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Twenty-eight topics, grouped into seven clusters. Topics fire in the order listed. The Builders' Council debates one topic at a time and waits for Martin to close it before moving on.

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Cluster B · Topic #6

The autonomous-loop gap — does Modus need cron jobs?

A

Modus identity and positioning

4 topics — debate order 1-4

The "where do I actually stand" cluster. Each one forces the council to defend or attack the current Modus stack with specifics. Fire first because every other build decision downstream flows from knowing where you actually rank.

  1. #1

    Modus vs. Garry Tan's gbrain — where exactly does Modus rank?

    closed
  2. #2

    The 90-day bet — what should Martin actually build between June and September 2026?

    closed
  3. #3

    The unfair-advantage build — what uses operations as the edge, not engineering depth?

    closed
  4. #4

    Modus as Martin's competitive moat — is that the right framing?

    closed
B

Honest self-assessment

4 topics — debate order 5-8

The "is the current Modus actually doing anything useful" cluster. Forces accountability — the council can't just praise the system, has to find what's broken or under-used. Sharper verdicts than Cluster A because the stakes are concrete deletions and rewrites.

  1. #5

    Where does Modus actually change a decision Martin makes?

    closed
  2. #6

    The autonomous-loop gap — does Modus need cron jobs?

    active
  3. #7

    The over-built skills problem — which of Martin's 50+ skills are over-built relative to their return?

    pending
  4. #8

    If Tan or Karpathy saw Modus tomorrow — copy or delete?

    pending
C

Direct application to building

4 topics — debate order 9-12

The "what shifts my output starting tomorrow" cluster. Highest immediate ROI — every verdict here changes something in the next Cowork session.

  1. #9

    Where in Martin's prompts is the most performance left on the table?

    pending
  2. #10

    Multi-agent vs. mega-prompt — what produces better output for the same model call cost?

    pending
  3. #11

    The "Martin's voice" problem — how does he get Claude to write in his actual register, not the default AI register?

    pending
  4. #12

    Wiki vector index vs. typed graph — different architectures, which is better for Martin?

    pending
D

Identity as a builder in 2026

4 topics — debate order 13-16

The "what does it mean to be an AI-native builder right now" cluster. Broader than Modus-specific, but lands close to home for someone shaping their own building life around AI.

  1. #13

    The 10x developer was a 2010s meme — what's the equivalent in 2026?

    pending
  2. #14

    The Cowork-as-harness paradigm — where does it sit in the 2026 power-user landscape?

    pending
  3. #15

    The compounding-tools question — are tools that don't compound becoming worthless?

    pending
  4. #16

    Specialise vs. hedge — should Martin commit to Claude or spread across three model families?

    pending
E

Platforms and distribution

4 topics — debate order 17-20

The "should any of this reach other humans" cluster. The Platformist will push hardest here. Risk: speculative because Martin currently has none of these distribution surfaces live. Reward: defines whether Modus stays private operator-infrastructure or becomes something the world sees.

  1. #17

    The Cowork ecosystem question — should Martin be building IN the Cowork plugin marketplace?

    pending
  2. #18

    The skill marketplace question — would Modus's skills compound if other operators used them?

    pending
  3. #19

    Sydney Agency as the demo platform — does the agency become Modus's external face?

    pending
  4. #20

    NAEMA Body vs. the Builders' Council itself — which is the bigger ship?

    pending
F

Pruning and operational reality

4 topics — debate order 21-24

The "what to stop doing" cluster. Forces the council to recommend cuts, not just additions. Builder leads these debates hardest.

  1. #21

    The kill-switch question — what should Martin stop building right now?

    pending
  2. #22

    The crypto angle — does the Crypto Research Centre keep going, or get killed?

    pending
  3. #23

    AI-native solo founders — real, or survivorship bias?

    pending
  4. #24

    What does an "AI creator" actually create now?

    pending
G

Meta-investments and abstractions

4 topics — debate order 25-28

The "should I invest in tooling that improves how I build" cluster. Lowest immediate ROI, highest long-term ROI. Saved for last because the verdicts are abstract — they describe HOW to build, not WHAT to build, and that compounds more slowly.

  1. #25

    Should Martin invest in better evals or better prompts?

    pending
  2. #26

    Specificity vs. calibrated taste — has the field moved past structured prompts?

    pending
  3. #27

    The prompt-pattern question — what's the pattern that ships best 80% of the time for Martin's work types?

    pending
  4. #28

    Build for humanity vs. build for self — is there a meaningful frontier build that ops-heavy people are best positioned to take?

    pending
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