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Arvid Kahl
@arvidkahl · 209.1K followers
Best of 2024 · 85.8K likes
“lol”
Peak year 2024, two years ago. 25 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2024. 2025 produced 13. The best work is behind the account, so far.
sky
@notsky · 8.7K followers
X exposed only 80 ranked posts for @notsky, under the 90 a peak needs. No stamp until a fuller read lands.
@arvidkahl
Biggest post of 2026 · 23 likes · Sep 3, 2026
First thing this morning, pre-coffee, btw, I just yapped this prompt into my Claude Code session. 20 minutes later, after running a few diagnostic SQL queries on a prod replica, a 15min+ query is now running in 375ms. H…
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@notsky
@arvidkahl
No post framed as earnings among the 14 posts read.
@notsky
$1M ARR
the earned figure that got the most attention in the last year · Mar 12, 2025 · 3.4K likes
so if I made $114.16 in an hour I have $1M ARR?
Read the postEvery line is a post by the account itself that names a dollar figure, newest first, linked so you can read it in place. ShipRatio checks that the post exists, not the number. A figure framed as revenue, MRR, profit, or sales is marked earned; a price, a raise, or someone else’s number is a mention.
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top post points at @notsky · 1 quote · 156.3K likes
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of 80 top posts point at @arvidkahl
One way. @arvidkahl’s best posts point at @notsky; none of @notsky’s top posts point at @arvidkahl. Counted from each account’s top posts, where a quote, a reply, or a mention each count one post. Likes, follows, and replies received are not visible in this data and are not claimed.
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| Measure | @arvidkahl | @notsky |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 50 | 43 |
| Likes on 2026’s ten best | — | 100.6K |
| GitHub days in 2026 | 231 | — |
| GitHub days · last 90 | 87 | — |
| GitHub streak · days in a row | 75 | — |
| Ships · share of the last 365 days | 92% | — |
Biggest post of 2026 · 45.7K likes · Feb 11, 2026
these models are crazy man
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This year is shown, not ranked: likes accumulate with age, so 2026 is always undercounted against completed years. The GitHub side counts days with any activity, public or private, from the contribution calendar.
| Private share of that activity | 100% | — |
| The record |
| Peak year | 2024 | 2024 |
| Top posts from the peak | 25 | 60 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 80 |
| Likes across the sample | 314.5K | 611K |
| Best post | 156.3K | 202.4K |
| Median likes | 362 | 144 |
| Years in a row with a top post | 7 | 2 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | ×0.2 | ×1.5 |
| Followers | 209.1K | 8.7K |