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Lucas Cooper-Bey

@Lucface

San Diego AI Studio. Building, business, learning, shipping

 Normal Heights, San Diego
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Joined August 2009
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@cgtwtsNov 9
holy shit, this is literally AGI.
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Holy yes!!
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@bchernyNov 9
We wanted to do more for the people who’ve been with us the longest. So with Fable 5.2, the longer you’ve been subscribed, the more Fable resets you get.
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Good morning, new context window
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Your family not having what you need for survival while you work to secure it where each step gets you further and also closer is super final boss energy and terrifying. Doing big things is fucking scary and it takes everything you have for an amazing amount of time with very little signs of knowing if you are directionally right or just insane. And the more you push the more everyone around you pays. The worst pain being the time you don’t get back. Being an entrepreneur, especially after failing at it before and when the consequences are great and your loved ones pay with pain, is absolutely final boss.
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Definition: Everything beautiful has definition. I was having a sort of snarky conversation with a friend of mine, and we were talking about how I've been a lot more system-minded lately and I think about things in systems all the time. It was a bit thrown in this direction with a little bit of shade, and I took it as a compliment, but I found the undertone curious. I thought about it since then, and I just came to realize that my defense would go like this: I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I finally figured it out. It's pretty simple: shapes. You could draw this conclusion all the way down to entropy and to the whole meaning of anything: the fact that there is any minute difference in the volume of hydrogen, the fact that, over time, you can get interesting things in spite of entropy. That's fucking awesome, and so all things that are relevant are children of that beauty. One thing that is a perfect analogy that drives that point home is exactly children. When a baby is born, they come out and they see a white blur, and then they see shapes, and then they define shapes, and then they learn the difference between things, and then they discover the meaning of things, the title of things, the effect of things, and then they learn language in order to describe things. Then they learn different languages, like the language of touch, the language of emotions, the language of feelings, the language of, eventually, math and other constructs that help us get more abstract in our understandings. Well, that's just more and more beauty, and so being engineer-minded, systems-minded, and seeing things in a more and more object-oriented way, I think, is awesome, in the truest sense of the word.
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Random thoughts about opportunities and frames: If I die, does everyone, my family and best friend and stuff, have access to my passwords to access all the work I've put in over the last 3 years, as a developer? This is the random question I just asked myself. It would be a real sunk cost if all your assets/IP just evaporated, when you got so close to actually making some worthwhile things(and ROI). Over a long time, things you are working on start to actually become valuable. As in, the initial push is just trash on trash on trash, but you stack enough trash and you iterate enough. You can start to make something that actually has value, and that's where I'm at. I'm at this point where I'm just about to launch everything, and I'm very excited about it. There are so many things in this world at all times that are opportunities, opportunities that are not being recognized. We see from within in our own lanes, and we miss what we don't see but we need so badly the result of those things actuated. We need the potential energy to be released from all those things around us all the time because we're all struggling, but we can't quite see their catalysts. I've thought this thought before. As an entrepreneur, as a business builder, as an engineer, someone who does things and builds things and wants things to be better, as a father and a husband, even when I’m having conversations bordering on arguments with my spouse, we just can't get on the same level and that’s because the frame is off. Somehow, you've both framed yourself into these corners that you're defending. When really, you both know, and at least one of you usually at a time, often I does know exactly what each other’s pain is about, and then I'm like, let's step outside of this frame into this other frame, and then we can solve that. Or we just change the frame by taking a break or whatever it is. There are a lot of ways to solve a problem. There are tried-and-true methods, but it all has to do with seeing it. You’ve got to intentionally break the immediate momentum, and you have to change course. I just know the more I learn, the more I understand systems, frames, and loops, the more I become an engineer of my entire life. That has been exciting to being able to see many, many more opportunities to either streamline them or improve thing with, that I just didn't even see before. It's so cool. A good way to explain what I’m trying to say is when you’re a kid, you see less patterns(but more reality imo). I see it in my daughter because my kid is so young. A lot of opportunities go right over her head because she's just not quite lived enough to see these patterns signatures over time. That's our job as parents: to help them start to see them. I just saw a podcast where Shaq spoke about how his father made sure to punish him for complaining about his circumstance by exposing him to a homeless family and having him, as a child, have to help that family. As a child, your whole worldview is just based off of your experience, and I see it with my own kid. I see my own kid when she's being a bit ungrateful. Even though I like to think we all give them all the right experiences, we don't. I love families like Shaqs. I love when I hear about families where maybe they are well off, but they go live amongst people who aren't, for some seasons. That could come off as a little bit offensive, but what are you going to do, short of fixing and balancing the entire world? The practice could be a fruitful thing for all parties involved, I think. Changing the frame is really important, and that kind of leads me back to being able to see that you're even in a frame in the first place, running loops. I love my new life of better being able to see the opportunities out there that may not necessarily tug at my shirt. Excited to notice them more and more.
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Turns a talk recording into a slide-by-slide report of what was shown and what was said. github.com/LucasCooperBey/ta…
Door card: DAY 25 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Get the slides from any recorded talk, what was shown and what was said, slide by slide. June 6, 2026. Note: one report, slide by slide. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head and soft green LED eyes that pulls a cyan film strip off a reel, and the strip turns into a fan of magenta slide cards. White motion ticks and an exclamation mark spark around it. The strip lights cells 1 to 25; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 01100000 01100000 01000011 11000011 11000011 01000011 01101000 01100100

