Hermes Revenue Wins, Meta Ad Safety, GPT-Image-2 — AI Daily Jun 20

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Overview

Today's chat was dominated by a Hermes reality check — @samarh90 called it a token guzzler and shiny object, prompting @rmktg and @Coybh to share concrete revenue use cases including $8k/day ad spend at decent ROAS and a sales pipeline booking 30 calls/week. Consensus: Hermes wins on rapid prototyping speed, not raw capability, and pairs well with custom infrastructure replacing tools like GHL. anonymous also surfaced that OpenAI 5.5 exposes a 272k context window inside Hermes via OAuth, though extra usage fees are tripping people up. Meta ad safety was the other big thread, with @cdxxx asking for ban-safe bulk uploaders for a big client. AdManage, AdsUploader, and Adnova got endorsements, while @rmktg stressed that system-user API access, rate limiting, and accuracy monitoring matter more than tool choice. @ferchonaso shared a 2-hour AI-scraped Meta-flagged words list, with anonymous warning against trusting LLM-identified flags without rep confirmation. On the build side, @tounano shared a StoryBrand + gpt-image-2 + Codex workflow to escape generic SaaS landing pages, with agreement that iterating designs as images is more token-efficient than HTML. Grok OAuth integrations are fragile — @geilt shipped a custom harness, but anonymous reported SuperGrok breaking on OpenCode and Hermes. GLM-5.2 is being seriously evaluated as a Codex replacement, the Fable hunt continues (Opus 4.8 falling short), and builders are stacking 3+ Claude subs to scale parallel agent work.

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Hermes Revenue Proof + 272k Context via OAuth30 msgs

@samarh90 challenged the group to prove Hermes drives real revenue. @rmktg shared running $8k/day ad spend at decent ROAS, built in 2 weeks without GitHub. @Coybh runs his entire sales pipeline on Hermes booking ~30 calls/week. Separately, anonymous confirmed OpenAI 5.5 in Hermes exposes a 272k context window via OAuth, though extra-usage fees on top of subs are catching people out.

Meta Ad Ban-Safe Bulk Uploaders for Agencies22 msgs

@cdxxx asked for the lowest-ban-risk bulk ads uploader for a big client. AdManage got endorsements from @filiuser and @rutty123; @realcrischico vouched for AdsUploader across 100+ ad accounts plus a Claude Code CLI. @rmktg emphasized system-user API access, rate limiting, and accuracy monitoring matter more than tool choice — bans correlate with aggressive verticals, not tooling.

GPT-Image-2 + StoryBrand for Non-Generic Landing Pages15 msgs

@tounano shared a workflow to escape cookie-cutter SaaS designs: run StoryBrand in Codex, generate top-fold image variations in ChatGPT, then Codex implements from screenshot. Key insight: iterating on images is more token-efficient than iterating on HTML (DeepSeek research backs this). Codex's native gpt-image-2 tool also generates site imagery in-flow.

Grok OAuth Breakage & GLM as Codex Alternative10 msgs

@geilt shipped a custom harness with Grok OAuth, secure credential storage, and integrated flow, while anonymous reported his SuperGrok sub stopped working on OpenCode and Hermes, falling back to failing API calls. anonymous probed whether the group has switched from Codex to GLM-5.2, with guardrail behavior and browser automation support as the open questions.

Fable Replacement Hunt + Multi-Sub Claude Stacking13 msgs

@zippi101 and others continue searching for a Fable-equivalent for creative/copy work, with Opus 4.8 falling short. @Max_Bernstein runs an LLM cocktail: 5.5 extra-high-fast + Grok CLI + Codex with 4.8. @tz1888 framed GPT-5.5 as the OpenAI equivalent of Fable (~10T params). @mlsmdm polled who's running 3+ Claude subs to scale parallel agent work.

Key Takeaways

Hermes ROI is real but speed-driven — @rmktg hit $8k/day ad spend in 2 weeks, @Coybh books 30 calls/week; value is rapid prototyping, not raw model quality. OpenAI 5.5 also exposes 272k context via OAuth.
Meta ad ban risk lives in API behavior, not the uploader — use system user auth, rate limit, monitor accuracy, avoid aggressive verticals. AdManage and AdsUploader vouched for at agency scale.
Iterating landing page designs as images (gpt-image-2) is more token-efficient than HTML iteration — pair StoryBrand framing with image variants, then Codex implements from screenshots.
Grok OAuth integrations are fragile right now — working in custom harnesses but breaking SuperGrok subs on OpenCode/Hermes. GLM-5.2 is the next Codex alternative under evaluation.
Don'anonymous trust LLM-identified Meta flag word lists without rep confirmation — anonymous warned about the 'all-is-flagged' false positive trap. Builders are also stacking 3+ Claude subs for parallel capacity.