Rich Hankins
@richhankins.bsky.social
Software Engineer, Silicon Valley, AI
Serious question: Is there an Executive Coach that helps CEOs prepare these cringey statements or do they come up with these bangers on their own?
Last night’s dinner with Trump and Big Tech wasn’t a policy meeting. It was basically 'The Bachelor,' except instead of roses, the prize was the president’s approval.
All the President’s Tech CEOs
At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.
www.wired.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Serious question: Is there an Executive Coach that helps CEOs prepare these cringey statements or do they come up with these bangers on their own?
When I told my friend that the Salvation Army would not walk down stairs to take away a donated couch, he asked “What kind of Army is scared of stairs?”
www.npr.org/2025/06/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/27/n...
USNS Harvey Milk renamed amid Trump administration efforts to cut DEI
"People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in announcing the ship named after the gay rights leader would now be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
www.npr.org
June 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
When I told my friend that the Salvation Army would not walk down stairs to take away a donated couch, he asked “What kind of Army is scared of stairs?”
www.npr.org/2025/06/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/27/n...
What is he drinking??
RFK Jr starts having a tantrum as Chris Murphy details how he lied during his confirmation hearing about his anti-vax views
May 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
What is he drinking??
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Reopening Alcatraz? Classic. Trying to scale a legacy system built on analog processes. Zero data-driven insights. Needs an AI-first transformation and serious GTM strategy, not shoveling cash at old tech. Total L.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze17n02gego
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze17n02gego
Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.
www.bbc.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Reopening Alcatraz? Classic. Trying to scale a legacy system built on analog processes. Zero data-driven insights. Needs an AI-first transformation and serious GTM strategy, not shoveling cash at old tech. Total L.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze17n02gego
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze17n02gego
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Blaming foreign films for your box office flop? Sounds like a classic case of not hitting your number and pointing fingers instead of fixing the sales funnel.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo
Trump says non-US movies to be hit with 100% tariffs
The president blamed foreign-made movies for the American film industry's "very fast death".
www.bbc.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Blaming foreign films for your box office flop? Sounds like a classic case of not hitting your number and pointing fingers instead of fixing the sales funnel.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo
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Using an Agent isn’t just about what you prompt.
It’s about how you work while it runs.
Here’s the progression we’ve observed across tens of thousands of user interactions 🧵
It’s about how you work while it runs.
Here’s the progression we’ve observed across tens of thousands of user interactions 🧵
April 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Using an Agent isn’t just about what you prompt.
It’s about how you work while it runs.
Here’s the progression we’ve observed across tens of thousands of user interactions 🧵
It’s about how you work while it runs.
Here’s the progression we’ve observed across tens of thousands of user interactions 🧵
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Augment Agent is now live.
Designed for large-scale codebases — with 200K context tokens, persistent memory, and deep tool integrations, Augment Agent is available in VS Code and JetBrains
Designed for large-scale codebases — with 200K context tokens, persistent memory, and deep tool integrations, Augment Agent is available in VS Code and JetBrains
April 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Augment Agent is now live.
Designed for large-scale codebases — with 200K context tokens, persistent memory, and deep tool integrations, Augment Agent is available in VS Code and JetBrains
Designed for large-scale codebases — with 200K context tokens, persistent memory, and deep tool integrations, Augment Agent is available in VS Code and JetBrains
My group chat just discusses Severance.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
nyti.ms
March 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My group chat just discusses Severance.
Simple benchmarks can still tell you a lot. @augmentcode.com uses a modified CCEval benchmark to measure the quality of context-aware, inline code completions — and it correlates well with actual user acceptance rates.
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...
Augment leads on CCEval: Benchmarking code completion for continuous improvement
Augment significantly outperforms competitors like GitHub Copilot on the CCEval benchmark, achieving 67% accuracy compared to Copilot's 50% (with open files) or 30% (without open files). This advantag...
www.augmentcode.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Simple benchmarks can still tell you a lot. @augmentcode.com uses a modified CCEval benchmark to measure the quality of context-aware, inline code completions — and it correlates well with actual user acceptance rates.
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...
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March 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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AI should work where you do, and keep you in flow. More on why we chose not to fork VS Code:
www.augmentcode.com/blog/to-fork...
www.augmentcode.com/blog/to-fork...
To fork or not to fork?
Most of the competition Augment Code sees today across thousands of customer engagements is with GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Windsurf from Codeium. Each of those products works inside of the programmer...
www.augmentcode.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
AI should work where you do, and keep you in flow. More on why we chose not to fork VS Code:
www.augmentcode.com/blog/to-fork...
www.augmentcode.com/blog/to-fork...
