# ![@amypretzel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1594610234.png) @amypretzel amy

amy posts on X about ai, money, nintendo, $7974t the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

### Engagements: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1594610234/interactions)
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- [--] Week [----------] +237,800%
- [--] Month [----------] +4,570%
- [--] Months [----------] +1,127%
- [--] Year [----------] +296,764%

### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1594610234/posts_active)
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- [--] Months [--] -12%
- [--] Year [---] +3,460%

### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1594610234/followers)
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- [--] Week [-----] +2.30%
- [--] Month [-----] +3.30%
- [--] Months [-----] +114%
- [--] Year [-----] +2,589%

### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1594610234/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [finance](/list/finance)  [gaming](/list/gaming)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [countries](/list/countries)  [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  [products](/list/products)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 

**Social topic influence**
[ai](/topic/ai), [money](/topic/money), [nintendo](/topic/nintendo), [$7974t](/topic/$7974t), [the first](/topic/the-first), [ready](/topic/ready), [autodesk](/topic/autodesk), [unc](/topic/unc), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [labubu](/topic/labubu)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [BRAINROT (BRAINROT)](/topic/brainrot) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [StarkNet (STRK)](/topic/starknet) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [FilesCoins Power Cu (FILECOIN)](/topic/files)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Hey @calcom people are making fake events on my calendar and sending them to me. Is there a way to add verification into your system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1875637474841784478)  2025-01-04T20:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@_alexlazar_ What type of product would u build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1876016612278780288)  2025-01-05T21:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@AraRawr11 How do u make these anime girl things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1876057592105181577)  2025-01-06T00:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Bleu_woof @EHuanglu Backflip ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1876592236206706815)  2025-01-07T11:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"We learned Cursor is front end girlie ONLY O1 and Claude are backend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1880067460805849572)  2025-01-17T01:39Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Btw this is where chatgpt lives i told it to send me a picture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1899735793360638158)  2025-03-12T08:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Autodesk Fires [----] Workers to Accelerate Investments in AI Hey @autodesk we are building in 3d AI product design Also dont worry [----] people we will try to re hire u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1899750547080802548)  2025-03-12T09:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@autodesk Give more people the gift of design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1899751322397667839)  2025-03-12T09:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@shlykur interesting i like the way youre thinking about it. yeah mechanical engineers dont wanna look at code. my ideaology behind forking freecad is that it's directly script-based and llms work great with text. so its easy for the llm to parse + make edits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1899921397285265542)  2025-03-12T20:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@TenreiroDaniel @grok write a blog post about the difference between New York and San Francisco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1900515362506186788)  2025-03-14T11:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@francip What are you using"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1904074298450718729)  2025-03-24T07:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"we are making an ai farm. who wants in invest now get in early this is a 1b+ dollar business prototype is in minecraft redstone also u can buy the animals like they are NFTs 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷 ONLY [--] PIG NFTS AVAILABLE Farmers can now do NFT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1906914189920395422)  2025-04-01T03:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@signulll luxury brands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1907228713579893183)  2025-04-02T00:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Barbecue or Honey mustard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1907348777767489802)  2025-04-02T08:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Honey mustard and barbecue are better together"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1907350087950565769)  2025-04-02T08:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@1owroller OMG YES whats ur favorite noise i love lil video game noises beep boop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1909834361131987381)  2025-04-09T05:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"CAD should be free and easy to learn. Solidworks costs 2000+ per user per year and NX Siemens costs 10000+ user per year (industry standard tools). Its embarrassing how paywalled CAD is compared to coding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1910388135160406056)  2025-04-10T17:43Z [----] followers, 492.1K engagements


"@SOLIDWORKS @Siemens yall need to do better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1910389221879407020)  2025-04-10T17:47Z [----] followers, 23.6K engagements


"@tmincey @SOLIDWORKS @Siemens Onshape Free Plan is great The weird catch though: All Onshape Documents are accessible to the public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1910391136679846320)  2025-04-10T17:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Mammoth I do like Fusion and Autodesk paid Stanford a ton of money to teach it in their classes. It is a lot less powerful than Solidworks/NX and I often have to get hacky while using it. And it still costs money though. :/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1910396174173167688)  2025-04-10T18:15Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements


"OG Minecraft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1911686853713182962)  2025-04-14T07:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Smells like Abercrombie and Fitch in here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1913424546310565954)  2025-04-19T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jia_seed @emilyyu1217 JIA hardware yessss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1914452711556395265)  2025-04-21T22:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If u were randomly spawned in sf as yourself but u have [--] dollars and no material possessions not even clothes How would u get to 50k in [--] months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1915270350012891192)  2025-04-24T05:03Z [----] followers, 20.6K engagements


"My brother who is [--] said Im an unc Im [--] is this true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1920341952903721397)  2025-05-08T04:56Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements


