Comment by eries
12 days ago
Hey everyone, Eric Ries here. solveit is the AI environment I personally have been using every day for months, not just for code but for writing and research, too.
it’s solved all the problems and frustrations I’ve had with both vibecoding and the limitations of the chatbot interface for doing deep work that requires concentration + the ability to understand the artifacts you are producing
and, as a special bonus, people in this course will get a sneak preview of the new book I’m working on. we’re going to use it both to teach some of the concepts from it (on how to create mission-driven long-term companies) and how to use solveit for longform writing projects
happy to answer any questions here, for folks that want to learn more,
Eric
(For those that don't recognise the name, Eric is the creator of The Lean Startup, and also founded the Long Term Stock Exchange. He's the co-founder of Answer.AI, which has built the solveit platform, and which fast.ai is now part of.)
Oops that should say "which fast.ai is now part of". s/not/now/
I fixed it :)
do you have a video of someone using it?
And this prompted me to record a video showing some of my random non-work usage recently, to give a feeling for what the app looks like :) https://youtu.be/Y2B27hdKMMA
Here is a video showing off using solveit for creating a web app. https://youtu.be/DgPr3HVp0eg?t=3120 To reiterate other comments, this is more about the methodology than the tool, but it is fun to see the tool in action too.
Thanks Erik - I've added that video to the article now.! :)
We also showed it as part of Hamel's course: https://x.com/HamelHusain/status/1956514524628127875 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPr3HVp0eg) which is a longer example of the tool in action
Latent Space just released an interview about Solveit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ybLOH1fnU
I loved this interview, I can't wait to learn more about the tool use aspect.
Thanks Eric (and Jeremy and Johno). The course details are a bit sparse on the sign-up site. What's the expected time commitment for the course over the 5 weeks? And how useful would the course be if you missed a few of the courses and had to catch up later?
Everything is recorded so it doesn't matter at all if you catch up later. Some people in the preview course didn't start until we finished! Obviously you'll get better interaction with the community if you're following along at the same time, but that's the only real issue.
I'd say budget a minimum 4 hours homework + 3-4 hours lesson watching time.