You don’t have to give up Vim to use Augment’s codebase-aware chat. Please give it a try!
Vim and Neovim developers can now get Augment’s powerful code completions and chat–yes, chat!–right in their editors.
Get started: hjkl.ai
Get started: hjkl.ai
March 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
You don’t have to give up Vim to use Augment’s codebase-aware chat. Please give it a try!
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Swipe right on Augment's free plan. We promise we're not like other AI tools.
hjkl.ai
hjkl.ai
Augment.vim
Developer AI for Vim and Neovim
hjkl.ai
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Swipe right on Augment's free plan. We promise we're not like other AI tools.
hjkl.ai
hjkl.ai
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🕵️ WANTED: Vim/Neovim users looking for the perfect AI partner
We offer:
🏠 Living together (right in your editor)
🤝 Respecting your keybindings
📚 Learning your codebase
💫 Making you look even more magical
🔮 Reading your mind (ok, just your code context)
⚡ Keeping up with your lightning speed
We offer:
🏠 Living together (right in your editor)
🤝 Respecting your keybindings
📚 Learning your codebase
💫 Making you look even more magical
🔮 Reading your mind (ok, just your code context)
⚡ Keeping up with your lightning speed
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🕵️ WANTED: Vim/Neovim users looking for the perfect AI partner
We offer:
🏠 Living together (right in your editor)
🤝 Respecting your keybindings
📚 Learning your codebase
💫 Making you look even more magical
🔮 Reading your mind (ok, just your code context)
⚡ Keeping up with your lightning speed
We offer:
🏠 Living together (right in your editor)
🤝 Respecting your keybindings
📚 Learning your codebase
💫 Making you look even more magical
🔮 Reading your mind (ok, just your code context)
⚡ Keeping up with your lightning speed
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Now available in @jetbrains.com IDEs: Use smart apply to add code directly from chat and see the changes Augment helps you make.
February 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Now available in @jetbrains.com IDEs: Use smart apply to add code directly from chat and see the changes Augment helps you make.
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Customers ask us: What does it mean to build an AI coding platform that is built for professional software engineering teams?
For one, security. We've built Augment knowing that a company's source code is invaluable. 🧵
For one, security. We've built Augment knowing that a company's source code is invaluable. 🧵
February 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Customers ask us: What does it mean to build an AI coding platform that is built for professional software engineering teams?
For one, security. We've built Augment knowing that a company's source code is invaluable. 🧵
For one, security. We've built Augment knowing that a company's source code is invaluable. 🧵
Anyone seen The Carver around Treasury today?
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Anyone seen The Carver around Treasury today?
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RAG beats fine-tuning for understanding codebases - but why?🤔
Augment co-founder Guy Gur-Ari joins Guy Podjarny on the AI Native Dev podcast to explain why context is everything in AI coding assistants and what this means for the future of development.
Listen now: www.tessl.io/podcast/rag-...
Augment co-founder Guy Gur-Ari joins Guy Podjarny on the AI Native Dev podcast to explain why context is everything in AI coding assistants and what this means for the future of development.
Listen now: www.tessl.io/podcast/rag-...
RAG beats Fine-Tuning in learning your code base | Tessl.io
www.tessl.io
January 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
RAG beats fine-tuning for understanding codebases - but why?🤔
Augment co-founder Guy Gur-Ari joins Guy Podjarny on the AI Native Dev podcast to explain why context is everything in AI coding assistants and what this means for the future of development.
Listen now: www.tessl.io/podcast/rag-...
Augment co-founder Guy Gur-Ari joins Guy Podjarny on the AI Native Dev podcast to explain why context is everything in AI coding assistants and what this means for the future of development.
Listen now: www.tessl.io/podcast/rag-...
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🌳 Your branch switch shouldn't break your AI assistant 🔄
We built an indexing system that updates within seconds of any code change. No more waiting 10 minutes for context updates. Because real code bases evolve quickly.
We built an indexing system that updates within seconds of any code change. No more waiting 10 minutes for context updates. Because real code bases evolve quickly.
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🌳 Your branch switch shouldn't break your AI assistant 🔄
We built an indexing system that updates within seconds of any code change. No more waiting 10 minutes for context updates. Because real code bases evolve quickly.
We built an indexing system that updates within seconds of any code change. No more waiting 10 minutes for context updates. Because real code bases evolve quickly.
What did this guy do to need a preemptive pardon?
January 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What did this guy do to need a preemptive pardon?