"Idea Make ur pitch deck a musical 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1921705893038575705)  2025-05-11T23:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@poetengineer__ U can already do this with real fabrics and real machines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1922004742160449930)  2025-05-12T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"'id rather date pre-seed than series a'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1928706971215049182)  2025-05-31T06:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"whats an actually good ai headshot generator pls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1932937805510099051)  2025-06-11T23:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i think people are unfollowing me because i tweeted about farts too much lately"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1934486416198943028)  2025-06-16T05:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We just launched PHOTO to JEWELRY. Text to CAD Nah. Text to Product. Buy your custom-designed piece now 🚨 just launched. we built a shop that literally turns your camera roll into custom jewelry. upload a photo and our AI turns it into a charm cast in real gold or silver. feels like magic. built by ex-Apple & Stanford engineers. order yours today at https://t.co/Lv0xcGprxR https://t.co/71mPWP75H4 🚨 just launched. we built a shop that literally turns your camera roll into custom jewelry. upload a photo and our AI turns it into a charm cast in real gold or silver. feels like magic. built by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1934728970857329111)  2025-06-16T21:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Literally turned a photo from my camera roll into jewelry try it http://taiyaki.ai http://taiyaki.ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1934731918882558427)  2025-06-16T21:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"were live on Product Hunt & Hacker News 👀 its kinda weird. its not ai productivity its not ai chat its not ai saas its ai that makes physical things from just your camera roll. try it out & tell us what you think 🫶 i'll dm you a discount code if you show me a cool design 👉 👉 https://news.ycombinator.com/itemid=44296271 https://www.producthunt.com/products/taiyakilaunch=taiyaki https://news.ycombinator.com/itemid=44296271 https://www.producthunt.com/products/taiyakilaunch=taiyaki"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1934879638855299214)  2025-06-17T07:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"me and my roommate sing the sad cat tiktok song together every night it's really beautiful @lesbianbezos https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_6z3CIG_tSg&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_6z3CIG_tSg&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1935570678008463695)  2025-06-19T05:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"can someone tell me all the cool new trends. apparently italian brainrot isnt cool anymore and im unc. just an unc tryna hop on the trends 🤓🥸🥸🥸 https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-bombardino-crocodilo https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-bombardino-crocodilo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1935582653371293705)  2025-06-19T06:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@google hey i cant subscribe to veo3. i have been trying to access google ai workspace plan but it doesn't work. frustrating because i wanted to pay money for veo3 :("  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1935869673658368413)  2025-06-20T01:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"were building the tiffany&co of ai 14k gold rendering/3d modeling automated by @madewithtaiyaki all literally just from a prompt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1937043554297352203)  2025-06-23T07:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@esha_cyril @madewithtaiyaki drop a pic of ur guinea pig 3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1937226380158394590)  2025-06-23T19:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@esha_cyril @madewithtaiyaki So cute wahts his name 3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1937227649883209913)  2025-06-23T19:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@esha_cyril @madewithtaiyaki Bentley charm [--] https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-bentley https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-bentley"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1937231787287281695)  2025-06-23T19:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mahou_mage i dont cook and i have good taste my favorite food is kraft mac n cheese"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1937306765596721224)  2025-06-24T00:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@yacineMTB Are u writing ur own kernel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1937702699526684884)  2025-06-25T02:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@1owroller Also Imma just do this personally but layering like [--] clothes together at once Im gonna bring it back like tshirt under dress 🔥"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1939216542161609142)  2025-06-29T06:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@1owroller Also this is just me but I miss [----] tumblr soft grunge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1939217400655946186)  2025-06-29T07:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Deploying cad is manufacturing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1939957267228393870)  2025-07-01T08:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


".@scoutdotnew doing my research for me while I take a nap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1940096530884784167)  2025-07-01T17:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@liminalsunset_ @scoutdotnew Here is my result Cameras in stock at the store Im shopping at https://scout.new/share/fae9420b-b724-4aba-b271-4b0066a02855 https://scout.new/share/fae9420b-b724-4aba-b271-4b0066a02855"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1940101639022805281)  2025-07-01T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@samanthaaouyang @Starknet @EDCON_Official Proud of u :) ❤❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1940791513757499513)  2025-07-03T15:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"GitHub Bathroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1940827736794394625)  2025-07-03T17:39Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements


"top [--] CAD softwares [--]. siemens NX: NOTHING beats synchronous modeling i stg. expensive tho :( i miss it [--]. solidworks: ole faithful even better if u can get it in dark mode and custom toolbar [--]. fusion 360: good for noobs/education and easy ux and good pricing but lacks a lil functionality [--]. tinkercad: tbh awesome for quick edits for 3d printing but not real cad [--]. ntop: goated for many file formats and theres nothing like it out there rly amazing stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1940836349541863740)  2025-07-03T18:13Z [----] followers, 41.7K engagements


"UNPOPULAR MANUFACTURING OPINION im an indoor machines girl fr. 3d printing and laser cutting bc i refuse to smell like machine oil and coolant all day lmao sorry but i hate standing by the cnc machine for [--] hours straight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1940839273361821742)  2025-07-03T18:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"every mechanical engineer needs hands-on experience with milling turning cnc injection molding etc. designing parts you've never actually made is how you get terrible dfm and frustrated machinists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1941173156213125389)  2025-07-04T16:32Z [----] followers, 222.2K engagements


"teaching tech twitter manufacturing series how injection molding works (the process behind most plastic stuff you own) 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1941193012400607595)  2025-07-04T17:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@sahibdsv Checkout my portfolio I also did the plastic part design for some of apples accessories http://Amyzhou.work http://Amyzhou.work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1941199137204207913)  2025-07-04T18:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"ai cad could work if it had access to real manufacturing physics data mapped to 3d models. problem is that data is locked up. apple's cad is proprietary our manufacturing failures are proprietary. every hardware company keeps this data private"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1942276677457043943)  2025-07-07T17:37Z [----] followers, 18.8K engagements


