Dickson Tsai (@dickson

Dickson Tsai

310 posts

Dickson Tsai

@dickson_tsai

Claude Code @ Anthropic. Previously at Google, Cruise Automation, Apple. UC Berkeley 2016, CS and Linguistics. Current hobbies: AI agents and agentic coding!

Campbell, CA

Joined August 2011

Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Even as an AI professional, @karpathy 's "How I use LLMs" video showed me several workflows I hadn't considered. It's the perfect crash course on what these tools can do in daily life to justify the hype. youtube.com/watch?v=EWvNQj… Key insights, all opinions my own 🧵
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Aug 12, 2025
"Opus for planning, Sonnet for execution" is now available as a model setting in Claude Code! Best way to see it in action is with a status line.
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Aug 8, 2025
Here's my Claude Code status line: It has the model, current directory, Git branch, and the first line/summary of the conversation to help me quickly identify which conversation I'm in!
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@_catwu
Aug 8, 2025
One more Claude Code feature dropping today: customizable status lines for your terminal. Type /statusline <status description> to get started.
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Aug 14, 2025
With output styles, Claude Code can now help you outside of software development: 🎓 Learning about your codebase, with our bulit-in Explanatory and Learning styles 🗣️Or even serving as your language tutor! Endless possibilities -> v1.0.81 and /output-style to get started!
Drew Bent
@drew_bent
Aug 14, 2025
We launched a Claude Code learning mode! Claude Code not only makes you more productive, but can now also help you get better at coding. Whether you're a CS student or seasoned programmer, it will push you to think deeper about the code you're generating.
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Jul 2, 2025
For those of you trying hooks out, you can use --debug to see how they’re triggering. We’ve also fixed a number of issues from the pre-launch. I can’t wait to see 1k+ LoC hooks soon. Work with Claude to make it happen!!
Alex Albert
@alexalbert__
Jul 2, 2025
We’ve rolled out another update to Claude Code to help customize your workflows: Hooks.
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Jul 1, 2025
We’ve seen how Claude Code users have embraced slash commands to customize the CC agent loop. There’s more to come — we’re invested in making custom slash commands awesome 🧡
Alex Albert
@alexalbert__
Jul 1, 2025
New Claude Code updates are here: custom slash commands are getting an upgrade!
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Jun 27, 2020
Saturday morning project 🚀 A Chrome extension to get parse trees from highlighted web text, using @stanfordnlp 's parser. Repo: github.com/dicksontsai/st…
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @dickson_tsai
📖 "I rarely read books by myself anymore. I always involve an LLM." Karpathy showed how Claude 3.7 Sonnet provided expertise and summarization as he read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. I love his framing how LLMs give "courage" to read harder texts. (55:03)
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @dickson_tsai
🔄 Hidden gem: Claude Artifacts' Mermaid diagram generation. Karpathy highlights IMO a criminally underrated Claude feature. I created this diagram of Madison's Federalist 10 with a single prompt. Perfect for visualizing complex ideas instantly. claude.ai/share/f6999845… (1:12:10)
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Aug 8, 2025
Even just 2 years ago, I was skeptical that LLMs would help with data analytics. These days, I have Claude Code write/run my SQL, mostly in 1-shot since it can look through my past analyses agentically. Crazy how things change with more intelligent models + easier access to them!
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @dickson_tsai
🛠️ Most impressive: Karpathy's Custom GPTs. His "Korean Vocabulary Extractor" instantly translates key terms from pasted Korean text. Shows how non-technical users can program in English x.com/karpathy/statu… for reusable tools. Google Gemini's Gem manager is similar (1:59:15)
Andrej Karpathy
@karpathy
Jan 24, 2023
The hottest new programming language is English
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @dickson_tsai
➗ Karpathy's demo illustrates my #1 LLM advice: "An LLM is NOT a calculator." Watch as he tricks LLMs with progressively longer math problems. They give wrong answers while seeming confident. Always trigger code interpreter/analysis tools for reliable calculations. (1:02:46)
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @dickson_tsai
🧑‍🔬 Deep search in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok are game-changing. AI processes web results in the background, saving hours of manual research. Karpathy's wise caution: always treat these reports as "a good first draft" - sources can still contain misleading content. (47:35)
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Dickson Tsai
@dickson_tsai
Mar 2, 2025
Replying to @dickson_tsai
📓 Google's NotebookLM transforms your text notes into complete podcasts. Imagine telling someone in 2020 that this is possible! Pro tips beyond Karpathy's demo: Custom instructions make a huge difference, and Google Workspace users already have NotebookLM Pro access. (1:37:55)
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