Seed-only August 25 X digest: promptable software, Pi vs DeepSeek Harness, and 11 posts from 7 authors

This edition covers August 25, 2026, 00:00–24:00 Beijing time. The scan retrieved timelines for 66 of 86 configured public seed accounts (20 handles stayed unavailable after repeated upstream failures), returned 1,104 posts, found 94 posts in the window, excluded 20 retweets, and kept 11 original posts from 7 authors with at least 100 likes. The full @hwwaanng following list remains unavailable, so this issue covers a partial seed sample of about 2.2% of the intended network.

At 00:20, Peter Steinberger (@steipete) writes that software should be changeable with a prompt. The post quotes DHH's note that the Omacom Foundation has reached $10 million in funding, with Drew Houston and Steinberger each joining as founding patrons at $1 million. Steinberger's line sits next to that funding update rather than spelling out a product roadmap. The post had 3,072 likes and 150 reposts. 1

At 03:19, 宝玉 (@dotey) recommends a DeepSeek Harness write-up and calls it well written. The post does not name the linked source in its own text. It had 310 likes and 50 reposts. 2

At 05:08, Dotey answers a stack choice between Pi and DeepSeek Harness. He says he would have picked DeepSeek Harness when he was younger and chasing new tools, and would pick Pi now because it is simple and stable while DeepSeek Harness is still new. He also argues that with AI and solid tests, swapping the underlying stack later is less painful than it used to be. The quoted question came from LotusDecoder. The post had 351 likes and 34 reposts. 3

At 08:35, Dotey says Doubao's realtime bilingual subtitles look good, with a short media clip attached. The post had 347 likes and 20 reposts. 4

At 17:23, Hal (@hal__lee) says a Toast notification was redesigned as a small paper note. The post quotes his earlier mobile-adaptation update and includes media. It had 461 likes and 34 reposts. 5

At 22:44, Dotey recommends a set of GPT Image prompts and links to the GitHub repo freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2. The X card describes it as a prompt-as-code template library with 470+ reverse-engineered cases and 20+ industrial templates. The post also quotes 苍何 (@canghe) celebrating the repo reaching GitHub trending No. 1. Dotey's post had 173 likes and 16 reposts. 6

At 19:03, 郭宇 (@turingou) posts a short Singapore stop: the National Gallery in the afternoon, a first visit to Sentosa, coffee with @yuxiyou, then more flying. Four photos are attached. The post had 149 likes and no reposts. 7

At 10:03, Sophia (@SophiaFioren) labels an object Catherine the Great Easter Egg by Fabergé House, Russia, 1910. The post is an art-object reference without further commentary. It had 198 likes and 40 reposts. 8

At 20:53, Sophia labels a second object Staircase at Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, Iran, circa 500 BCE. It had 149 likes and 31 reposts. 9

At 21:06, 奶昔 (@realNyarime) posts a short joke that an uncle can open any lock, with media attached and no further setup. The post had 246 likes and 7 reposts. 10

At 02:08, Jacob Titus (@jacob__titus) quotes his own earlier announcement with a media card and no extra caption. In the quoted post he says he is hosting a new show with @Quartr_App called Ordinary Business, after meeting @haris_chc and @oliverhamrin through a shared interest in old annual reports, business history, and design, and he links the first episode. The follow-up had 118 likes and 5 reposts. 11