"girls version of gambling is blind boxes popmart is our las vegas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1942328483356762198)  2025-07-07T21:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"designing for cnc sharp internal corners = extra tooling ops. add a radius and save everyone a headache"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1942617422974140636)  2025-07-08T16:11Z [----] followers, 61.7K engagements


"Beep beep Day [--] of AI generating jewelry 🚨 SFs favorite robo-taxi @Waymo @TechTekedra @dmitri_dolgov https://t.co/naS0DxgO9z Day [--] of AI generating jewelry 🚨 SFs favorite robo-taxi @Waymo @TechTekedra @dmitri_dolgov https://t.co/naS0DxgO9z"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1942623962749640735)  2025-07-08T16:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"CAD code. When code is written it executes. When CAD is finished the real challenge begins: translating that digital design into something you can hold. Manufacturing is where design meets reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1943083833211097444)  2025-07-09T23:04Z [----] followers, 17.2K engagements


"@gurishsharma Copper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1943348889022820679)  2025-07-10T16:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"day [--] of making cool products into charms: @mtbarra @gm vroom 🚗🚗🚗 https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-1752222293309 https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-1752222293309"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1943735063214219563)  2025-07-11T18:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"day [--] of making awesome products into charms: NVIDIA RTX GPU @nvidia https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-nvidia-rtx https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-nvidia-rtx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1944099186665722020)  2025-07-12T18:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"the future of cad isnt just ai that draws shapes. its ai that understands constraints costs and why we design the way we do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1944416024604102961)  2025-07-13T15:18Z [----] followers, 11K engagements


"day [--] of making cool products into charms: @satyanadella @xbox @microsoft https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-1752258357861 https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-1752258357861"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1944465852654653749)  2025-07-13T18:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Literally made a copy of Justin Biebers mushroom necklace with just this photo and now you can buy it 🍄 https://taiyaki.ai/products/adorable-golden-mushroom-pendant-1 🥺🥺🥺 https://t.co/cQduze9F24 https://taiyaki.ai/products/adorable-golden-mushroom-pendant-1 🥺🥺🥺 https://t.co/cQduze9F24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1944534220636033518)  2025-07-13T23:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"sheet metal parts that actually work aren't just properly unfolded they account for springback grain direction and why some bends always crack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1944940228646756849)  2025-07-15T02:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@bryan_johnson I know some people in the health space ex-FAANG/top tech ai talent founders whod be interested DM me :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1944985008017645922)  2025-07-15T04:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"assembly line workers know things engineers don't: which screws always fall where fingers can't reach and why that 'simple' design takes [--] minutes to build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1945604859111379287)  2025-07-16T22:02Z [----] followers, 57.3K engagements


"day [--] of making cool hardware products: bose headphones. i love wearing these on the plane and falling asleep. 🎧🎧🎧🎧 @bose @lilajosnyder https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-bose-headphones https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-bose-headphones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1945718104723538092)  2025-07-17T05:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"day [--] of making cool hardware products into charms: Fujifilm I loved taking pictures of my friends with these in high school. 📷📷📷📷 @FujifilmUS https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-fujifilm https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-fujifilm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1945869351069872416)  2025-07-17T15:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bnj u can buy it here https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-coldplay-gateutm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-coldplay-gateutm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946302018173448320)  2025-07-18T20:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bnj @coldplay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946302431006281738)  2025-07-18T20:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Whats in my purse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946325928864571484)  2025-07-18T21:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"LABUBU DUBAI CHOCOLATE strawberrry matcha latte"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946343414733410343)  2025-07-18T22:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"welders see what cad doesn't: how heat warps metal where stress concentrates and why that perfect joint on screen becomes a crack waiting to happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946390283677253836)  2025-07-19T02:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Labubu Here by popular demand https://taiyaki.ai/collections/by-the-community/products/custom-charm-1752912411724variant=43847734132872 https://taiyaki.ai/collections/by-the-community/products/custom-charm-1752912411724variant=43847734132872"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946486004954837354)  2025-07-19T08:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"day [--] of making cool hardware products into charm: game boy i loved playing all sorts of games on this :D @NintendoAmerica @Nintendo @Pokemon https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-1752371467101 https://taiyaki.ai/products/custom-charm-1752371467101"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1946628855730450904)  2025-07-19T17:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"ai generates lattice structures for weight reduction. support removal reality: unreachable internal geometry broken carbide tools and 40% of your part left in the build chamber"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1947002316093022418)  2025-07-20T18:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Couldnt buy Labubu at Popmart so I just made this instead SO EASY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1948122748972401140)  2025-07-23T20:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"hey who has a dog and will let me meet it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1948124272939225154)  2025-07-23T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"injection molding cycle time is [--] seconds but the mold took [--] months to build and costs more than a house"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1948783553300316666)  2025-07-25T16:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One day I will own a frog or a rat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1948806064285384978)  2025-07-25T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"3d printing is for when you need [--] prototypes tomorrow and don't mind paying [--] dollars per part while injection molding is for when you need [-----] parts next month and the tooling costs more than a tesla but each part costs [--] cents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1949146695855649153)  2025-07-26T16:36Z [----] followers, 39.5K engagements