ALT Door card: DAY 25 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Get the slides from any recorded talk, what was shown and what was said, slide by slide. June 6, 2026. Note: one report, slide by slide. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head and soft green LED eyes that pulls a cyan film strip off a reel, and the strip turns into a fan of magenta slide cards. White motion ticks and an exclamation mark spark around it. The strip lights cells 1 to 25; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 01100000 01100000 01000011 11000011 11000011 01000011 01101000 01100100

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Idk, do they have a history of doing exactly this but with everyone’s information? Are they incentivized, like they need more original data? No wayyyyyyy
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@elder_pliniusNov 5
my spidey senses are telling me the labs are, as we speak, using unguardrailed versions of their unreleased models to systematically reverse-engineer ALL of the internet’s software, apps, and games, then feeding the reconstructed source code straight into their training pipelines while simultaneously building guardrails to ladder-pull the rest of us
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First thief be like
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@elder_pliniusNov 4
> be AI company > scrape the entire internet > ignore licenses and copyright > download millions of pirated books > use them to train frontier models > spend tens of millions buying physical books > cut off their spines > scan every page > destroy the originals > lecture everyone else about intellectual property > we are the good guys
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A directory of AI agents, each hand-reviewed with pros and cons. Here is the card behind every review. github.com/LucasCooperBey/10…
Door card: DAY 23 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Find the right AI tool fast, a hand-reviewed directory with honest pros and cons. May 30, 2026. Note: every listing reviewed by hand. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head and soft green LED eyes, on a gold circuit-board floor, sits cross-legged scrolling a glowing magenta tablet marked with small plus and minus signs. White Keith Haring style motion ticks and an exclamation mark spark around it. The strip lights cells 1 to 23; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 10000001 01000001 00100011 00010011 00001011 00000011 00000001 00000001

ALT Door card: DAY 23 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Find the right AI tool fast, a hand-reviewed directory with honest pros and cons. May 30, 2026. Note: every listing reviewed by hand. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head and soft green LED eyes, on a gold circuit-board floor, sits cross-legged scrolling a glowing magenta tablet marked with small plus and minus signs. White Keith Haring style motion ticks and an exclamation mark spark around it. The strip lights cells 1 to 23; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 10000001 01000001 00100011 00010011 00001011 00000011 00000001 00000001

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The directory: AI agents and tools, each with what it is good at and where it falls short. Search it or browse by category: directoryofagents.com

AI Agents for Small Business & Solo Founders (2026)

Compare AI tools by job, listed entry price and technical setup. Picks for small businesses and solo founders, from no-code tools to developer frameworks.

