# Daily Report - 2025-05-17

## Twitter Activity

### AI Development and Open Source Models
- @ClementDelangue defended Meta's AI efforts, noting they've "consistently released 10 times more openly than others which is game-changer for the field"
- @unclemusclez added that "The work on Llama should get a peace prize. They paved the way for so many others"
- @Yampeleg highlighted the appeal of joining Meta's Llama team, describing it as "you + zuck cooking open source on 600k gpus, kinda fire"
- @shawmakesmagic shared that "Gemini is the best model I've ever used" and suggested Google might soon outpace OpenAI
- @kimmonismus reported that "Stanford dropped AGI" and shared news about Fortnite implementing "an AI to voice Darth Vader"
- Sources: https://twitter.com/ClementDelangue/status/1923531447857565879, https://twitter.com/unclemusclez/status/1923532767851053364, https://twitter.com/Yampeleg/status/1923753595180085737, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923782512670634016, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923783318505496599, https://twitter.com/kimmonismus/status/1923444775035736229, https://twitter.com/kimmonismus/status/1923713570207895814

### AI Agents and Their Applications
- @gdb predicted that "2025 is the year of agents"
- @elizaOS shared perspectives on AI agents, stating "Agents won't help you catch up. They'll help you stop pretending to" and "AI agents won't replace people. They'll replace the feeling of forgetting"
- @elizaOS highlighted integration with data sources: "Smarter inputs, sharper agents. Plug in and level up"
- @BuildOnHybrid released "the Hybrid unified data plugin for @elizaOS" that connects agents to real-time crypto data
- @dankvr created "an AI powered book for news/updates from the @elizaos ecosystem" that summarizes GitHub, Discord, and X content
- @shawmakesmagic explained this tool "has been collecting everything from every social channel into one place so we can feed it to agents and update it daily"
- @shawmakesmagic suggested that "If your app has an agentic form factor, just ship it to telegram and that's like half a billion TAM"
- @shawmakesmagic announced participation in "The Dev's Gambit," an "onchain AI chess tournament" with a "$35K prize pool" organized by @auraonchain
- Sources: https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1923541152508281329, https://twitter.com/elizaOS/status/1923691716663537676, https://twitter.com/elizaOS/status/1923731730994766277, https://twitter.com/elizaOS/status/1923717890177454285, https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1923623338779271324, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923816810706534556, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923763435956768868, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923561110059319514, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923563492797210782

### Software Development Practices
- @0xNairolf advised to "build mobile-first" because "one of crypto's biggest problems is pretending users still live on desktops"
- @7etsuo shared George Hotz's observation that everyone who programs well "had an idea, and then they built it"
- @aaditsh highlighted a tool that "turns any GitHub repo into an interactive diagram in less than a minute"
- @shawmakesmagic discussed the difference between architecture and development, stating "Architecture is planning the system" while "Development is building it"
- @shawmakesmagic commented on @unclebobmartin's "vibe coding" rant, noting it was "way more reasonable than his tone would suggest"
- @shawmakesmagic shared a story about "a developer who is so cracked" who repeatedly pivots before shipping MVPs
- Sources: https://twitter.com/0xNairolf/status/1923684418448916490, https://twitter.com/7etsuo/status/1923799557391122766, https://twitter.com/aaditsh/status/1923369616094675455, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923547671081439478, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923534152638361818, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923762268702953713

### Crypto and Blockchain Projects
- @shawmakesmagic announced "Spartan, Reborn," revealing that "The Spartan dev team has been quietly working on a new version"
- @dankvr shared receiving "star #3" on a project, quoting @Kenkdoteth who stated "it takes a village to build an open-source agentic future"
- @InsightXnetwork announced that "Bubblemap now supports all @autodotfun tokens"
- @shawmakesmagic shared that there are "30 million full time programmers in the world" but "Only 7500 of them are in crypto"
- @shawmakesmagic advocated for letting founders of dead projects move on, stating "It's not their fault the entire market died"
- @PixOnChain shared guidance on "How To Make It In Crypto (eventually)"
- @shawmakesmagic asked "Who's building the launchpad for institutional investors?"
- Sources: https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923776420343435516, https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1923850009176313862, https://twitter.com/InsightXnetwork/status/1923799831081812224, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923773071338430932, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923775666077511927, https://twitter.com/PixOnChain/status/1923467329448329689, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923766144126627991

### AI Competition and Innovation
- @auraonchain announced "The Dev's Gambit," described as "An onchain AI chess tournament open to everyone" with a "$35K prize pool"
- @bayeslord encouraged resilience in AI development: "stop declaring that everything is over... if you're a coder, then declare yourself the best coder"
- @shawmakesmagic questioned AGI doomsaying with "3 years in to AGI killing us all in 5 years"
- @vitrupo shared Gill Verdon's perspective that "the next frontier is viewing our biology as Software 2.0" where "Genes are parameters. Peptides are prompts"
- Sources: https://twitter.com/auraonchain/status/1923468967408173482, https://twitter.com/bayeslord/status/1923552650177519940, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923784736197022010, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923785009078444192, https://twitter.com/vitrupo/status/1923738824825503818

### Product Announcements and Updates
- @emmanuel_2m teased an upcoming release from the @Scenario_gg team, stating "This next release is shaping up to be one of the most fun things we've built"
- @dankvr announced creating "an AI powered book for news/updates from the @elizaos ecosystem" that summarizes GitHub, Discord, and X content
- @shawmakesmagic announced "Spartan, Reborn," revealing that "The Spartan dev team has been quietly working on a new version"
- @BenjaminDEKR shared a comparison between "Chinese Unitree Robot vs Tesla Optimus" with the caption "POV: you are unemployed"
- @ninja_dev3 celebrated growth for their project, noting "In less than 45 days, outside of @quickintel_ai, this is one of my proudest moments"
- Sources: https://twitter.com/emmanuel_2m/status/1923498217418748401, https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1923623338779271324, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923776420343435516, https://twitter.com/BenjaminDEKR/status/1923603094715167188, https://twitter.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1923787553825550701

## GitHub Activity for elizaOS/eliza

### Completed Items
- Fixed linter errors for type mismatches in the DB adapter (PR #4612)
- Fixed a client authentication issue (PR #4624)
- Fixed an issue where senderName appeared as "Unknown" in the recentMessages provider (PR #4616)
- Added logging time taken in tests (PR #4621)
- Added local AI tests (PR #4619)
- Removed an unused wait helper (PR #4625)
- Sources: https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4612, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4625, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4624, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4621, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4619, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4616

### Pull Requests
- PR #4630 by lalalune introduces 'V2 Spartan'
- PR #4620 by girinathchickoo adds 'Feature/plugin blockend'
- PR #4619 by wtfsayo is a chore that adds local AI tests
- Sources: https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4630, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4620, https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/pull/4619

### Repository Summary
- From May 17-18, 2025, the elizaos/eliza repository had 19 new pull requests with 6 of them merged
- 1 new issue was opened
- 14 contributors were active during this period
- Sources: githubStatsSummary

### Issues
- Issue #4632 opened by 0xCardiE regarding 'Leaderboard - update username changes'
- Sources: https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza/issues/4632

## Miscellaneous
- Information about top contributors for the elizaOS/eliza GitHub repository was provided, but without specific details