"Just moved to LA for @a16z @speedrun If youre in LA hmu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1949675331251818785)  2025-07-28T03:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"injection molding is the most underrated process and i'm tired of pretending it's not. while everyone obsesses over 3d printing injection molding is out here making literally everything in your house for pennies per part. respect the og 🔥"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1949868704302322040)  2025-07-28T16:25Z [----] followers, 38K engagements


"dress like an idea speak like a remix and live like a poem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1951547211957019138)  2025-08-02T07:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"manufacturing jobs left because we wanted cheap stuff more than we wanted our neighbors to have work. now we complain about both. pick a lane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1952044540853936548)  2025-08-03T16:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@YengT9 @moverware @a16z @speedrun I love Lekondo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1952442869094195600)  2025-08-04T18:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"looking to talk to some cracked mechanical engineers it will be a good convo i promise ☺☺☺ DM me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1952522604998516828)  2025-08-05T00:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@lizwessel your icp would want you to see your pcp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1952919647596294620)  2025-08-06T02:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"manufacturing engineering is the art of taking a perfectly good design and figuring out seventeen different ways it's impossible to actually make. design engineers create beautiful cad models that exist only in theoretical perfect worlds where materials have no grain structure machines have infinite precision and gravity is optional. manufacturing engineers are the dream crushers who have to explain why your organic curves need to become boring rectangles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1952958723351335163)  2025-08-06T05:03Z [----] followers, 40.1K engagements


"lean manufacturing consultants charge obscene amounts of money to walk through your factory and point at obvious waste like they've discovered fire. "you have too much inventory" they announce collecting their check while ignoring that you have too much inventory because your suppliers are unreliable and your customers change orders every five minutes. lean works great in textbooks and toyota factories less great in the real world where chaos reigns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1953502397663175093)  2025-08-07T17:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Chen @a16z @speedrun @a16zGames Congratulations 🎈"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1953686792424833513)  2025-08-08T05:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"TIL u can control+C images into Claude Code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1955369048990265434)  2025-08-12T20:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"i miss the machine shop 🥲"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1955756043746881576)  2025-08-13T22:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@raulizahi what are you making"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1955800844785607171)  2025-08-14T01:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"the manufacturing consultant species guide: - lean six sigma black belts - see waste everywhere solution to everything is more charts and meetings about charts - digital transformation experts - every problem can be solved by putting sensors on things and dashboards over everything else - industry [---] evangelists - convinced that connecting your cnc machine to the internet will somehow triple productivity - automation specialists - if humans are still involved it's not automated enough. will automate the coffee machine if you let them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1956746020404269483)  2025-08-16T15:53Z [----] followers, 25.8K engagements


"factory floor personality types (an anthropological study): - the machine whisperer - can diagnose any problem by listening to weird noises. speaks fluent mechanical and considers wrenches sacred tools - the process purist - follows every procedure exactly as written even when it's obviously wrong. would rather let production stop than deviate from the manual - the cowboy engineer - fixes everything with zip ties and creative problem solving. equipment runs better after their 'temporary' modifications than it did originally - the data monk - believes all answers can be found in spreadsheets."  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1957108659521233392)  2025-08-17T15:54Z [----] followers, 12.1K engagements


"exciting announcement were building an AI device that looks like jewelry. hardware is hard everyone knows that. but AI shouldnt stay trapped in a text box - it needs to move with us. follow our journey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1957825130391859288)  2025-08-19T15:21Z [----] followers, 128.2K engagements


"day [--] of building Tai in public: you might be wondering: why are we building this because every "smart" device out there looks like a plastic toy that screams "i'm tech." we wanted something we'd actually wear - jewelry that happens to be smart not smart things pretending to be jewelry. our non-negotiables: skin-safe metals beautiful even when off and if it doesn't pass the "would i wear this to dinner" test it doesn't ship. this is our little manifesto and we're sticking to it we want to build something we'd wear ourselves. - pictured below two jewelry lovers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1958221494393204943)  2025-08-20T17:36Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements


"day [--] of building Tai in public: in software you fork a repo to get started. in hardware you literally fork with screwdrivers. spent today cracking open devices with an ifixit kit - unscrewing prying seeing how things actually tick inside. it's chaotic: wires everywhere screws rolling off the desk but this is how you learn what works and what doesn't. reverse engineering is about understanding why someone made each choice so you can make better ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1958620622382064022)  2025-08-21T20:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"'made to last' used to be a selling point. Now it's almost subversive. Imagine if car companies bragged about their vehicles running for 300k miles instead of having the shiniest touchscreen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1958890400506143162)  2025-08-22T13:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Everyone should be liking their own posts Who else is gonna support you other than yourself If you posted it then you support what you say 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1959100385093984559)  2025-08-23T03:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ill even react to my own iMessages and slack messages fr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1959102184810770746)  2025-08-23T03:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"modularity is the most underrated design principle. Instead of making everything thinner make everything more repairable upgradeable and adaptable. Future-you will thank present-you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1960007762592608746)  2025-08-25T15:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Went to a mall in SF near Union Square this weekend - it was super empty. What if someone hosted an accelerator here and each store was a different b2b saas office - you get a food court for all of the hungry founders - giant billboard in the middle for who makes the most MRR in the accelerator - you can walk around and learn about all the different companies in a relaxed mall setting 🤔🤔🤔 I mean its sf might as well lean into it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1960389462271357226)  2025-08-26T17:10Z [----] followers, 76.6K engagements


