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From Tiny Bottle AI · 2026.10.07

The Drip

What’s News?

There have been big announcements in the past several weeks. As there have been in the preceding weeks all year long.

Are we pacing the frontier, or do we need a pacer like someone trying to break a marathon world record?

Inside the Bottle

What we’re working on / thinking about

If you compare the capabilities across the major software from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and others… you will see something that largely looks… the same.

It wasn’t that long ago that I was pretty firm in my position that Claude Code was the crème de la crème. That’s changed quite a bit. In fact, I’ve been happily camped in the ChatGPT/Codex app for a couple of months now.

I think the value of debating which AI tool to go with is going down, and the value of picking one and getting started is going up. Six months ago, I was trying to talk people out of Copilot. I had sympathy for people who only had Copilot. That’s no longer the case.

I put together some thoughts on what makes an AI solution productive, and Kellan and I talked through them and our own experience on this week’s edition of The Fizz:

Whatever solution you’re rolling with these days, chances are you already have enough to start doing useful work. Features and access vary. The same principles apply to custom systems built around open-weight models, too.

For a full rundown on these and our experience with each, head to The Fizz on YouTube. Or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Thanks for reading,
Justin

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