@Max Gibson Let me know what you think Max.

@Max Gibson Hey Max, you nailed it. The tools got faster; taste didn't get optional. On the LA question, my honest answer is both, not either/or. The studio-level, high-budget work isn't going anywhere. LA still has the highest density of craftspeople on earth, maybe outside Mumbai, on top of a century of infrastructure and muscle memory. That tier doesn't hollow out. It's too deep for that. But I don't think AI "drags production back" to LA so much as it opens a second front. It drops the cost of entry so far that great stories start coming from everywhere, made by people who never needed LA in the first place. The last few weeks are the proof: Backrooms and Obsession both blew up at the box office, and both were built on audiences their creators grew on YouTube, not on a studio lot. So LA keeps the high end, and a whole new layer of independent work opens up everywhere else at the same time. The center holds. The map just gets bigger. That's not hollowing out; that's the floor rising for everybody.

@Alec Graf Thanks so much, Alec. Really appreciate the kind words. 🙏🏼

@Alec Graf, you nailed why the feedback piece is rare. Anyone can hand you information. Almost nobody will sit down and tell you what's actually wrong (or right) with your work and why. That's the metaphysical part. We'll build the room for it. 🙏🏼

@Paul Millspaugh Paul, sorry for the lag. Your reply just bubbled up in my Skool digest this morning (working on tightening that). I'm not sure Lumarka would land cleanly as an Avid extension end-to-end. Some of what we're building assumes the production canvas is the editor's primary surface, and Avid's plug-in architecture keeps you inside their timeline. But individual pieces of Lumarka's functionality? Absolutely. There's real overlap between what we're prototyping and what an Avid-resident workflow tool would do. What I keep wondering is, is Avid playing this slow on purpose? They're so entrenched in the Hollywood production layer (ACE, AMPAS, SMPTE, the union shops) that aggressively shipping AI tooling could fracture those relationships before the politics settle. Their position is closer to "trusted establishment vendor" than "fast-moving tool company," and the establishment isn't sure what it wants from AI yet. Curious what you're seeing on your end. You said you're gearing up to start exploring as you finish a rewrite. Any specific tools or workflows on your radar? I'd rather react to what you're actually running into than pitch you what we think the answer is. — Larry

@Kevin Pietila Thanks Kevin!

@Jeffery Bohannon TY!