"Making the future rn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1960947570701713793)  2025-08-28T06:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"ranking manufacturing advice by usefulness: [--]. talk to your fabricator during design phase - game changer [--]. standardize your hardware - saves massive headaches [--]. design for your actual process capabilities - obvious but ignored [--]. test critical fits before production - cheap insurance [--]. "make it like apple does" - useless without apple's budget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1961460082828624166)  2025-08-29T16:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"once saw a 3d printed part with 0.3mm walls throughout because "thin saves material" structural failure waiting to happen: minimum wall thickness depends on print orientation and material. those ultra-thin walls will delaminate under any real load. material cost savings aren't worth part failures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1961835556717187170)  2025-08-30T16:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"hot take: "prototype on demand" 3d printing has made engineers lazy about design optimization just because you can iterate [--] times doesn't mean you should. spending [--] minutes thinking about manufacturability beats printing [--] test parts. rapid prototyping shouldn't replace rapid thinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1962922971481391491)  2025-09-02T16:58Z [----] followers, 22K engagements


"the boeing [---] wasnt just an engineering feat: it was a design statement. two decks distinctive hump windows that felt luxurious. for decades flying a jumbo jet was a social event not just transportation. scale itself can be a form of design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1963123039539007536)  2025-09-03T06:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"hot take: engineers who've never worked in production shouldn't be allowed to specify manufacturing processes armchair manufacturing expertise leads to impossible designs and unrealistic timelines. spend a week on the shop floor before you decide how parts should be made"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1963285611403440387)  2025-09-03T16:59Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"this little red dot saved ibm's laptop business and it happened by accident. the thinkpad's trackpoint was originally just an internal experiment but when they tested it against touchpads users were 20% faster at precise cursor movements. the insight sometimes the "weird" solution that feels awkward at first becomes muscle memory and muscle memory beats intuitive design every single time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1963485679373226256)  2025-09-04T06:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"vitras usm haller modular furniture system was designed in the 60s for one office. because it was modular it kept adapting and [--] years later its still in production. modularity is a cheat code for timelessness in design"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1963633908089561576)  2025-09-04T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"engineers who optimize designs for minimum material usage while ignoring manufacturing complexity are just shifting costs around saving $0.50 in aluminum while adding $50 in machining time isn't optimization. material costs are usually 10-20% of total manufacturing cost. optimize for total cost not spreadsheet line items"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1964011142126457164)  2025-09-05T17:02Z [----] followers, 19.5K engagements


"3d printed [--] iterations of an enclosure because i kept tweaking tolerances by 0.1mm at a time instead of just printing test strips first pro tip: print dedicated test pieces for fits threads and clearances. [--] minutes of smart testing beats [--] hours of full prints. your filament budget will thank you. measure twice print once isn't just for woodworking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1964386364159574486)  2025-09-06T17:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@meshtimes_ Can you host one in San Francisco Im a big fan of yours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1964404372101877888)  2025-09-06T19:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"ranking fasteners by assembly line happiness: [--]. self-tapping screws - one motion no prep [--]. machine screws - standard predictable [--]. cap screws - need hex keys but reliable [--]. phillips screws - cam out and strip constantly [--]. flathead screws - nobody has slotted drivers anymore [--]. security torx - because we hate maintenance techs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1964721321566503368)  2025-09-07T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"dark mode isn't a feature it's admitting your app is so bright it hurts to look at. proper contrast and typography design works in any color scheme. if your interface needs dark mode to be usable you failed at visual design fundamentals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1966221480104178172)  2025-09-11T19:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Dont eat too much jolly rancher its bad for ur teeth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1966359263628140582)  2025-09-12T04:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I shouldnt have chewed the watermelon jolly rancher even tho watermelon is my favorite flavor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1966377616950309116)  2025-09-12T05:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ymy1806 I wanted to play Pokemon on my Nintendo switch and eating fries takes too long"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1966734489985466746)  2025-09-13T05:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@scootykins Rivian dealership in Hayes is lowkey awesome workplace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1972759353246785985)  2025-09-29T20:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@no_inventions That's a wonderful idea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1973104740843266508)  2025-09-30T19:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@adonis_singh Thank you so much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1973106567475241454)  2025-09-30T19:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@tkexpress11 Thank you Troy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1973235624489701533)  2025-10-01T03:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@adele_bloch @eunifiedworld Glad you enjoyed :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1973507610222665749)  2025-10-01T21:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"for sf tech week were hosting an awesome event at world org in san francisco: a museum of wearables exploring the past present and future of tech you can wear. plus well be giving an exclusive sneak peek of taya 👀✨ come thru"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1974251892940091501)  2025-10-03T23:15Z [----] followers, 22.3K engagements


"Consumer app founders need to take notes from Temu bruh. Thats shi is addicting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1977270980243603526)  2025-10-12T07:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Forked FreeCAD and made a cursor for cad prototype that can export STEP files with iterable geometry. Im a mechanical engineer so I know how users would actually interact with this + whats needed who wants to give me money to build this /collab theres a lot more to be done"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1899791205954998508)  2025-03-12T11:54Z [----] followers, 41.4K engagements


