X Discussion: The "Find All Implicit State Machines in My App" Prompt Resurges as Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke Says "It Works"
tldraw founder Steve Ruiz (@steveruizok) recommended the prompt "find all of the implicit state machines in my app" on Oct 31 (~7,034 likes, ~13k bookmarks, ~1.41M impressions). The thread resurged on Nov 6-7: Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke quoted it with "It works" (~2,016 likes), Garrett Petersen said it triggered a major refactor and a new agent-skill rule (~1,508 likes), and Yahia Bakour said it found far too many bugs (~4,348 likes). This is community discussion and personal experience, not a vendor launch.
Key Takeaways
- Original post: Steve Ruiz (tldraw founder), 2026-10-31, ~7,034 likes, 13,095 bookmarks, ~1.41M impressions (public metrics at capture)
- Resurgence: Tobi Lutke quoted it on Nov 7 with "It works", ~2,016 likes and ~130k impressions
- Garrett Petersen reported a major refactor and added "no implicit state machines" to his agent skills (~1,508 likes)
- XState author David Khourshid (@DavidKPiano) posted "State machines are good actually" (~486 likes); some developers warn against blindly ripping them out
- Framing: personal experience and community discussion, no benchmark data; results vary by codebase
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