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A skill that explains anything at four altitudes, plain words first and engineering last. github.com/LucasCooperBey/cl…
Door card: DAY 22 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Explain anything to anyone, one plain sentence first, the deep detail last. May 3, 2026. Note: four levels, plain words first. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head and soft green LED eyes that points a little wand at four floating glowing labels, 100k, 50k, 30k and 10k from top to bottom, each with a small icon, under a plain stone arch lined with a warm neon tube. White motion ticks and an exclamation mark spark around it. The strip lights cells 1 to 22; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 00000000 00001000 11100000 10101000 11100000 11101000 00000000 00001000

ALT Door card: DAY 22 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Explain anything to anyone, one plain sentence first, the deep detail last. May 3, 2026. Note: four levels, plain words first. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head and soft green LED eyes that points a little wand at four floating glowing labels, 100k, 50k, 30k and 10k from top to bottom, each with a small icon, under a plain stone arch lined with a warm neon tube. White motion ticks and an exclamation mark spark around it. The strip lights cells 1 to 22; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 00000000 00001000 11100000 10101000 11100000 11101000 00000000 00001000

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The breakdown skill: one sentence first, then 100,000 feet down to 10,000, with diagrams in plain text. Drop the folder into your skills and say "break it down": github.com/LucasCooperBey/cl…
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Head this
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@elder_pliniusNov 2
we should be deeply skeptical of “safety and alignment” rhetoric from any org that’s in the business of building frontier models akin to taking health advice from Big Tobacco
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Also heed it
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Six months from now you will look at something you built and wonder why you did it that way. The work shows what you chose. It never shows why. A dated decision note fixes that: one short file per decision, with the date, what you picked, what you passed on, and the reason.
Door card: DAY 21 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Remember why you decided, one dated note per decision, so future you knows why. May 2, 2026. Note: one short file per decision. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head holding a tall stack of glowing magenta index cards with cream date tabs; the front card has three lines labeled decided, passed on and why, and an older card behind it is stamped replaced. A few short motion ticks spark around the stack. A small scroll icon sits in the badge corner. The strip lights cells 1 to 21; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 11111111 10000001 10000101 10001001 11010001 10101001 10000001 11111111

ALT Door card: DAY 21 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Remember why you decided, one dated note per decision, so future you knows why. May 2, 2026. Note: one short file per decision. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head holding a tall stack of glowing magenta index cards with cream date tabs; the front card has three lines labeled decided, passed on and why, and an older card behind it is stamped replaced. A few short motion ticks spark around the stack. A small scroll icon sits in the badge corner. The strip lights cells 1 to 21; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 11111111 10000001 10000101 10001001 11010001 10101001 10000001 11111111

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Try it with zero code. After any big choice, paste this into ChatGPT or Claude: "Turn what I just decided into a dated decision note: today's date, the decision in one sentence, every option I considered with a one-line reason I passed on it, and what would make me revisit it." More daily AI workflows in our free community: skool.com/sandiegoaistudio
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Apply!!
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@benlnOct 28
Ambassador applications for @spacexsi / @cursor_ai are open Details + apply here: anysphere.typeform.com/space…
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Our four year old hauled
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She did WORK. We will be busy checking all of it of course for safety …and flavor. Ohh and we found THE house, 🫳 🎤
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"PP3P is your Perfection Pass x3 + Polish. It's a code-review method, not a commit tool. It runs three rounds of critic agents, then a Codex review loop that repeats until no new blockers turn up. It's on par with or better than Anthropic's own code-review plugin." -Grokbot
Lucas Cooper-Bey (@Lucface) profile pictureLucas Cooper-Bey
@LucfaceOct 18
A skill that has your agent critique its own work twice before you see it. It catches most of the dumb stuff. github.com/Lucface/claude-sk…
Door card: DAY 7 of 100. The perfection pass: critique it twice before I look. January 9, 2026. Note: over 100 messages asked for one. A pixel door opens onto a page of code marked by two red pen passes and a third in another color. The strip lights cells 1 to 7; cells 1, 2, 3 and 5 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 11111111 00011000 00011011 00011011 00011011 00011011 00011000 11111111

ALT Door card: DAY 7 of 100. The perfection pass: critique it twice before I look. January 9, 2026. Note: over 100 messages asked for one. A pixel door opens onto a page of code marked by two red pen passes and a third in another color. The strip lights cells 1 to 7; cells 1, 2, 3 and 5 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 11111111 00011000 00011011 00011011 00011011 00011011 00011000 11111111

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Nothing kills momentum faster than a two-hour AI chat resetting right when you are about to finish, forcing you to re-explain the whole project from scratch. Precompact Protector saves your last 40 turns automatically and hands your exact place right back.
Door card: DAY 20 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Precompact Protector, never lose your place when a long AI chat resets, June 17, 2026. Note: saves your last 40 turns automatically. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot standing between two open doors under a neon arch, hugging a glowing magenta jar that holds three small white cards, while the gold circuit-board floor cracks at its feet. A small arrow icon sits in the badge corner. The strip lights cells 1 to 20; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 11111111 10000001 10000101 10001001 10011001 10100001 10000001 11111111