"Ok so is there fashion ppl twitter I want some variety too much tech on my TL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1935949502701355343)  2025-06-20T06:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"manufacturing processes ranked by how often engineers spec them incorrectly: [--]. injection molding - "just make it thinner walls" [--]. cnc machining - 0.0001" tolerances everywhere [--]. sheet metal - impossible bend sequences [--]. 3d printing - thinking it's always cheaper [--]. casting - uniform wall thickness obsession [--]. welding - perfect fit-up assumptions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1960749907939090842)  2025-08-27T17:03Z [----] followers, 16.7K engagements


"vitras panton chair was the first single-piece plastic chair. futuristic smooth a nightmare to manufacture at first. it proved that new materials could completely rewrite form. every material breakthrough is basically an invitation for design to dream again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1964751520462684235)  2025-09-07T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"ikeas billy bookcase is one of the best-selling pieces of furniture ever made. not because its flashy but because its flexible flat-packed and cheap. sometimes boring design is actually the most radical because it scales globally. design impact isnt always about beauty its about ubiquity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1965837929194074380)  2025-09-10T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Type_R707 So expensiveeee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1982621467528606116)  2025-10-27T01:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@isareksopuro Yo I love these way more too because I feel like a 2000s girly pop listening to Britney Spears now all I need is my juicy cotoure bedazzled set"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1982692660201853428)  2025-10-27T06:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"New apartment :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1983049994698727829)  2025-10-28T05:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"overheard in SF "i need to find a bf who has found PMF" 💀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1983696910356709579)  2025-10-30T00:46Z [----] followers, 24.6K engagements


"designing something where you have to take apart the whole thing to replace one component is like putting the spare tire inside the engine. yeah it fits in the design but did you think about what happens when someone actually needs to use it design for the person who has to fix it at 2am"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1983933665550987425)  2025-10-30T16:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"today i learned that the stanford mechanical engineering department is no longer offering the injection molding class due to cuts in funding. that makes me very sad. my favorite class :("  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1983967949204701613)  2025-10-30T18:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"What age is unc Im 24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1984163254588133679)  2025-10-31T07:39Z [----] followers, 21.1K engagements


"imagine caffeine nicotine protein creatine fiber smoothie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1989148943054434501)  2025-11-14T01:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Debug yourself before you debug your code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1989171988343189594)  2025-11-14T03:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"fun fact: the click on the airpods case literally wasnt an accident. apple engineers tuned it over dozens of iterations bc testers kept opening it like a fidget toy. peak hardware ux"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1990583166617407901)  2025-11-18T00:49Z [----] followers, 10K engagements


"most manufacturing problems are actually nobody documented anything and now the factory is guessing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1990836399277486202)  2025-11-18T17:36Z [----] followers, 77.9K engagements


"What if this thing crawled around ur house and cleaned it for u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1991603529367318875)  2025-11-20T20:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Frankenstein was the first Ai Agent Saas Founder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1991728858572419531)  2025-11-21T04:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Cooper Tino"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1991932111801159681)  2025-11-21T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"manufacturing isnt behind. tech is just delusional about how messy the real world is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1992286706087940576)  2025-11-22T17:39Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements


