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You're using GPT-6 Astra WRONG

September 10, 2026 · 23 min

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I talk with Ras Mic about GPT-6 Astra. We skip the game demos and the 3D toys, and we focus on use cases to earn money or improve products. I share 9 Astra prompts that I posted publicly, and Greg Brockman reposted. Ras then shows his hardware project: he moved from a speaker idea to a parts list, a Blender layout, and merged code in about 30 minutes. The takeaway is simple: use this model for the ideas that felt too large for you last year.

Timestamps

00:00 – Intro

01:53 – Astra Overview

04:14 – 9 Astra Prompts

11:48 – Jarvis Speaker Idea

16:21 – Think Bigger with Astra

18:29 – Vibe Coding to Vibe Manufacturing

21:16 – Closing Thoughts

Key Points

  • Astra costs more per task, and it uses fewer steps, so the value per dollar stays high.
  • A performance audit moved one of Ras’s apps from 800 ms to 20–30 ms.
  • A security audit on his live payments app found real risks in production.
  • Ras went from a speaker idea to a $561 parts order and a merged pull request in about 30 minutes.
  • Ras’s point: intelligence keeps climbing, and bravery stays flat. Ask for bigger things.
  • The shift that vibe coding brought to software now reaches physical products.

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