Codex vs Claude, Veo3 vs Seedance, PostHog Hogpill — AI Daily May 08
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@geilt and @jakubjbln declared Claude 'lobotomized' and fully migrated to Codex (GPT-5.5 xhigh), citing dramatically better instruction-following on complex framework code. @GuruTime pushed back that LLM quality reflects codebase quality. In parallel, @jcartu clocked Hermes at 36 min / 29 tools for a Mikrotik config OpenClaw solved in 30 seconds, while @Wootbro and @trevlolwut reported Hermes 'forgets less.' @watchmedropship's TF-IDF skill selector prunes 351 skills to top 25 (87.5% prompt reduction) addressing widespread skill-bloat complaints.
@arielletolome ran 665 videos MTD on Veo3 via Google Flow Ultra (unlimited, 50-100/day), using Seedance as a backup despite its 40-min queues and stronger multi-character handling. @c_1media recommended Runway Explore mode (480p/720p often beats 1080p for UGC authenticity). @expadz built a Claude Code + ffmpeg + Whisper + Kie pipeline assembling 60-second videos in 8-10 minutes; Kieran recommended Deepgram over Whisper for tighter word timestamps. Opus Clip's enterprise API handles captions, silence removal, and creative scoring programmatically.
Members declared themselves 'hogpilled' as PostHog became the consensus funnel analytics tool. @iamgalba runs everything via API with Claude Code checking statistical significance and auto-promoting winners, while @samb69 built a deep tracking schema across all funnels. Free under 1M events/month and works for both ecom and lead gen — a clear migration path from Microsoft Clarity.
@bartekadamczyk kicked off automating viral hook discovery from IG/TT; @kingofgrowth shared an Apify-based scraper noting 'concept-inspired' hooks beat copy-pasted ones. @navuud demoed a full pipeline: Format Finder for hooks/scripts → GPT Image 2 storyboards → Kie + Seedance 2.0 video → yt-dlp + ffmpeg b-roll scraping from YouTube. @iannagy suggested feeding scraped content to Vertex API for visual+transcript extraction at 1-second intervals.
@jasonakatiff shipped a thin native mobile app extending theLeadRouter for direct brokers who hate CRMs and live in Google Sheets, pitching B2B lead sales as an e-commerce flow with tenant Stripe accounts and affiliate-driven lead generation. Discussion with @chester9383 covered automating B2B lead buyer management via CLI-controlled Meta campaigns, mass tort, telehealth (iSCALE.com), and the shift to NAD+/peptides amid GLP-1 CAC inflation.
Key Takeaways
- Multiple builders are fully migrating off Claude to Codex (GPT-5.5 xhigh) — one reported Codex solved in 4 minutes what Claude Code couldn't fix in 2 hours.
- Audio quality matters more than which video model you use; Veo3 on Google Flow Ultra unlocks 50-100 videos/day unlimited, and Deepgram beats Whisper for word-timestamp precision.
- PostHog is now the community-default funnel analytics tool — drive it via API and let Claude Code auto-promote winning variants based on statistical significance.
- Audit your Hermes skills — most builders use <10% of installed skills; @watchmedropship's TF-IDF selector cuts prompts 87.5% (34K → 4.3K chars) with 100% recall.
- Hindsight memory plugin works with any agent harness (OpenCode, Hermes, OpenClaw) — it's the persistent-memory unlock, not Hermes-exclusive.
Hot Threads
Veo3 vs Seedance vs Runway — character consistency, storyboards, and high-volume production
Claude is lobotomized — Codex GPT-5.5 xhigh is night-and-day better for complex coding
What's everyone using to monitor and improve funnels? (PostHog vs Clarity)