Phonon runs on a Mac with key-up latency 65 ms on an M4 Max, compared to ~520 ms for Wispr Flow on the same clips. It is open-source, runs entirely locally, and includes a Rust backend with a native Metal engine.
Key points
Key-up latency: 65 ms on M4 Max vs ~520 ms for Wispr Flow on identical clips.
Blind judge (Claude Opus) on an hour of lectures preferred Phonon text 90 times versus Wispr’s 23.
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REA for Growth – reverse-engineer any company's growth, $0.58 teardown
REA for Growth is a skill that reverse-engineers a company’s growth blueprint and offers a full Lovable teardown for $0.58. It lists every move on a company’s timeline, including SEO, AEO, ads, and social. The linked page notes that 11 of 16 sampled LinkedIn ads are staff posts promoted as ads.
Key points
Price: $0.58 for a full Lovable teardown
Sample data: 11 of 16 LinkedIn ads are staff posts promoted as ads
Sources
- Original post
- REA for Growth - Linked page
- github.com - Linked in the post
Isometric SF map released covering 1,300+ square miles
Isometric SF is a pixel-art map of the entire Bay Area covering over 1,300 square miles. It was created by Klein, a 4B-parameter image-to-image model, and runs on Modal.
Key points
Area: 1,300+ square miles
Model: Klein, a 4B-parameter image-to-image model running on Modal
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Quixel Megascans library free, AI training terms updated
Quixel Megascans library is going free and terms now allow training AI models on Megascans and Megaplants. Fab listings will update between now and Nov 12, so check back if an asset isn’t free yet.
Key points
Library going free
Fab listings update between now & Nov 12
Terms allow AI model training on Megascans & Megaplants
Sources
- Original post
- epic.gm - Linked in the post
Ramp #1 Trending Vendor November based on 85K+ businesses spend
Ramp is #1 on the Trending Vendors list for November. Ranking uses actual spend from over 85,000 businesses.
Key points
Ranking: 1 on Ramp's Trending Vendors list for November.
Basis: ranking based on actual spend from 85K+ businesses.
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Intent workspace unit of work clarified in UI
Intent defines a unit of work as a workspace containing agents, context, files, changes, and browsers & terminals, and the new update clarifies this in the UI.
Key points
Unit of work is a workspace with agents, context, files, changes, browsers & terminals.
New update makes this clearer in the UI.