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George Hotz

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Last updated: Jul 12, 2026
RoleFounder, tiny corp
EarnsShips products
Sources14 cited fields · high confidence
@realGeorgeHotzgeohotgeohot.com

Switches between OpenCode and Claude Code, testing frontier and local open models while building minimal agent loops and judging when agents are useful.

“I'm not against AI at all, I'm pro recognizing its strengths and limitations as a tool.” geohot.github.io

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Harness
OpenCode
He describes OpenCode as his current coding-agent harness on a Linux box with a local model.
Model
GLM-5.2
Used locally through OpenCode on his Linux box.
Also uses
Claude Opus 4.5
He judged it much better than GLM, Qwen3, gpt-oss, and GPT 5.2 in computer-use loops.
Terminaltmux
Toolsnanocode+1 more

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Models

GLM-5.2
Used locally through OpenCode on his Linux box.
geohot.github.io, 2026-07 ↗
Claude Opus 4.5
He judged it much better than GLM, Qwen3, gpt-oss, and GPT 5.2 in computer-use loops.
geohot.github.io, 2025-12 ↗
GPT-5.4
He calls these the best closed models in his April 2026 comparison.
geohot.github.io, 2026-04 ↗
Claude Opus 4.7
He calls these the best closed models in his April 2026 comparison.
geohot.github.io, 2026-04 ↗
Kimi K2.6
He says these were not much worse in the same comparison.
geohot.github.io, 2026-04 ↗
GLM 5.1
He says these were not much worse in the same comparison.
geohot.github.io, 2026-04 ↗

Editor & terminal

tmux
He configured tmux on the Linux machine running his local OpenCode setup.
geohot.github.io, 2026-07 ↗

Tools

nanocode
His minimal Claude Code alternative exposes read, write, edit, glob, grep, and bash tools in a single Python file.
github.com ↗
OpenRouter
nanocode documents OpenRouter model selection through an environment variable.
github.com ↗

Workflow

  1. 1Try different models, harnesses, and prompts; use agents for quick prototypes, not every task.geohot.github.io, 2026-05
  2. 2Read and understand generated lines carefully outside narrowly confined domains.geohot.github.io, 2026-05
  3. 3Be alert to cognitive fatigue and evaluate outputs for vibe-coded slop.geohot.github.io, 2026-07
  4. 4Use simple, zero-dependency agent loops with explicit filesystem and shell tools.github.com

Timeline

  1. 2026-07-12HarnessOpenCodegeohot.github.io, 2026-07
  2. 2026-07-12ModelGLM-5.2geohot.github.io, 2026-07
  3. 2026-07-12Terminaltmuxgeohot.github.io, 2026-07
  4. 2026-04-22Also usesGPT-5.4geohot.github.io, 2026-04
  5. 2026-04-22Also usesClaude Opus 4.7geohot.github.io, 2026-04
  6. 2026-04-22Also usesKimi K2.6geohot.github.io, 2026-04
  7. 2026-04-22Also usesGLM 5.1geohot.github.io, 2026-04
  8. 2025-12-18Also usesClaude Opus 4.5geohot.github.io, 2025-12

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