This daily picks page was compiled by the Postprint pipeline on 2026-10-03 (Asia/Shanghai). Sampling covers 20 public X accounts (including @pmarca, @balajis, @karpathy, @paulg, @sama, @naval and others) through the public read-only FxTwitter API — this is an account-pool observation, not an X-wide ranking. Today's sampling observed 109 items; 10 of them were newly verified and published on this site today; 2 were excluded by our editorial content filter. Entries below are ordered by a composite pick score (likes + 2×reposts + 3×bookmarks + 0.001×views) and presented as editorial selections. All interaction numbers are real sampled values shown with their collection time (2026-10-03 UTC); metrics we could not collect are omitted, never filled with zeros.
On this page
- 1. We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models.
- 2. 🚨 side project alert 🚨
- 3. Zeihan is wrong, China is strong
- 4. Jessica bought me a fabulous watch from my favorite vintage watch shop (Somlo) and conspired with them to…
- 5. / We're reimagining what it means for your agents to work with all your computers.
- 6. Introducing Underdog, your Private Personal AI on devices you already own
- 7. What you can do in a decade
- 8. RL Policy Churn
- 9. I¹ ported my Mini web browser to Rust & Swift. It's faster, more secure, and shockingly, nicer to iterate on…
- 10. Tech Fixes Things
1. We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models.
Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) · post · sampled 2026-10-03
40,011 likes4,388 reposts1,141 replies55,953 bookmarks942 quotes4,227,298 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long X post published on X by Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy), about 1,801 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models. A few thoughts, tips & tricks:"
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (4,227,298) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (40,011) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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2. 🚨 side project alert 🚨
Nat Friedman (@natfriedman) · post · sampled 2026-10-03
3,659 likes269 reposts216 replies2,169 bookmarks219 quotes448,616 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long X post published on X by Nat Friedman (@natfriedman), about 290 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "Announcing Muse Gadgets, an open source ESP32 firmware and Linux sdk so that you can make hardware devices that work with Muse."
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (448,616) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (3,659) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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3. Zeihan is wrong, China is strong
Balaji (@balajis) · article · sampled 2026-10-03
1,539 likes218 reposts116 replies1,930 bookmarks89 quotes656,491 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long-form X article published on X by Balaji (@balajis), about 18,843 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "Truth is the most important thing. You first figure out what's true, and then you allocate resources on that basis. That's why I'm a reality shill."
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (656,491) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,539) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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4. Jessica bought me a fabulous watch from my favorite vintage watch shop (Somlo) and conspired with them to…
Paul Graham (@paulg) · post · sampled 2026-10-03
5,796 likes83 reposts143 replies562 bookmarks48 quotes601,003 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long X post published on X by Paul Graham (@paulg), about 533 characters of text. It opens with: "Jessica bought me a fabulous watch from my favorite vintage watch shop (Somlo) and conspired with them to have it in the window when I walked by. Of course it was the first one I noticed. But instead of a description, the label said "Happy early birthday Paul." I still didn't…"
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (601,003) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (5,796) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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5. / We're reimagining what it means for your agents to work with all your computers.
Cua (@trycua) · post · sampled 2026-10-03
1,482 likes112 reposts77 replies1,980 bookmarks45 quotes191,041 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long X post published on X by Cua (@trycua), about 383 characters of text. It opens with: "1/ We're reimagining what it means for your agents to work with all your computers."
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (191,041) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,482) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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6. Introducing Underdog, your Private Personal AI on devices you already own
Sigil Wen (@0xSigil) · post · sampled 2026-10-03
1,875 likes119 reposts306 replies1,299 bookmarks100 quotes292,858 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long X post published on X by Sigil Wen (@0xSigil), about 937 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "Introducing Underdog, your Private Personal AI on devices you already own"
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (292,858) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,875) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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7. What you can do in a decade
swyx (@swyx) · article · sampled 2026-10-03
1,150 likes54 reposts144 replies1,183 bookmarks10 quotes554,227 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long-form X article published on X by swyx (@swyx), about 4,696 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful decade-long reflections."
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (554,227) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,150) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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8. RL Policy Churn
John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) · article · sampled 2026-10-03
1,207 likes100 reposts47 replies1,230 bookmarks10 quotes172,583 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long-form X article published on X by John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack), about 3,336 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "The Phenomenon of Policy Churn https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.00730"
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (172,583) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,207) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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9. I¹ ported my Mini web browser to Rust & Swift. It's faster, more secure, and shockingly, nicer to iterate on…
Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) · post · sampled 2026-10-03
1,518 likes59 reposts151 replies962 bookmarks16 quotes107,335 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long X post published on X by Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg), about 1,196 characters of text. It opens with: "I¹ ported my Mini web browser to Rust & Swift. It's faster, more secure, and shockingly, nicer to iterate on than Electron + Bun."
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (107,335) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,518) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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10. Tech Fixes Things
Balaji (@balajis) · article · sampled 2026-10-03
1,510 likes197 reposts100 replies662 bookmarks48 quotes457,518 views
metrics sampled 2026-10-03 (UTC)
What it is: A long-form X article published on X by Balaji (@balajis), about 11,438 characters of text, 1 image(s). It opens with: "I regret to inform you that the journos are at it again. And this time they threatened our vendors. Of course, it didn’t work, because their power has fallen off a cliff...but a journo tried it anyway, and I thought you should know about it."
Why it is getting attention: From these sampled numbers, the sampled view count (457,518) suggests it reached a wide audience within this account pool; the sampled like count (1,510) is well above the rest of today's sample. This is an editorial observation based on publicly visible metrics, not an official ranking or platform conclusion.
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The takeaway
Taken together, today's batch is 10 long-form pieces drawn from the same public-account pool, mostly articles and threads saved and shared by readers. The full, continuously updated collection lives on the trending page, and any X article or thread can be turned into a document with the Postprint tool.
Source coverage: 20 public X accounts sampled via FxTwitter (public, read-only). This page reflects only what those accounts published and what our sampler could verify — it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official ranking of X. Sampling date: 2026-10-03 (Asia/Shanghai). Questions or takedown requests: contact us.
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past days' snapshots.