"roombas random movement pattern isnt random. early models used an algorithm from cave exploration robots. your living room = a cave to the roomba. so coolllll"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1992394918778609961)  2025-11-23T00:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"people underestimate how many products ship because someone in the factory just figured it out for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1992649345389187553)  2025-11-23T17:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"top [--] things that slow down hardware teams (ranked): [--] unclear requirements [--] final_v9.step [--] dfm feedback you get one week before tooling [--] tribal knowledge that only one person possesses [--] the wrong version of the bom sent to the factory*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1993011985319952538)  2025-11-24T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Who plays cod mobile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1993490176614842776)  2025-11-26T01:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"how ai will change cad (ranked by impact): [--] instant dfm checks [--] tolerance auto-suggestions [--] constraint detection for bad geometry [--] error-proofing for assemblies [--] calling out useless complexity like a rude senior engineer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1993737515677687931)  2025-11-26T17:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"my fav fact: factories literally name their machines. i met a press brake named brad. brad was [--] yrs old and still kicking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1994097386881438202)  2025-11-27T17:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Anyone else crack their neck It is truly an addiction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1994603030982135868)  2025-11-29T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"hi who wants to get lunch or dinner next week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1994607317204300067)  2025-11-29T03:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Carrot juice is going to be the drink of [----]. Mark my words 🥕"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1996114870044082350)  2025-12-03T07:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Im in Japan Any recs for fave spots in Tokyo :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/1998893848689549337)  2025-12-10T23:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the moment you start feeling like an employee instead of a decision-maker in your own company its a signal to pause and seriously reevaluate who youre building with. when your voice slowly fades in a company you helped create thats information. listen to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2003373235644375363)  2025-12-23T07:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Im in Shenzhen and Im shook by how awesome it is here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2004406333324644453)  2025-12-26T04:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It can take pictures video ai chat/ai assistant listen to music Sickkkk ai glasses in Shenzhen ft. My brother https://t.co/zxh711W6fw Sickkkk ai glasses in Shenzhen ft. My brother https://t.co/zxh711W6fw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2004534742725914844)  2025-12-26T12:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This is how they get around at the Shenzhen airport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2005183536119390521)  2025-12-28T07:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@oneaudreylim By Revlon I got one at Costco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2005323950184927257)  2025-12-28T17:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is bad but does anyone else love v+v (vaping and vibe coding). Lowkey fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2005647694199652824)  2025-12-29T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@moondrencht What is that a real flavor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2005650867962425717)  2025-12-29T14:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"2025 wrapped: - started going on tech twitter and made a lot of new friends and connections - pivoted my startup two times - almost ran out of money - got into a16z speedrun - prepared a hardware prototype in just a month and a half and got millions of views on the launch - raised a lot of money - burnt out for the first time and went through a co-founder breakup - finally moved out of soma (don't live there even though the rent is cheap) - traveled to asia in fun times first time taking a break for mental health - hung out with my awesome friends family and boyfriend :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2006588331975672271)  2026-01-01T04:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ojoshe @rayzhudev What are the three subscriptions and what do you like about them and not like about them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2006602712893501823)  2026-01-01T05:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] isnt it going to be way easier to commit insurance fraud with the help of Nano Banana and other powerful image generation tools How do insurance companies verify if the image is real or not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2006606017115861250)  2026-01-01T05:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"idea for a restaurant is beijing duck rolls but as a fast-food restaurant chain in the bay area. this traditional chinese food- which you usually have to make yourself by rolling beijing duck onions cucumbers and sauce together in a thin film- would come pre-made. they would be priced at [--] for $15. the restaurant chain would be called duckitos kind of like taquitos but with duck. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006807865038881011 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006807865038881011"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2006807865038881011)  2026-01-01T19:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm so grateful I know Chinese. When I speak Chinese in China I'm a different person with a different personality: I'm not scared to ask for things and I'm very direct. In America when I speak English I'm more reserved and even more indirect. I aspire to be the Chinese version of myself in China everywhere I go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2007018899234271497)  2026-01-02T09:19Z [----] followers, 128.1K engagements


"What's the best healthy meal plan to buy I've tried Factor but I feel like it's not healthy enough and the servings are too small. I've tried Thistle but it doesn't really come with meat and I like eating meat so I usually have to buy my own tofu and protein and mix it in. I've tried Hello Fresh but it takes too much effort to cook it. I've also tried Factor but I don't like the glass jars that come with it; it's way too many glass jars. Does anyone have any good recommendations and also the price I would prefer to be pretty reasonable as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2007172654202233231)  2026-01-02T19:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"America has a much better lifestyle overall. You can earn way more money and the opportunities are so great here. There's a reason why my parents immigrated from China to America: to give me a better life. I do have a visa to go to China now and I'll try to visit more often from now on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2007324990434062627)  2026-01-03T05:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"if you have a startup in consumer hardware or work in consumer hardware in general you have to visit shenzhen. get to know the people there see how life works there see how they build and see what they sell. not doing so is just a devastating tragedy to your knowledge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2007368830893609132)  2026-01-03T08:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"byd beating tesla is about people incentives and systems. china has millions of engineers who expect to work on physical systems not just software abstractions. theyre fluent in batteries power electronics manufacturing constraints and iteration at scale. that talent density compounds. hardware software supply chain and cost engineering move together instead of living in silos. tesla builds cars in fremont austin berlin and shanghai which sounds global and impressive. but byds edge isnt where factories exist its how tightly coupled everything is. most of byds manufacturing lives inside chinas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2007524612469600499)  2026-01-03T18:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"update: ive left taya and am exploring whats next. over the last year and a half i co-founded a startup that raised $5M got into a16z speedrun turned down an acquisition offer pivoted twice nearly ran out of money and shipped a hardware + ai prototype in [--] weeks that launched to millions of views. before that i studied mechanical engineering at stanford and worked on consumer hardware at apple. ive seen both large-company execution and zero-to-one. at the startup the work spanned extremes across multiple pivots: moving thousands of pounds of scrap metal building a generative 3d modeling tool"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2008225480672239890)  2026-01-05T17:14Z [----] followers, 84.9K engagements


"@martyrdison Where's the white monster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2009404626391740700)  2026-01-08T23:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"i spent a year in sweats thinking i was optimizing for comfort. everything else was dialed in. sleep diet routine. but my output felt flat. like i was constantly warming up but never really starting. switched to wearing actual outfits. nothing extreme just getting dressed like it mattered. productivity jumped immediately. 5x isn't an exaggeration. same body same brain but dressing with intention created a boundary between rest mode and work mode that sweats never could. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009679960705827059 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009679960705827059"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2009679960705827059)  2026-01-09T17:33Z [----] followers, 19K engagements


