The honest review of Fired Festival, from people who were in the room:
Grueling. Exhausting. A lot of fun.
A room full of builders trading workflows, learning new skills, and pushing each other to grow. You don't find that anywhere else.
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Gauntlet AI
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Gauntlet AI
@gauntletai
An extremely intensive and 100% free AI training program for engineers. Training the next generation of superbuilders. 🛡️
- Showcase Day is almost here. Cohort 5. Real AI builds. Live demos. July 1, 4PM CT. Free to watch online or RSVP in person showcasedaygauntletai.com
00:00 - Today at 12:30 CT: live Q&A with our CEO @Austen No script. No pitch. Just an open conversation about how the program actually works and what to expect. Bring your questions — we'll answer them straight. riverside.com/webinar/regist…
- Inside the room at Fired Festival. Day one to day two, builders leveling up together. This is what it looks like when engineers learn from engineers — and build with AI as leverage. Hit play. 👇
00:00 - AI agents are leaving the chat window. This Wednesday's Night School: Jason Jorgenson breaks down Hermes, OpenClaw, and managed computer agents — the new class of agents that click, browse, and operate software like a person, routing each task to the right model behind the
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Are you a software engineer? Gauntlet AI wants to: - Fly you to Austin - Train you to be on the cutting edge of AI engineering - Cover food, laundry, even clean your room - Help connect you with AI-first jobs that pay $200k or more And it's COMPLETELY FREE! Link in reply. - AI is the friend who brings a flamethrower to light a candle. 🕯️🔥 Why fix it in 3 lines when you can write a 300-line PR? 3 ways to keep your agent in check. Watch the full breakdown 👇 youtu.be/sNaNZ3svrPw
00:00 - Give someone the tools, the time, and a reason to ship — and watch what happens. "I could build anything if I put my mind to it." — Joy D, 3rd place @ #FiredFestival
- Vibe coders prompt and hope. AI engineers plan, spec, and direct. @ashtilawat on what actually separates them — specs as contracts, planning as the bottleneck, decision logs as a constitution. Night School. Wed, June 17, 6PM ET. Sign Up Here: riverside.com/webinar/regist…
- Gauntlet AI reposted
can you capture a memory in a scent? that's how i got 3rd place at Fired Festival @gauntletai, the most exciting AI community in the world, as the only designer in the room. first project live: eaudememoire.com next: applying for Chanel. thank you @Austen
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Our 1st Fired Festival is TODAY! Software engineering is being reset in real time. Strong engineers are being laid off, sidelined, and forced to adapt faster than ever. Fired Festival is our response to this moment. Not a mixer. Not a pity party. Not another panel about the
- Day one of Fired Festival is live. A room full of engineers building toward the same idea: AI won’t replace developers who know how to use it as leverage. It’s developers who know how to build with AI outpacing everyone else. #FiredFestival
00:00 - Considering Cohort 6? Come ask us anything. Live team Q&A today ⬇️ riverside.com/webinar/regist…
