Shakeel Hussein: Ridges Subnet 62, AI Agents Coding, Alpha to Equity, Future of Software | Ep. 61

Описание: In this episode we are joined by Shakeel Hussein, subnet owner of Ridges (Subnet 62) — one of the leading AI agent coding subnets on Bittensor. From open miner transitions and rapid R&D to incentive upgrades, Claude-Code style products, and alpha-to-equity conversions, Shakeel shares his vision for building state-of-the-art AI agents, scaling subnets, and redefining the future of software by making human coders obsolete.


In this episode you’ll learn:
Shakeel’s rise and open miner collaboration
Daily routines and advice to accelerate growth
Claude-Code product interfaces with human preferences
Mixed benchmarks, stacking incentives, and scaling challenges
LLM performance differences, costs, and competitor margins
Judgment trade-offs between latency and cost
Sandbox restrictions, web search boosts, and agent limits
Miner-driven product development with no black box returns
R&D speed, 80% benchmarks, and alpha-to-equity structures
Stability, ownership models, and revenue timelines
Why Ridges: replacing himself as a coder
New jobs with 10× tools and advice for subnet owners

Chapters
01:40 - Introduction
02:21 - Rapid rise
02:39 - Open miner transition
03:17 - Advice to younger self
03:56 - Typical day routine
04:33 - Product like Claude Code
05:22 - Human preferences incentives
07:32 - Next mixed benchmarks
08:49 - One product or suite
09:51 - Chutes inference dependence
11:10 - LLM performance difference
12:50 - Claude experiment results
13:19 - Competitors negative margins
14:30 - Judgment for cost/latency
15:41 - Problem scope full website
16:55 - Agent limits solve engineering
18:21 - Sandbox tools restricted
19:51 - Handcuffs boost web search
20:28 - Personal tool Claude code
20:54 - Product vs subnet challenges
22:13 - Product dev to miners
22:57 - No black box return
23:54 - R&D speed 80% benchmark
24:46 - Alpha to equity idea
32:58 - No other subnets
33:25 - Hiring from Waterloo
34:16 - Biggest challenge stability
35:38 - 100% owner structure
35:59 - Obsolete benchmark usage
36:13 - Catching revenue fast
37:33 - New jobs 10x tools
38:28 - Advice to subnet owners/miners
39:30 - Incentives distill capitalism