"my first boss had one rule: keep your desk clean. said it would clear your mind too. seemed arbitrary then. makes complete sense now. at home i notice how much easier it is to think when surfaces are clear. the mess competes for attention even when you're not looking at it. turns out physical order creates mental space. took me years to see he was teaching something useful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2010045569176125948)  2026-01-10T17:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i think being easily convinced depends entirely on what you're optimizing for. if you're exploring it's a strength. you move fast test ideas learn by trying things on. if you're executing it's a weakness. you need conviction to push through resistance and setbacks. the problem is most of us are doing both at the same time. exploring in some areas executing in others. and we don't always label which mode we're in. i got better when i started naming it. this is an exploration. i'm open to being moved. or: this is execution. i've already decided now i'm dealing with the consequences. the skill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2010877727612518816)  2026-01-13T00:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@justinsunyt Thats 50+ customers right there in ur inbox get growth hacking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2011131297721434607)  2026-01-13T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"every secondary operation is a place where things can go wrong. a simple part made in volume beats a clever part because it moves through the system without special attention. the best designs i've shipped looked boring in cad but required nothing extra: no custom fixture no manual alignment no secondary process. elegance is making something that doesn't need you to watch it. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011228092996477419 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011228092996477419"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2011228092996477419)  2026-01-14T00:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the real cost of early automation isn't just the equipment. it's the flexibility you lose when your product still needs to change. manual processes let you iterate. automated ones lock you in. scale when the design is stable not when you hope it might be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2011860546753085886)  2026-01-15T17:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Bay Area is beautiful ☀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2012764969507467407)  2026-01-18T05:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"after years of grinding i noticed something: the people i respected most weren't the ones who bragged about sleepless nights. they were calm. present. reliable. turns out consistency requires energy and energy requires rest. there's no way around it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2012947708399513895)  2026-01-18T17:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"New gc formed watch out sf 👧🏻🖤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2013340719360999543)  2026-01-19T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"i used to think engagement was engagement. then i noticed the people who built things that lasted never relied on making others angry. ragebaiting gives you an audience that's addicted to outrage. you become their dealer. the moment you stop supplying it they leave. real authority comes from being useful not inflammatory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2013660434939678866)  2026-01-20T17:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Do u guys carry backpack to work or other bag I feel like Im going to school when I use a backpack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2014818170125877671)  2026-01-23T21:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"if i were on the iphone design team this is what iphone [--] would look like 🎀🎀🎀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022395859309334856)  2026-02-13T19:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"if u think about it the DS is actually a much better device to do CAD on than a computer ux wise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022751446274388191)  2026-02-14T19:15Z [----] followers, 920.6K engagements


"@cornelamler WOAH WHAT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2022777293714919516)  2026-02-14T20:57Z [----] followers, 31.1K engagements


"i hope it's a modular small button that is a voice device. - you can tell it commands that will be ai-enabled on your phone or laptop depending on which bluetooth device it's connected to either laptop or phone. - it just has a microphone maybe a speaker. i'm not sure about the speaker part though. - you can just say things like: "control the temperature on my eight sleep bed to be higher." - or you can say something like: "call an uber for me to the best pizza restaurant within [--] minutes." - it would simply do that with the voice command. i think voice is going to be very strong format of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2006594872157892681)  2026-01-01T05:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"anyone play any cool video games lately"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2014072846960697501)  2026-01-21T20:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the best hardware designers think like factory workers because factory workers see the consequences of every decision. that extra millimeter of tolerance you gave yourself they're the ones who discover it makes the parts nest incorrectly in trays. that material you chose because it looked better they're dealing with the fact that it's brittle in cold warehouses. designers get to move on to the next project. factory workers live with your choices for years. i changed how i design after spending time with someone who'd assembled [-----] units of something i'd made. she knew every flaw every"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2014746193633448010)  2026-01-23T17:04Z [----] followers, 19.1K engagements


"Similar strategy could be applied to AI CAD. ✨Thinking with Blender Meet VIGA: a multimodal agent that autonomously codes 3D/4D blender scenes from any image with no human no training @berkeley_ai #LLMs #Blender #Agent 🧵1/6 https://t.co/qqWHHMHbXg ✨Thinking with Blender Meet VIGA: a multimodal agent that autonomously codes 3D/4D blender scenes from any image with no human no training @berkeley_ai #LLMs #Blender #Agent 🧵1/6 https://t.co/qqWHHMHbXg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2014999027021180942)  2026-01-24T09:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the first consumer plastics were luxury goods not cheap alternatives. celluloid was "artificial ivory" for the wealthy. bakelite jewelry was displayed like gemstones. what's interesting isn't that they were expensive. it's that we culturally demoted an entire class of materials from precious to disposable in less than fifty years. the capability to mass produce something changed how we valued it even when the thing itself stayed useful. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015470968521560127 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015470968521560127"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2015470968521560127)  2026-01-25T17:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the wall thickness problem in plastic parts isn't about knowledge it's about fear. designers know sink marks look bad. they don't always know how ribs actually work under load or in the mold. so they thicken everything and call it safe. but thick walls warp more cool slower and hide the real issue: you're using material as a bandaid for missing structural understanding. i learned this after watching a 2mm wall with good ribbing outperform a 4mm wall that looked "safer" on paper. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016920520265019649 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016920520265019649"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2016920520265019649)  2026-01-29T17:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"the expensive part of premium isn't the material. it's the chamfer radius you barely notice. clean edge breaks require tight tolerances. tight tolerances require better tooling. better tooling costs real money and slows production. i've held two versions of the same product. one with careful radius work one without. the difference is invisible in photos but immediate in your hand. that's where "premium feel" actually lives. in manufacturing decisions most customers will never see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amypretzel/status/2017282909967630354)  2026-01-30T17:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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