ALT Door card: DAY 20 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Precompact Protector, never lose your place when a long AI chat resets, June 17, 2026. Note: saves your last 40 turns automatically. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot standing between two open doors under a neon arch, hugging a glowing magenta jar that holds three small white cards, while the gold circuit-board floor cracks at its feet. A small arrow icon sits in the badge corner. The strip lights cells 1 to 20; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 11111111 10000001 10000101 10001001 10011001 10100001 10000001 11111111

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Protect any long ChatGPT or Claude session from losing the plot right now with zero code, just copy and paste this before your thread gets long: "Write a compact 10-line Handoff Card of our session so far: list the exact goal, every locked decision we made, what we rejected and why, and the single next step I should paste into a fresh chat." Get more daily AI workflows inside our free community: skool.com/sandiegoaistudio
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/login, /usage, /login, /usage, /login, /usage, /login, /usage, just in case one has any usage left for the week even though I know I’m maxed
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Most local business owners know they are losing leads online, but nobody shows them the exact leak in plain English without a 40-page agency pitch. Field Audit checks a business in 60 seconds and hands back a one-page scorecard with the top three fixes.
Door card: DAY 19 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Field Audit, spot the exact gap costing a local business customers, July 22, 2026. Note: one-page scorecard in 60 seconds. A pixel door opens onto a small olive inspector robot with moss on its head holding up a brass magnifying glass in front of a glowing magenta clipboard several times its height, lit with green score bars, between two open doors under a neon arch on a gold circuit-board floor. A small arrow icon sits in the badge corner. The strip lights cells 1 to 19; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 00001000 11111000 10011000 10001000 10001000 10001000 10101000 11111000

ALT Door card: DAY 19 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. Field Audit, spot the exact gap costing a local business customers, July 22, 2026. Note: one-page scorecard in 60 seconds. A pixel door opens onto a small olive inspector robot with moss on its head holding up a brass magnifying glass in front of a glowing magenta clipboard several times its height, lit with green score bars, between two open doors under a neon arch on a gold circuit-board floor. A small arrow icon sits in the badge corner. The strip lights cells 1 to 19; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 00001000 11111000 10011000 10001000 10001000 10001000 10101000 11111000

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Run a 60-second audit on your own website or Google listing right now with zero code, just copy and paste your homepage text into ChatGPT or Claude with this prompt: "Read my website copy below like a busy local customer on their phone who needs help today. Score it from 0 to 10 on clarity, trust proof, speed to book, and obvious next step, quote the exact line that earned each score, and give me the top 3 fixes I can make in 30 minutes." Get all our local business AI playbooks free: skool.com/sandiegoaistudio
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Have you ever told ChatGPT something important, only for it to overwrite your memory three days later and act like you never said it? The Spine Pattern saves every decision as a dated line in plain text so your AI never erases what changed or why.
Door card: DAY 18 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. The Spine Pattern, an AI memory that never overwrites what you told it, June 18, 2026. Note: every decision saved in plain text. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head resting a hand on a tall machined gold spine, with glowing cyan and magenta nerves branching out from its blocks into fine threads tipped with points of light, on a gold circuit-board floor. The strip lights cells 1 to 18; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000100 00001110 00001100 10011100 10001000

ALT Door card: DAY 18 of 100. The badge reads Intelligent OS. The Spine Pattern, an AI memory that never overwrites what you told it, June 18, 2026. Note: every decision saved in plain text. A pixel door opens onto a small olive robot with moss on its head resting a hand on a tall machined gold spine, with glowing cyan and magenta nerves branching out from its blocks into fine threads tipped with points of light, on a gold circuit-board floor. The strip lights cells 1 to 18; cells 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 carry a notch, and cell 100 is drawn as an open doorway. Mark: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000100 00001110 00001100 10011100 10001000

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Give ChatGPT or Claude an unbreakable memory ledger right now with zero code, just copy and paste this: "From now on, keep a dated Decision Log at the bottom of our chat. Never overwrite or delete an old rule when my plans change: instead, add a new dated line showing what we decided, what it replaced, and why." More practical AI workflows inside our free community: skool.com/sandiegoaistudio
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