founding eng @tomoji_ai | prev @amazon @northeastern
Joined June 2024
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hi i'm garvin (realized i never really intro'd myself here)
i recently joined @tomoji_ai as a founding engineer working with my best friends @elijahmuraoka_ @mikelong107 @benanchetaiii
some facts about me:
> grew up in hong kong 🇭🇰
> was a photographer for @TEDTalks in high school
> built 2 startups (cardmatcha.com and trycuebud.com) all the way to $0 ARR
> was the 5th engineer at a fintech startup that grew to $5M ARR
> shipped an AI privacy code analyzer at @amazon then left 😎
> living in LA, looking forward to moving to SF early next year
if you're into startups, photography, building, or whatever, let's connect!
i might've discovered the DREAM coding setup 😮
orchestrator: grok @bot
coding agents: @claudeai
terminal: rex by @superlogical
cloud VM: @instabox_sh
what would you change about this setup?
and let me know if i should do a full breakdown on this
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my current Grok @bot team setup:
garvy: my right hand man. mostly anything non-engineering related, i talk to garvy
head of eng: i talk to this bot for everything engineering-related. it helps me spin up and manage cloud agents. if it's a big/complex task, i talk to the cloud agent directly
repo managers: i work on multiple repos so having one orchestrator bot would flood the chat. to prevent this, i have a manager bot for each repo that reports to head of eng
nightly audit engineer: cleans up the codebase at 4am everyday
nightly coverage engineer: increase test coverage of the codebase at 4am everyday
jenny, head of ops (inspired by @lingxi): have 1:1 meetings with my engineering bots where she'll learn about the blockers from each bot and update the engineering playbook accordingly
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If you're a startup founder, you're MISSING OUT on $100K+ worth of value rn!
startup programs worth applying to:
- @OpenAI : openai.com/startups
- @AnthropicAI : anthropic.com/startups
- @SpaceXSI : x.ai/startups
- @vercel : vercel.com/startups
- @Cloudflare : cloudflare.com/startups
- @convex : convex.dev/startups
- @supabase : supabase.com/startups
- @stripe atlas: stripe.com/atlas
- @NotionHQ : notion.com/startups
- @linear : linear.app/startups
- @posthog : posthog.com/startups
- @awscloud activate: aws.amazon.com/activate
- @googlecloud : cloud.google.com/startup
- @Microsoft : microsoft.com/en-us/startups
- @mercury : mercury.com/perks
what other startup programs do you recommend?
(bookmark this!)
HOT TAKE: if you're building a full stack app, you SHOULD NOT need to review your code anymore
most full stack work is literally just crud + api calls. agents can already write that better than me and you
the real job now is the harness: a verification skill so agents can check their own work + md files in the codebase so they get the context they need
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if you were a broke founder with only $200 to spend on ai subscription, which one would you get:
> claude
> codex
> cursor
> others
and why?
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:)
Latest updates on Rex beta rollout:
- I'll have a formal update next week (blog post).
- We've invited 12,000 more this week.
- We've fully opened iOS testing to everyone invited
- Server (Linux + FreeBSD) testing is up to ~2,000 and we're going to open that up to everyone invited soon.
- We're just shy of 50% through out full waitlist, but we're now inviting thousands every day and growing and this should clear quickly.
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is the north star to build an ai code review system that:
removes the need for manual code review entirely
OR
drastically reduces the time it takes to do so?
heard both sides of the argument and they both make sense.
what do you think should be the north star?
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i'm looking for overseas residency programs like this.
lmk if you know any!
AG1 Residency Program is a 10-week residency in Tokyo where founders from around the world live together, build together, and focus intensely on creating great products.
Applications for Batch 3 are now open!
Every batch, AG1 brings founders to Tokyo from across the world, including the US, China, Korea, and many other countries.
For Batch 3, there is one type of founder we’re particularly excited to meet:
Founders using AI not just to build better software, but to build new infrastructure and products that make AI accessible to ordinary people.
We believe the next wave of AI will not only be about better models. It will be about turning intelligence into something people can actually use in their everyday lives, across work, commerce, education, entertainment, and the physical world.
And we think Japan is one of the most interesting places in the world to build this:
Japan is one of the world’s most advanced economies, yet many parts of society remain surprisingly under-digitized. There is still a huge gap between what technology can do and what people actually use every day.
That gap creates an unusually fertile environment for founders: strong infrastructure, sophisticated consumers, large incumbent industries, and countless workflows that AI can fundamentally reinvent.
If you want to build products that bring AI out of the lab and into the real world, we want you at AG1.
It’s a rare opportunity to spend 10 weeks in Tokyo living and building side by side with ambitious founders from all over the world.
And most importantly, check out the new AG1 video we just made!
Applications and shares are very much appreciated 👇
ag1residency.com/
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just surpassed 400 followers 🎉 (300 → 400 in 11 days)
i left @amazon to build in florianópolis brazil with my best friends, shipping every day
i post about my ai workflow, what i learn, and the journey
if you're a founder, builder, or trying to leave your 9-5 to build something, would love to connect 🤝
Garvin retweeted
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just post!
if you're right, you sound smart
if you're wrong, people get ragebaited and you get impressions
you win no matter what
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just hit 300 followers 🎉 (200 → 300 in 3 weeks)
i left @amazon to be a founding engineer at @tomoji_ai. i post about my ai workflow, what i'm learning, and the journey
currently building in florianópolis brazil with my best friends
if you're a founder, builder, or trying to leave your 9-5 to build something, come say hi! would love to connect 🤝
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