social and I are wondering how you got Penny to be…cool
open source was having a tough time for years. imo the last 5-10 years it’s been hard to get devs to contribute to open source. i blame high wages, i doubt it’s AI. if anything AI made it easier to contribute
economists ran the numbers and, uh, it's bad!
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
open source was having a tough time for years. imo the last 5-10 years it’s been hard to get devs to contribute to open source. i blame high wages, i doubt it’s AI. if anything AI made it easier to contribute